The Environment is an aggregate of conditions, internal or external to the human. Internal environment includes all that interacts within the human and external environment includes all outside forces which influence the human. Within the external environment, society evolves through the interaction of social and politicial forces. There is interaction between societal influences and individual values concerning health care delivery. Internal and external environments may enhance or disrupt the human's health status.
Health is a dynamic, multi-dimensional state of being in which the potential of a human is realized.
The relative dominance of human strengths or limitations determines health. Health may coexist and interact with illness, and is largely defined by culture. Health is the focus of nursing attention, not as an end in itself, but as a means to life that is meaningful and manageable. Learning is the art or process of acquiring knowledge, skills and values by means of study, instruction, observation, interaction, practice, and experience. Learning is an active internal process which involves cognitive, psychomotor, and affective aspects of human behavior.