Models of health offer a perspective by which to understand the relationships between the concepts of health, wellness, and illness. Nurses are in a unique position to assist patients in achieving and maintaining optimal levels of health because nurses
(Select all that apply.)
a. Understand the challenges of today's health care system.
b. Identify actual and potential risk factors.
c. Have coined the term "illness behavior."
d. Can minimize the effects of illness and assist to the return of optimal health
ANS: A, B, D
Nurses are in a unique position to assist patients in achieving and maintaining optimal levels of health. Nurses understand the challenges of today's health care system and embrace the opportunity to use wellness activities to promote health and wellness and to prevent illness. Nurses can identify actual and potential risk factors that predispose a person or group to illness. Nurses who understand how patients react to illness can minimize the effects of illness and assist patients and their families in maintaining or returning to the highest level of functioning. Medical sociologists call the reaction to illness "illness behavior."
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