1. A nurse assesses patients in a physician’s office who areexperiencing different levels of health and illness. Whichstatements best define the concepts of health and illness?Select all that apply.a. Health and illness are the same for all people.b. Health and illness are individually defined by eachperson.c. People with acute illnesses are actually healthy.d. People with chronic illnesses have poor health beliefs.e. Health is more than the absence of illness.f. Illness is the response of a person to a disease.

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1. A nurse assesses patients in a physician’s office who are
experiencing different levels of health and illness. Which
statements best define the concepts of health and illness?
Select all that apply.
a. Health and illness are the same for all people.
b. Health and illness are individually defined by each
person.
c. People with acute illnesses are actually healthy.
d. People with chronic illnesses have poor health beliefs.
e. Health is more than the absence of illness.
f. Illness is the response of a person to a disease.

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Health is a state of being well without any physical or mental illness. If a person is having a sound body, and sound mind is known as healthy. Illness is a state of being ill, physically or mentally. If a person is not having any disease and he is not mentally healthy then he is considered ill.

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Because each individual defines health on how they feel, if they are having signs and symptoms and if they can do daily activities. So, option b is correct.

 

Health doesn't only mean that there will be the absence of disease it also includes mental, social, and spiritual well bring. So, option e is correct

 

Illness means the individual response of a person to the disease. Health and illness are part of the continuum. So, option f is correct.

 

Hence,option b, e, and f are correct

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