The view that health and illness are not static states but lie on a continuum is not just a nursing concept; it runs throughout the professional health care system. What does this view aid the nurse in understanding?
A) That care should focus on the treatment of disease
B) That a person's state of health is ever changing
C) That a person does not have varying degrees of illness
D) That care should focus on the patient's response to medications
Ans: B
Feedback: By viewing health and illness on a continuum, it is possible to consider a person as being neither completely healthy nor completely ill. Instead, a person's state of health is ever-changing and has the potential to range from high-level wellness to extremely poor health and imminent death. The other answers are incorrect because patient care should not focus just on the treatment of disease, people do have varying degrees of illness, and care should not focus on the response to medications but on the patient's response to all aspects of nursing care.
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