Health is a dynamic state of well-being in relation to these processes, and reflects the client system's ability to adapt to its environments. The goal of nursing is to assist client systems toward optimal functioning. A focal client systems is the entity toward which nursing therapeutics are directed in a given situation. Nursing therapeutics refers to the work of nursing, including application of cognitive, behavioral, psychomotor and affective processes to the design of nursing interventions with client systems. The health care delivery system is the complex set of interrelated elements and processes organized within a society for the express purpose of delivering health care services to designated populations.
Nursing practice is an element of the health care delivery system.
Professional values represent the foundational beliefs from which standards of ethical practice are derived.