The community health nurse is working with a client who has recently been diagnosed with diabetes. The physician has prescribed a diet and recommended adding an exercise regimen. Assessment reveals the client has been smoking two packs of cigarettes per day for approximately 30 years. Which statement most accurately reflects the appropriate approach for establishing health education priorities for this client?
A. The nurse must assist the client to recognize that smoking cessation should be the highest priority.
B. The nurse and client must partner in establishing health education priorities for the client.
C. The client does not have his priorities in order and must be informed by the nurse as to the most important priority.
D. The nurse should not discuss smoking cessation because this is not the client's most important health issue.