The community health nurse is preparing to conduct a program for a group of nursing students concerning health and wellness
Which of the following statements by a participant indicates the most comprehensive and accurate understanding of health? 1. "Health is the absence of illness, disease, and symptoms."
2. "Health is a state of well-being and the use of every power the person possesses to the fullest extent."
3. "Health is the state when a person is viewed as a holistic being."
4. "Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being."
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Rationale 1: Health is much more than the absence of illness and disease.
Rationale 2: Defining health as a state of well-being is limiting as it does not encompass the elements of an individual's being such as physical, mental, and social.
Rationale 3: While health does require a holistic approach, this definition does not explore the elements with the same clarity of the correct answer.
Rationale 4: Health is defined as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being (WHO, 1947).
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