The client verbalizes concern for hospitalization because he doesn't believe there are any health issues. The nurse explains to the client that health is:
a. a state of optimal wellness where the individual moves toward integration of human functioning
b. a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
c. promotion of wellness, including disease prevention
d. the absence of illness or disease
B
The World Health Organization (WHO) describes health as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease.
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
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