Caring (Pearson) Flashcards
The nurse is caring for a patient with lower extremity weakness. For which caring behavior should the nurse instruct the patient on the use of a walker?
Advocacy
Advocating for patients includes performing activities that enhance well-being, understanding, and self-care, such as teaching a patient to use a walker
The nurse is asked about the concept of caring. Which information should be included in the response?
Develops a deeper relationship over time.
Caring is a process that develops over time, resulting in a deepening and transformation of the relationship
The nurse sees a patient grimace but does not assume that this is a physical pain reaction. Which process from Swanson’s theory of caring should explain this approach?
Knowing
Avoiding assumptions is part of the process of knowing in Swanson’s theory of caring
The nurse engages in regular self-care practices. In which way should this benefit the nurse?
Improve self-esteem
Engaging in self-care practices leads to a sense of wholeness that comes from and contributes to self-esteem.
A patient expresses the desire to reach an optimal level of health. On which theorist should the nurse focus to become a coparticipant with this patient?
Watson
The nurse wants to enhance their ability to care for others. Which philosopher’s views should the nurse study to learn more about having a personal place in the world?
Mayeroff
Mayeroff believed that by caring and being cared for, each person finds a place in the world. Roach focuses on caring as a philosophical concept and proposes that caring is the human mode of being.
The nurse returns to work after being on maternity leave. Which caring behavior should the nurse most likely have developed about maternal-newborn patients?
Compassion
The nurse plans to use positive affirmations to improve self-care.
Which statement should the nurse make at the start of each day?
“I am prepared to do a good job today.”
Each day should start with positive statements about potential actions. “I am prepared to do a good job today” is a positive affirmation that helps control self-doubt and leads to greater self-esteem.
A patient is unable to dress independently.
Which caring behavior should the nurse exhibit when assisting the patient?
Enabling
Performing substitutive care, or choosing to act on the patient’s behalf when the patient cannot act independently, is an example of enabling behavior
The nurse wants to promote healthy nutrition at the workplace. Which snacks should the nurse bring to the break room to share?
Vegetables and hummus
The nurse wants to enhance self-care activities.
For which reason should the nurse engage in 150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise a week?
Improve joint stiffness
The nurse is preparing to go to work in the morning.
For which self-care behavior should the nurse say, “I am going to do a good job today?”
Positive affirmation
The nurse engages in journaling.
Which step should the nurse take to reflect on a challenging situation?
Evaluate the situation using outside knowledge.
The goal of any reflective framework is to encourage description and self-awareness, as well as critical thinking and analysis. Knowledge and experience from outside the situation should be used to enlighten and compare
A patient forcefully grabs and squeezes a family member’s wrist, causing the family member to cry out in pain.
For which component of caring should the nurse feel responsible to approach the patient about this behavior?
Conscience
Conscience is an awareness of personal responsibility to address an action, such as observing abusive behavior.
The nurse sees a patient grimace but does not assume that this is a physical pain reaction.
Which process from Swanson’s theory of caring should explain this approach?
Knowing
