CONCEPTS OF NURSING

Question 1

Act of utilizing the environment of the patient to assist him
in his recovery.

Answer 1

Florence Nightingale

Question 2

Theoretical system of knowledge that prescribes a process
of analysis and action related to the care of the ill person.

Answer 2

Sister Callista Roy

Question 3

Nursing is a humanistic science dedicated to the
compassionate concern with maintaining and promoting
health and preventing illness and caring for and
rehabilitating the sick and disabled.

Answer 3

Martha Rogers

Question 4

Levels of prevention

Answer 4

 Primary – Health promotion and disease
prevention
 Secondary – Treatment, curative
 Tertiary – Rehabilitation

Question 5

(Self-care and Self-care deficit theory)
 Helping or assisting service to persons who are wholly or
partly dependent, when they, their parents and guardians,
or other adults responsible for their care are no longer able
to give or supervise their care.

Answer 5

Dorothea Orem

Question 6

Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of
health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury,
alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and
advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities,
and populations (2003)

Answer 6

ANA (American Nurses Association)

Question 7

Self-actualization
Self-esteem
Love and belongingness
Safety and Security

Answer 7

Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs

Question 8

Being free from harm or danger

Answer 8

Safety and security

Question 9

2 forms of safety

Answer 9

Physical safety (free from physical harm)
and Psychological safety (explaining the
procedure to the patient)

Question 10

o If all the needs are within the physiologic level

Answer 10

Physiologic (priority)

Question 11

(life threatening needs) Airway,
Breathing, Circulation

Answer 11

High priority needs

Question 12

(Health threatening needs)
Elimination, Nutrition, Comfort,

Answer 12

Medium priority needs

Question 13

(Person’s developmental needs)

Answer 13

Low Priority needs