The nurse is using the community-as-partner model to complete a community health assessment. Which does the flexible line of defense represent?
A) Level of health the community has reached over time
B) Internal mechanisms that act to defend against stressors
C) Buffer zone representing a dynamic level of health resulting from a temporary response to stress
D) Tension-producing stimuli that have the potential of causing disequilibrium in the system
Ans: C
Flexible line of defense is the buffer zone representing a dynamic level of health resulting from a temporary response to stress. Normal line of defense is the level of health the community has reached over time. Lines of resistance are internal mechanisms that act to defend against stressors. Stressors are tension-producing stimuli that have the potential of causing disequilibrium in the system.
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