We believe that the client of nursing may be an individual, family or community, and that families and communities also exhibit collective subsystems which are biophysical, psychological, sociocultural, and cognitive. The client has an instinctual capacity for growth and development and an inherent desire to fulfill self-potential. In addition, each client has self care knowledge and self care resources. Through self care action, internal and external resources are mobilized to achieve health. Health - The faculty believes that a client's health is not merely and absence of disease or infirmity but rather a dynamic equilibrium among the subsystems.
Health is achieved through successful adaptation as the client responds to life stressors.
Health and illness coexist on dual continua, demonstrating that each client has varying potentials and responses to both at any time. Environment - The environment provides a context for the expression and satisfaction of basic need and for the processes of biophysical, psychosocial and cognitive development. Stressors requiring adaptation and resources for adapting are factors which rise from the environment. These factors may be intra person, interpersonal, or extra personal. Nursing - Nursing is an interactive process between a client and a nurse.