Models of Health Offer a Perspective by Which to Understand

question 19

Multiple Choice

Models of health offer a perspective by which to understand the relationships between the concepts of health,wellness,and illness.Nurses are in a unique position to assist patients in achieving and maintaining optimal levels of health because nurses

• A) Understand the challenges of today's health care system.
• B) Identify actual and potential risk factors.
• C) Have coined the term "illness behavior."
• D) Can minimize the effects of illness and assist to the return of optimal health

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Definitions:

Inhibitory Neurotransmitter

A type of neurotransmitter that decreases the likelihood of the neuron it binds to firing an action potential.

GABA

Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid, a neurotransmitter in the brain that inhibits many neurons from firing, reducing activity in the nervous system.

Neuron

A cell that conducts electrochemical signals; the basic unit of the nervous system; also called a nerve cell.

Dendrites

A neuron’s branches that receive information from other neurons and transmit it toward the cell body.