Nursing 214 Exam 1 Questions and Answers with complete solution
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Nursing 214
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Nursing 214
Created environment - ️️is subconsciously developed by the client as a symbolic
expression of wholeness. it supersedes and encompasses the internal and external
environments
Neuman: Client system - ️️-an open system in interaction with environment.
-a composite of five interrelated vari...
Nursing 214 Exam 1
Created environment - ✔️✔️is subconsciously developed by the client as a symbolic
expression of wholeness. it supersedes and encompasses the internal and external
environments
Neuman: Client system - ✔️✔️-an open system in interaction with environment.
-a composite of five interrelated variables that occur and are considered simultaneously
in each client concentric circle
what are the four concepts which have been basic to nursing theory? -
✔️✔️1.client/person 2. environment 3. health 4. nursing
what is the purpose of a conceptual model/theoretical framework in the development of
nursing as a profession ? - ✔️✔️provides direction and guidance for professional
nursing in practice, eduction, and research
clients - ✔️✔️the recipients of nursing care (includes individuals, families, groups, and
communities)
environment - ✔️✔️the internal and external surroundings that affect the client. This
includes people in the physical environment, such as families, friends, and significant
others
Health - ✔️✔️the degree of wellness or well-being that the client experiences
Nursing - ✔️✔️the attributes, characteristics, and actions of the nurse providing care on
behalf of, or in conjunction with, the client
adaptability - ✔️✔️the adjustments of the client system variables to environmental
stressors in order to maintain client stability or move toward the optimal wellness level
Central core - ✔️✔️is the basic structure of survival factors
Psychological variable - ✔️✔️mental processes and relationships
sociocultural variable - ✔️✔️social and cultural functions
, developmental variable - ✔️✔️developmental processes of life
spiritual variable - ✔️✔️aspects of spirituality, from unawareness to well developed
spiritual understanding
external environment - ✔️✔️all forces or interaction influences external to, or existing
outside, the defined client system. it is the source of interpersonal and extra personal
stressors
internal environment - ✔️✔️all forces or interactive influences internal to , or contained
solely within, the boundaries of the defined client system. it is the source of internal
influences
Nursing goal - ✔️✔️facilitate optimal wellness through retention, attainment, or
maintenance of client system stability by means of primary, secondary, or tertiary
prevention
primary prevention - ✔️✔️action required to RETAIN client system stability.
Intervention is selected when risk or hazard from a stressor is known but a reaction has
not yet occurred. Interventions attempt to reduce the possibility of client's encounter with
a stressor or strengthen the flexible line of defense to decrease the possibility of a
reaction with a stressor
secondary prevention - ✔️✔️action required to ATTAIN client system stability.
Intervention is selected when a reaction to a stressor has already occurred.
Interventions deal with existing symptoms and attempt to strengthen the lines of
resistance through client's internal and external resources
Tertiary Prevention - ✔️✔️action required to MAINTAIN system stability. Intervention is
selected when some degree of system stability has occurred following secondly
prevention intervention.
Wellness and variances from Wellness - ✔️✔️A continuum of wellness to illness,
dynamic in nature, that is constantly subject to change. Optimal wellness or stability
indicates that total system needs are being met. A reduced state of wellness is the
result of unmet systemic needs. The client is in a dynamic state of either wellness or
illness, in varying degrees, at any given point in time.
extrapersonal stressors - ✔️✔️those that occur outside the person (e.g. financial
needs)
Flexible line of defense - ✔️✔️depicted as a broken line, is dynamic and can be rapidly
altered over a short period of time. It is a protective buffer that prevents stressors from
penetrating the normal line of defense
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