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Test Bank for Communication in Nursing 10th Edition by Julia
Balzer Riley 9780323871457 Chapter 1-30 Complete Guide.
A nurse is teaching a class to pre-nursing students. She asks the students to tell her the definition of
caring according to the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics. Which student's answer is the
correct definition of caring? - ANSWER: -An act of kindness
-Providing appropriate medical care
-Ensuring an individual is not in pain
-**Having concern or regard for that which affects the welfare of another**
A nurse is demonstrating how to display caring professional behavior toward a nursing home resident.
Which behavior displayed by the nurse would depict a non-caring attitude toward the resident? -
ANSWER: -Asking the resident for money
-**Ignoring the resident who is in pain**
-Asking the resident to borrow her jewelry
-Flirting with the resident's boyfriend who is visiting
How do the nursing theories of caring affect nursing practice? - ANSWER: -**The nursing theories of
caring provide insight to enrich and guide nursing practice**
-The nursing theories of caring are part of an enduring research curiosity to understand the cause of
pain.
-The nursing theories of caring provide the skills and empathy to make a good leader.
-The nursing theories of caring provide the knowledge and skills needed to protect a nurse from
making medical errors.
What is the focus of Leininger's Cultural Care Theory? - ANSWER: -Care focuses on patients holistically
-**Care is a central component of nursing**
-Certain cultures need more care than others
-Nurses should not be biased when delivering care
According to Leininger's Cultural Care Theory, which practice would be inappropriate for a nurse? -
ANSWER: -Adapting healthcare practice
-**Limiting care for certain cultures**
-Restricting some cultural practice
-Preserving the patient's cultural health practice
A nurse is teaching a group of students about behaviors of being a caring nurse. The nurse
distinguishes between caring and codependency in a nurse. Which of these is a characteristic of a
caring nurse? - ANSWER: -**Patient advocate**
-Prompt discharge of patients
-Geriatric medicine
-Alternative method of pain relief
When choosing a life-long career, what motivates people to choose nursing? - ANSWER: -Good salary
-**Desire to help others**
-Job security
-Make a name for themselves
Which behaviors are demonstrated by a caring nurse? Select all that apply. - ANSWER: **-Actively
listening to the patient**
-Assuring the patient has a bedside toilet
**-Establishing trust through open lines of communication**
-Ensuring that the patient sleeps 8 hours a night
, -Making sure that patient eats all meals each day
In today's technical world of nursing, what is considered the most valuable method of nonverbal
communication? - ANSWER: Body Language
**Caring touch**
Eye Contact
Hand gestures
Through what means is the purpose of nursing fulfilled, according to Travelbee's theory? - ANSWER: -
Empathy
-Quality care
**-Human-to-human relationships**
-Making fewer errors in patient care
Which are components of the interaction process in Travelbee's Theory of Caring?
Select all that apply. - ANSWER: -Apathy
**-Empathy**
-Neglect
**-Original encounter**
**-Sympathy**
A nurse is working with a 38-year-old Lebanese patient in the hospital recovering after surgery. The
patient explains that it is Muslim tradition to visit the sick, and she needs everyone around to help her
recover. The nurse closes the curtain to allow privacy. According to Leininger's Cultural Care Theory,
what nursing action is being displayed to provide cultural congruent care? - ANSWER: -The nurse is
preserving the patient's cultural health practices by excluding family members from the room and
convincing the patient to send everyone home so she can rest.
**-The nurse is accommodating the health care practices of the patient's cultural practices by
allowing family but closing the curtain to provide nursing care.**
-The nurse is re-patterning by adjusting the patient's religious observance to fit in the hospital routine.
-The nurse is re-patterning by pulling the curtain for privacy to perform nursing care separate from
the family.
What should be the focus of compassionate nursing care, according to Travelbee? - ANSWER: -
Codependency
-Empathy
**-Human relationships**
-Spiritual connection
Which are nursing theories of care?
Select all that apply. - ANSWER: -Hippocrates Theory of Care
**-Leininger's Cultural Care Theory**
-Nightingale's Theory
**-Swanson's Middle Range Theory of Caring**
**-Watson's Theory of Human Caring**
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