In seeking ways to alleviate problems associated with health, the nurse must be cognizant of which statement that reflects one of nature's operating principles?
A) Everything has to go somewhere.
B) Everything is not connected to everything else.
C) Everything has the same rate of change.
D) Everything that goes up is dispersed in the air.
Ans: A
Everything has to go somewhere. Everything is connected to everything else, but some things are connected more tightly than others. Everything is constantly changing. Some changes seem irreversible, permanent, or barely detectable from our perspective in time. Other changes are cyclic or transient. Everything that goes up must come down.
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