5As: Ask
Ask patients to see if they have a health condition or behaviour that needs to change.
The table demonstrates how in the case studies Laura asks the patients various things.
Blood pressure awareness | Medicines adherence/management | Lifestyle modification |
Checks if Steve's BP is under control. |
| Asks Steve if he smokes. |
Asks Shirley if she followed up on recent high BP reading. | Asks how Shirley finds recently initiated therapy. | Reviews if Shirley is persisting with lifestyle changes previously made. |
Recommends Tracey measures her BP. |
| Asks about Tracey interest in smoking cessation. |