What must the nurse realize when assessing physical and social environmental factors affecting health and illness?
a. They affect one another.
b. They cause illness.
c. They cause patients to react similarly.
d. They can be separated.
ANS: A
Physical and social factors affect each other, cannot be separated, and cause each patient to react in a unique manner. They do not necessarily cause illness or cause patients to react similarly, and they cannot be separated.
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