benner theory (p. 56)

Question 1

From Novice to
Expert

Answer 1

Caring, Clinical Wisdom and Ethics in
Nursing Practice

Question 2

– person has no background
experience of the situation in which she or
he is involved.

Answer 2

• Novice

Question 3

Context-free, rules and objectives must be
given to guide performance

Answer 3

novice

Question 4

In the clinical area it is like a new nurse placed in an area foreign to her

Answer 4

novice

Question 5

Nursing students

Answer 5

novice

Question 6

ex. Medical ward staff nurse transferred to
neonatal intensive care

Answer 6

novice

Question 7

–person can demonstrate marginally acceptable
performance, having coped with enough
real situation, or have pointed out by a mentor

Answer 7

• Advanced beginner

Question 8

Have enough experience to grasp aspect
of the situation

Answer 8

Advanced beginner

Question 9

Nurses functioning at this level are guided
by rules and are oriented by task
completion.

Answer 9

Advanced beginner

Question 10

Clinical situations are viewed by nurses in
the___________ ____________ stage as a test to
their abilities and the demands of the
situation placed on them rather in terms of
patient needs and responses

Answer 10

Advanced beginner

Question 11

They are responsible for managing patient
care yet they still rely on the help of those
who are more experienced

Answer 11

Advanced beginner

Question 12

• Examples are the newly graduate
  registered nurses

Answer 12

Advanced beginner

Question 13

– learning through actual
situations and following instruction of
others, the advanced beginner moves to
the competent level

Answer 13

Competent

Question 14

Consistency, predictability and time
management are important in competent
performance

Answer 14

Competent

Question 15

Focus is on time management and the
nurse organization of the task.

Answer 15

Competent

Question 16

the nurse perceives the
situation as a whole rather than in terms of
aspect and the performance is guided by
maxims

Answer 16

Proficient

Question 17

Demonstrate a new ability to see changing
relevance in a situation including
recognition and implementation of skilled
response to the situation as it evolves

Answer 17

Proficient

Question 18

– the expert performer no longer
relies on analytical principles to connect
an understanding of the situation to an
appropriate action

Answer 18

Expert

Question 19

Have an intuitive grasp of the situation and
being able to identify the region of the
problem without losing time considering a
range of alternative diagnosis and solution

Answer 19

Expert

Question 20

(Nursing Paradigm) is a caring relationship, an
enabling condition of connection and
concern

Answer 20

nursing

Question 21

(Nursing Paradigm) -viewed as a caring practice whose
science is guided by the moral art and
ethics of care and responsibility

Answer 21

nursing

Question 22

(Nursing Paradigm) – a self-interpreting being that is,
the person does not come into the world
predefined but gets defined in the course
of living a life.

Answer 22

person

Question 23

(Nursing Paradigm)
Nurses attend to all dimension of the body
and seek to understand the role of
embodiment in particular situation of
health, illness and recovery.

Answer 23

person

Question 24

(Nursing Paradigm)
- The nurse must understand the roles of
each person, their body language,
sensations as well as their customs and
their own understanding of themselves.

Answer 24

person

Question 25

(Nursing Paradigm) not just the absence of disease
and illness

Answer 25

• Health

Question 26

(Nursing Paradigm) - it is defined as what can be assessed
meaning what can be observed from the
patient

Answer 26

• Health

Question 27

is loss or dysfunction

Answer 27

Disease

Question 28

is assessment of the physical level/
physical symptoms

Answer 28

• Illness

Question 29

(Nursing Paradigm) – in other theories this is term as
environment
* Defined as person engaged interaction,
interpretation and understanding of the
situation

Answer 29

situation

Question 30

(Nursing Paradigm) Each persons past, present and future,
which include his own personal meanings,
habits and perspective influence the
current situation

Answer 30

situation