Wellness nursing diagnoses describe which of the following?
1. individual, family, or community potentials for enhancing a state of wellness
2. disease risks and actions taken to reduce those risks
3. human responses to levels of wellness in an individual, family, or community that have a potential for enhancement to a higher state
4. human responses to health conditions/life processes that may develop in a vulnerable individual, family, or community
ANS: 3
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