Neuman calls the process whereby energy moves toward evolution as a system absorbs energy to increase its organization, complexity, and development when it moves toward a steady or wellness state
A. Negentropy.
B. Hypertrophy.
C. Entropy.
D. Dynatrophy.
ANS: A
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