NURS 6700 Exam 1 Questions And Answers 2024
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Why is Florence Nightingale significant? ANS - Shaped and defined standards of nursing
practice
- Advocates for nurses to think about patient and environment
- Collection of data (assessment) was for sake of saving person's life, promoting comfort, and
increasing health
What are the aims of nursing? ANS - Promote health
- Prevent illness
- Restore health
- Facilitate coping w/disability or death
What are the main domains (paradigms) of nursing theory? ANS - *Person (patient)*
- Health
- Environment
- Nursing
What is a paradigm? ANS Pattern of thought useful in describing the domain of a discipline.
According to Watson's Transpersonal Caring Theory (1979), what is the goal of nursing? ANS
Promote health, restore patient to health, and prevent illness
According to Watson's Transpersonal Caring Theory (1979), what is the framework for practice?
ANS Involves the philosophy of caring, which is an interpersonal process of interventions to meet
human needs
,According to Nightingale's Environmental Theory (1860), what is the goal of nursing? ANS
Facilitate the reparative process of the body by manipulating the patient's environment
According to Nightingale's Environmental Theory (1860), what is the framework for practice?
ANS Nurse manipulates patient's environment to include appropriate noise, nutrition, hygiene, light,
comfort, socialization, and hope
According to Peplau's Interpersonal Theory (1952), what is the goal of nursing? ANS Develop
interaction between nurse and patient
According to Peplau's Interpersonal Theory (1952), what is the framework for practice? ANS
Nursing is a significant, therapeutic, interpersonal process and health care systems should facilitate
interpersonal relationships
According to Peplau, what 3 phases characterize the nurse-patient relationship? ANS 1)
orientation
2) working phase
3) termination
According to Henderson's Theory (1955), what is the goal of nursing? ANS Work
interdependently with other health care workers to assist patient in gaining independence asap
According to Henderson's Theory (1955), what is the framework for practice? ANS Nurses help
the patient perform Henderson's 14 basic needs
According to Orem's Self-care Deficit Theory (1971), what is the goal of nursing? ANS Make the
patient as self-sufficient as possible and manage his/her health problems
According to Orem's Self-care Deficit Theory (1971), what is the framework for practice? ANS
Care is needed when patient is unable to fulfill biological, psychological, developmental, or social
needs
, According to Leininger's Theory (1978), what is the goal of nursing? ANS Provide the patient
with culturally specific nursing care
According to Neuman's Theory (1974), what is the goal of nursing? ANS Help individuals,
families, and groups attain maximal level of wellness by purposeful interventions
According to Neuman's theory (1974), what is the framework for practice? ANS Stress reduction
is goal of systems model and nursing actions are primary, secondary, or tertiary level of prevention.
According to Roy's Adaptation Theory (1970), what is the goal of nursing? ANS Identify types of
demands placed on a patient, assess adaptation to demands, and help patient adapt
According to Roy's Adaptation Theory (1970), what is the framework for practice? ANS All
individuals must adapt to following demands:
- physiological needs
- positive self-concept
- social roles
- balance between dependence/independence
According to Brenner and Wrubel's Theory (1989), what is the goal of nursing? ANS Focus on
patient's need for caring to cope with stressors of illness
According to Brenner and Wrubel's Theory (1989), what is the framework for practice? ANS
Caring is essence of nursing and creates possibility for coping, enables connecting and showing
concern for others
How are nursing theories beneficial in practice? ANS They organize frameworks of nursing care
and provide critical thinking structures to guide clinical reasoning and problem solving.
What is the best way to search for evidence in scientific literature? ANS Form a PICOT question.
