A nurse using the writings of Florence Nightingale, would most likely base nursing care on which of the following definitions of "health"?
a. the state of being free from illness or injury
b. being well and using every power the individual possesses to the fullest extent
c. a state of complete physical, social, and mental well-being and not merely the absence ofdisease or infirmity
d. a state or a process of being and becoming an integrated and whole person
B
Florence Nightingale's (Nightingale, 1969 [1860]) definition of health is "being well and using every
power the individual possesses to the fullest extent.". The New Oxford English Dictionary (2205)
definition of health is "the state of being free from illness or injury.". The World Health Organization's
(2006) definition of health is "a state of complete physical, social, and mental well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity," and Roy and Andrews (1999) define health as "A state or
a process of being and becoming an integrated and whole person.".
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