The nurse is assessing a client in an outpatient mental health setting. The assessment tool outlines criteria for psychosocial health. The nurse understands that this term may be defined as which of the following?
1. The state of being emotionally balanced and socially astute.
2. Being mentally stable, physically fit, and psychologically well.
3. Becoming spiritually and psychologically mature.
4. The state of being mentally, emotionally, socially, and spiritually well.
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Rationale 1: Emotionally balanced is another way of referring to emotionally well, though the term is not often used. Being socially astute is a characteristic that one may develop but is not necessary for social wellness.
Rationale 2: Mental stability is a component of psychosocial health and includes psychologic health. Being physically fit may influence psychosocial health, but individuals may be not physically fit but still in good psychosocial health
Rationale 3: Many would argue that children are not spiritually and psychologically mature, yet may exhibit psychosocial health, so being spiritually and psychologically mature are not criteria for psychosocial health.
Rationale 4: Psychosocial health is defined as being mentally, emotionally, socially, and spiritually well.
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