The ability to appreciate the needs of others and to care about one's environment and its inhabitants describes which type of wellness?
a. intellectual
b. psychological
c. sociocultural
d. spiritual
C
Sociocultural wellness concerns the ability to appreciate the needs of others, to care about their welfare, and to respect their cultural beliefs and practices. Every day, nurses encounter people who are different from them in many ways, yet who are similar to them in needing to achieve the basic needs described in Maslow's hierarchy. Nurses must recognize that the ways in which individuals seek to meet these needs vary widely and must respect these differences.
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