A client is experiencing a chronic condition. How should the nurse describe this client's health problem?
1. Good health
2. Illness
3. Normal health
4. Unhealthy
Answer: 2
1. A client with a chronic condition is not considered to be experiencing good health on the health-illness continuum.
2. The client with a chronic condition is experiencing an illness.
3. Normal health is described as a state of freedom from illness.
4. The health-illness continuum does not have an unhealthy description.
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