These four concepts play a very important role throughout the care of every single patient we are in contact with. The concept of person is used to represent each individual patient, as a man or a woman (Chitty & Black, 2014). In the nursing profession, we know that each person is different in their own way by many different factors such as genetics and environment. As nurses, we incorporate the different factors that make a person who they are today. According to Chitty & Black (2014), the concept of environment includes all influences or factors that affect the individual. The environment plays an important role in promoting or interfering with patient health. The environment can be made up of many different systems, such as family, cultural, social, and community systems. All of these different systems can play a role in patient health. The third main concept of the metaparadigm is health. The concept of health varies from person to person and from day to day and includes many different factors (Chitty & Black, 2014). Health includes every part that makes a person whole, including the ability to carry out one's daily activities in life effectively. The final concept of the metaparadigm is nursing. Nursing, being the final concept, includes all previous concepts of person, environment, and health to create a holistic approach (Chitty & Black, 2014). The holistic approach promotes the well-being of mind, body and spirit in our