A nurse is assessing a client who practices yoga for relaxation, ...

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A nurse is assessing a client who practices yoga for relaxation, follows a nutritionally sound diet, and has supportive, sound relationships with her spouse and children. This client would exemplify which of the following levels of wellness?
 
  1. Emergent high-level wellness in a favorable environment
   2. Emergent high-level wellness in an unfavorable environment
   3. Protected poor health in a favorable environment
   4. High-level wellness in a favorable environment

Question 2

When working with clients and defining the term health, the nurse uses examples from a variety of sources such as Nightingale, the World Health Organization, the President's Commission on Health, and the ANA.
 
  Broadly, health is which of the following? (Select all that apply.) 1. A process
   2. A state of well-being
   3. Purely the absence of disease
   4. A dynamic state of being
   5. Affected solely by physiological factors

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Answer to Question 1

4. High-level wellness in a favorable environment

Rationale:
High-level wellness in a favorable environment involves biopsychosocial, spiritual, and economic resources that support healthy lifestyles. This client meets those criteria. The client is not emerging into high-level wellness; she has already achieved it. Emergent high-level wellness in an unfavorable environment would be exemplified by a client who has the knowledge to implement healthy lifestyles but does not implement them because of family responsibilities, job demands, or other factors. The client does not have any health problems and therefore does not fit the description of protected poor health.

Answer to Question 2

1. A process
2. A state of well-being
4. A dynamic state of being

Rationale:
Broad definitions of the term health have been developed by various entities, including those mentioned above. It has been described as a process, a state of well-being, and a dynamic state of being. It is not merely the absence of disease. It involves the whole person as well as the environment, not just physiological factors.