Which statement exemplifies how a nursing student views health?
1. Entered the health care profession with a culturally based concept of health
2. Forces patients to accept the medical definitions of health
3. Accepts the prevailing definition of health and applies it to individual patients
4. Must share the patient's views of health and illness
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Explanation: 1. All people entering a healthcare profession do so with a personal or culturally based concept of health that will probably change during their education. It is important to consider this when working with patients.
2. Forcing patients to accept a medical definition of health is contrary to providing culturally appropriate care.
3. Accepting a prevailing definition of health, and applying it to patients, is not giving culturally appropriate care.
4. It is not necessary to share patients' views of health and illness, but to understand them to provide appropriate care.
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