A nurse is working in a rehabilitation center with a client who had a serious injury. Part of the client's care plan includes working on coping with her current limitations since the injury

Question

This nurse is working within which of the following models of health?
1. Role performance
2. Adaptive
3. Eudemonistic
4. Clinical

Answer 1

Correct Answer: 2
Rationale: In the adaptive model, health is a creative process; disease is a failure in adaptation or maladaptation. The aim of treatment is to restore the ability of the person to adapt and cope, as in a rehabilitation setting. The role performance model defines health in terms of the individual's ability to fulfill societal roles or to perform work. According to this model, people who fulfill their roles are healthy, even though they may have an illness. The eudemonistic model incorporates a comprehensive view of health, which is seen as a condition of actualization or realization of a person's potential. The clinical model is a narrow interpretation of health, which is defined by the absence of disease.