Viewing health and illness on a continuum assists the nurse in understanding that:
A) Care should focus on the treatment of disease.
B) A person's state of health is ever-changing.
C) A person does not have varying degrees of illness.
D) Care should focus on the patient's response to medications.
Ans: B
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