The fundamental belief of nurses that will foster use of a holistic nursing model to promote well-ness is which of the following?
1. Health care requires a partnership between clients and nurses.
2. Nurses must monitor environmental influences on health.
3. Wellness promotion centers on health teaching by nurses.
4. Public awareness of alternative therapy must be enhanced.
ANS: 1
Holistic care requires client participation as an equal partner in the process if healthy outcomes are to be achieved. 2. Environmental influences are important, but the central belief concerns part-nership. 3. Health teaching is important in wellness promotion but is not the central concept of holistic nursing. 4. This is not a belief central to holistic nursing.
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