NURS 160 – MIDTERM Exam Questions With 100% Verified Answers.
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NURS 160 – MIDTERM Exam Questions
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Open vs. Closed groups - answerOPEN GROUPS
- new members are welcome, and provided time to learn group norms and expectations
CLOSED GROUPS
- all members joining the group at the same time and no new members are admitted
Advantag...
NURS 160 – MIDTERM Exam Questions
With 100% Verified Answers.
Open vs. Closed groups - answer✔OPEN GROUPS
- new members are welcome, and provided time to learn group norms and expectations
CLOSED GROUPS
- all members joining the group at the same time and no new members are admitted
Advantages and disadvantages with open and closed groups? - answer✔OPEN
- ADV: new members are able to join, can function on an ongoing basis, and available to more
people
- DIS: less group cohesion and easier to form subgroups
CLOSED
- ADV: members get to know one another, group becomes cohesive, members move
concurrently through process
- DIS: if a member leaves no replacement joins, not available to everyone
Group sizes: what are small groups? - answer✔1. 3-10 people, but ideally 7-8
2. ADV:
- become more cohesive
- less likely to form subgroups
- often used to deal with emotional issues (ex: families in recovery)
3. DIS:
- if a spot is lost - it may alter the effectiveness
what are large groups? - answer✔1. +10 people
2. ADV:
- can be therapeutic and cost effective
- large interventions and prevention groups (ex: smoking or settings such as schools +
communities)
- can be ongoing and open-ended
Group Development Stages (Beginning) - answer✔1. Beginning
- introductions - members are more reserved (little - to no conflict)
- establishing trust and adjusting to group dynamics
- as group develops - group members can experience a period of conflict (w/ themselves or with
others)
- Group leader: sets boundaries and ensure safe and respectful group environments
Group Development Stages (Middle) - answer✔2. Middle (working) stage
- developments of relationships
- sharing ideas (collaborations)
- formation of group members, expectations, and goals
Group Development Stages (End) - answer✔3. Ending (termination) stage
- goodbyes (feelings of anger, hostility, grief)
- group leaders: responsible for facilitating meaningful and successful goodbye process
What does P.E.A.C.E stand for? - answer✔P - Praxis
E - Empowerment
A - Awareness
C - Cooperation
E - Evolvement
What are the definitions for P.E.A.C.E? - answer✔1. Praxis - thoughtful reflection and action
that occur in synchrony (ex: values made visible through deliberate action)
2. Empowerment - means nurturing each person's abilities and strengths in the context of respect
for everyone in the community
3. Awareness - active growing knowledge of self and others, and the world in which we live in
4. Cooperation - means actions that are shaped by commitments to group solidarity while
integrating the range of diversity that exist in the group
5. Evolvement - means embracing growth and change for all individuals and the group
What are the basic elements for Communication Process? - answer✔- communication = ongoing,
dynamic, and multidimensional process
- active process between sender + receiver
- feedback is the message returned by the receiver
What is Feedback? - answer✔- it indicates whether the intended meaning of the senders message
was understood by the receiver --> senders need to seek verbal and nonverbal feedback to ensure
that clear communication has occurred
For Feedback to be effective... - answer✔the sender and receiver must be sensitive and open to
each others messages, clarify the messages and modify behavior accordingly
Who is responsible to seek for openness and clarification in a nurse-patient relationship? -
answer✔This responsibility is primarily on the nurse
Name the 5 Ways of knowing in Nursing. - answer✔Carper's 4 ways of knowing
1. Empiric - science of knowing (factual knowledge = ex: mortality rates)
2. Ethics - moral decision
3. Personal knowledge of nursing
4. Aesthetics (nursing from the textbooks/class)
5. social political knowing - the context of nursing
List the 3 Personal knowledge in nursing? - answer✔1. experimental knowing - knowing from
experience
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