While reviewing for a persuasive presentation on nursing paradigms, Richard has chosen to argue that the human-environment totality paradigm is the best nursing paradigm to guide nursing practice. What elements of this paradigm should Richard choose to change the minds of his classmates? (Select all that apply.)
A) The human-environment totality paradigm is the most common view.
B) People are biological, psychological, social, and spiritual and, thus, are systems.
C) People must live in a mutual, rhythmical, and co-creative interchange with the environment.
D) Humans relate to a static environment randomly and cannot be manipulated.
E) Human energy fields are identified by pattern and interaction with the larger whole

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A.Correct. Human-environment totality paradigm is the most common view.
B.Correct. Human-environment totality states that people are biological, psychological, social, and spiritual organisms and, thus, are systems.
C.Incorrect. This statement would represent the simultaneity paradigm.
D.Incorrect. This statement is a false representation of the human-environment totality paradigm.
E.Incorrect. This statement would represent the unitary-transformative (UT) paradigm.

While Reviewing for a Persuasive Presentation on Nursing Paradigms, Richard