Water is essential because: cells and organs rely on it, it regulate body functions, flushes out the waste products, or all of the above

Explain the nursing actions which are the basis for safe, competent nursing care and the underlying principles of each competency.

How would you describe a person at the midpoint of the health continuum? a. extremely ill b. perfectly well c. neither ill nor perfectly well d. unable to move on the continuum

Bulimia nervosa is characterized by a. a refusal to eat enough food to maintain normal, healthy body weight and/or the use of measures to produce severe weight loss. b. high fat intake and low level of physical activity. c. alternating binge eating and purging through vomiting, laxatives, or diuretics. d. normal food consumption interrupted by episodes of high consumption, resulting in obesity.