A nurse has volunteered to go on a health mission to rural Haiti, where the majority of the people do not have access to health care and live in poverty
According to Dunn's high-level wellness grid, the nurse will be working with clients in which quadrant?
1. Emergent high-level wellness in an unfavorable environment
2. Protected poor health in a favorable environment
3. Poor health in an unfavorable environment
4. Protected poor health in an unfavorable environment
Correct Answer: 3
Rationale: According to Dunn's grid, the health axis extends from peak wellness to death, and the environmental axis extends from very favorable to very unfavorable. Emergent high-level wellness in an unfavorable environment would include clients who have the knowledge to implement healthy lifestyle practices, but cannot implement them because of other factors or demands.
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