MIDDLE RANGE THEORIES

Question 1

ramona t. mercer

Answer 1

maternal role attainment becoming a mother

Question 2

maternal role attainment becoming a mother

Answer 2

ramona t. mercer

Question 2

the process of becoming a mother requires extensive psychological , social, and physical work.

Answer 2

ramona t. mercer, 2006

Question 3

an interactional and developmental process occuring overtime in which the mother becomes attached to her infants, acquires competence in the caretaking tasks involved in the role and express pleasure and graptificationin the role.

Answer 3

marernal role attainment (ramona t. mercer)

Question 4

is defined as having an internalized
view of the set as a mother.

Answer 4

Maternal identity

Question 5

is the woman’s
perception of her performance during labor and birth.

Answer 5

Perception of birth experience

Question 6

is the individual’s perception of how
others view oneself and self-acceptance of the
perceptions.

Answer 6

Self-esteem

Question 7

is the overall perception of self that
includes self-satisfaction, acceptance, esteem, and
congruence or discrepancy between self and ideal
self.

Answer 7

Self-concept

Question 8

are maternal attitudes or
beliefs about child rearing.

Answer 8

Child-Rearing attitude

Question 9

refers to mother’s and father’s
perception of their prior health, current health, health
outlook, resistance-susceptibility to illness, health
worry concern, sickness orientation and rejection of
the sick role.

Answer 9

Health status

Question 10

is a trait in which there is specific proneness
to perceive stressful situations as dangerous or
threatening, and as a situation-specific state.

Answer 10

Anxiety

Question 11

refers to individual’s view of the
activities and relationships between the family and its
subsystems and broader social units.

Answer 11

Family functioning

Question 12

contributes to the process of
maternal role attainment in a way that cannot be
duplicated by any other person. The interaction helps
diffuse tension and facilitate maternal role attainment.

Answer 12

Father or Intimate Partner

Question 13

is the perception of the mate
including intended and actual values, goals, agreements
between the two. The maternal attachment to the infant
develops within the emotional field of the parent’s
relationship.

Answer 13

Mother-Father Relationship

Question 14

A dynamic profession with three foci: health promotion
and prevention of illness, providing care for those who
need professional assistance to achieve their optimal
level of health and functioning, and research to enhance
the knowledge base for providing excellent nursing

care.

Answer 14

Nursing

Question 15

• Refers to the self or core self.
• Viewed self as separate from the roles that are played.
• The core self evolves from a cultural contexts and
  determines how situations are defined and shaped.
• Self esteem and confidence are important in attainment
  of the maternal role
• Mother as a separate self interacts with her infant and
  with the father or her significant others
• The mother is both influential and is influenced by both of
  them.

Answer 15

Person

Question 16

• The mother’s and father’s perception of their prior

health, current health, health outlook, resistance-
susceptibility to illness, health worry or concern,

sickness orientation and rejection of the sick role.

• Family health status is affected negatively by
  antepartum stress.

Answer 16

Health

Question 17

• The ecological interacting environment in which
  maternal role attainment develops.
• The development of roles/person cannot be
  considered apart from the environment; there is
  mutual accommodation between the developing
  person and the changing properties of the immediate
  settings.

Answer 17

Environment

Question 18

Merle H. Mishel

Answer 18

Uncertainty in Illness Theory