Concept Of Nursing

Question 1

Assist client physically and psychologically while preserving client’s dignity.

Answer 1

Caregiver

Question 2

Identify client problems and communicate them to other members of the health care team.

Answer 2

Communicator

Question 3

Help clients learn about health and health care procedures to restore or maintain health.

Answer 3

Teacher

Question 4

Represent, protect the client’s needs and wishes.

Answer 4

Client advocate

Question 5

Help client to recognize and cope with stressful psychological or social problems, develop improved relationships, and promote personal growth.

Answer 5

Counselor

Question 6

Assist clients to make modifications in behavior.

Answer 6

Change agent

Question 7

Influence others to work together to accomplish specific goals.

Answer 7

Leader

Question 8

Manage care of individuals, families, and communities.

Answer 8

Manager

Question 9

Work with or act as primary nurse to oversee care of specific caseload.

Answer 9

Case manager

Question 10

Use research to improve client care.

Answer 10

Research consumer

Question 11

Occupation that requires extensive education; special knowledge, skill, and preparation.

Answer 11

Profession

Question 12

Professional character, spirit, and methods.

Answer 12

Professionalism

Question 13

Process of becoming professional.

Answer 13

Professionalization

Question 14

Hospital diploma, associate degree, baccalaureate degree, master’s degrer, and doctoral degree

Answer 14

Specialized education

Question 15

Nursing conceptual frameworks

Answer 15

Body of knowledge

Question 16

Altruism and service to others.

Answer 16

Service orientation

Question 17

Contemporary practice-related issues.

Answer 17

Ongoing research

Question 18

Integrity. Members expected to do what is considered as right regardless of personal cost.

Answer 18

Code of ethics.

Question 19

Self regulating. Independence at work.

Answer 19

Autonomy

Question 20

Governance

Answer 20

Professional organization

Question 21

Nursing theory that focuses on undersranding different cultures in order to function.

Answer 21

Culture care diversity and universality (Leininger)

Question 22

Caring is contextual, influenced by organizational structure.

Answer 22

Theory of Bureaucratic Caring (Ray)

Question 23

All individuals are caring and develop caring abilities by being true to self, being real, and being who they truly are.

Answer 23

Caring, the human mode of being (Roach)

Question 24

Know people and nurture them.

Answer 24

Nursing as caring (boykin and schoenhofer)

Question 25

Each person seeks harmony within mind, body, and soul.

Answer 25

Theory of human care (watson)

Question 26

One feels a personal sense of commitment to a valued "other"

Answer 26

Theory of caring (swanson)

Question 27

From factual, observable phenomena to the theoretical analysis.

Answer 27

Empirical knowing

Question 28

The therapeutic use of self and promote wholeness.

Answer 28

Personal knowing

Question 29

The moral comportment. Beyond observing code of ethics.

Answer 29

Ethical knowing

Question 30

The art of nursing. Expressed by individual nurse's creativity.

Answer 30

Aesthetic knowing

Question 31

Methods required for one pattern cannot be used to develop knowledge within another pattern.

Answer 31

Developing ways of knowing

Question 32

Critical nursing skill used to gather data, teach, and persuade, express caring and comfort.

Answer 32

Communication

Question 33

A person or group who wishes to communicate a message to another.

Answer 33

Sender

Question 34

The message itself. What is said or actually written.

Answer 34

Message

Question 35

The one who decodes the message.

Answer 35

Receiver

Question 36

Message that the receiver returns to the sender.

Answer 36

Feedback

Question 37

Obtain information before first face-to-face meeting: Name, address, age, medical history, and/or social history

Answer 37

Preinteraction Phase

Question 38

Sets tone for rest of the relationship, develop trust and security, getting to know each other.

Answer 38

Introductory phase

Question 39

View each other as unique individuals. Exploring and understanding thoughts and feelings.

Answer 39

Working phase

Question 40

Nurse and client accept feelings of loss. Client accepts the end of relationship without feelings of anxiety or dependence.

Answer 40

Termination phase.

Question 41

Each individual is unique

Answer 41

Concept of individuality

Question 42

Explores how one area of concern relates to the whole person. Concerned with individual as a whole, not an assembly of parts or systems.

Answer 42

Concept of holism

Question 43

Counteract conditions that are abnormal for the person

Answer 43

Compensatory mechanism

Question 44

Set of interacting, identifiable parts.

Answer 44

System

Question 45

Real or imaginary line that differentiates one system from another system.

Answer 45

Boundary

Question 46

Does not exchange energy, matter, or information with the environment.

Answer 46

Closed system

Question 47

Sharing across boundaries

Answer 47

Open system

Question 48

Information, material, or energy that enters the system.

Answer 48

Input

Question 49

After input, processed in a way useful to humans.

Answer 49

Throughput

Question 50

Energy, matter, information given out by system as a result of its processes.

Answer 50

Output

Question 51

Interventioms to maintain or regain homeostasis

Answer 51

Positive and negative feedback

Question 52

Inhibita change.

Answer 52

Negative feedback

Question 53

Stimulates change

Answer 53

Positive feedback

Question 54

Person does not think about changing behavior in the next 6 months.

Answer 54

Precontemplation stage

Question 55

Person acknowledges having a problem. Verbalization of plans to change behavior in the near future.

Answer 55

Contemplation stage

Question 56

Person intends to take action in the immediate future.

Answer 56

Preparation stage

Question 57

Person actively implements behavioral, cognitive strategies of action plan.

Answer 57

Action stage

Question 58

Person strives to prevent relapse. Estimated to last 6 months to 5 years.

Answer 58

Maintenance stage

Question 59

Point at which individual has complete confidence that problem no longer a temptation or threat.

Answer 59

Termination stage