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The major conceptual elements of Watson’s caring theory include all of the following EXCEPT:
A. Transpersonal caring relationship.
B. 10 carative factors.
C. Behavioral systems perspective of nurse–patient interaction.
D. Caring moment/caring occasion.

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C. Behavioral systems perspective of nurse–patient interaction.

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According to Watson, consciousness:
A. Is contained.
B. Is interconnected.
C. Is communicated to the one being cared for.
D. Exists through and transcends time and space.
E. All of the above

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E. All of the above

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Watson’s original 10 carative factors include all of the following EXCEPT:
A. Formation of a humanistic–altruistic system of values.
B. Cultivation of sensitivity to one’s self and to others.
C. Promotion and acceptance of the expression of positive and negative feelings.
D. Systematic use of problem-solving skills to implement the nursing process.
E. Provision for a supportive, protective, and/or corrective mental, physical, societal, and spiritual environment.

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D. Systematic use of problem-solving skills to implement the nursing process

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“Transpersonal” in Watson’s theory conveys a concern for:
A. The inner lifeworld and subjective meaning of another who is fully embodied.
B. Going beyond the ego self and beyond the given moment.
C. Reaching to the deeper connections to spirit and with the broader universe and societal and
spiritual environment.
D. A & C.
E. All of the above.

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E. All of the above.

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A transpersonal caring occasion occurs whenever:
A. The nurse has a feeling of compassion toward the patient.
B. The nurse and the patient know and like one another.
C. The nurse and another come together with their unique life histories
D. The nurse has advanced intuitive skills.

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C. The nurse and another come together with their unique life histories

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The dynamic of transpersonal caring (healing) within a caring moment is manifest in:
A. A full intention.
B. A field of consciousness.
C. A field of dreams.
D.  An interpersonal transaction.
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B. A field of consciousness.

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When a nurse and another come together with their unique life histories in a human-to-human transaction, this is considered a:
A. Caring occasion.
B. Caring moment.
C. Caring consciousness.
D. Caring relationship.
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A. Caring occasion.

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The action and choice by the nurse and other to be in the moment is considered a:

A. Caring moment.
B. Caring consciousness.
C. Caring relationship.
D. Caring occasion

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A. Caring moment.

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According to Watson, \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ “seeks to connect with and embrace the spirit or soul of the other through the process of caring and healing and being in authentic relation in the moment”: 
A.	Transpersonal caring moment
B.	Caritas Processes®
C.	Universals of human caring
D.	Transpersonal caring
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D. Transpersonal caring

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Watson’s theory continues to expand and evolve, reflecting caring science as: 
A.	Curative. 
B.	Sacred.
C.	Technological.
D.	Transpersonal.
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B. Sacred.

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Watson’s original caring theory consisted of the ten caritas processes.

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ANS: F

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Watson’s theory can be read as a philosophy, an ethic, a paradigm, an expanded science model, or a theory.

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ANS: T

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Watson proposes that: The nurse’s moral commitment, intentionality, and caritas consciousness is to protect, enhance, promote, and potentiate human dignity, wholeness, and healing, wherein a person creates or co-creates his or her own meaning for existence, healing, wholeness, and living and dying.

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ANS: T

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The assumptions of the humanbecoming school of thought are written on the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ level of discourse.
A. Ontological
B. Epistemological
C. Philosophical
D. Theoretical
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C. Philosophical

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In the humanbecoming school of thought, concepts are described using:
A. Opposites of the same concept.
B. Problems to be solved.
C. Roadblocks to becoming.
D. Paradoxes to specify a unique language.

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D. Paradoxes to specify a unique language.

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The worldview of humanbecoming is antithetical to the word:
A.	Nursing.
B.	Practice.
C.	Science.
D.	Living.
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B. Practice.

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The goal of nursing from the humanbecoming perspective is:
A. Patient wellness.
B. Quality of life.
C. Overcoming disease.
D. True presence.
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B. Quality of life.

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According to Parse, true presence is a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ connection.
A. Human–universe
B. Medical–spiritual
C. Nurse–patient
D. Patient–wellness
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A. Human–universe

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From a humanbecoming perspective, data are extracted from nurse–person dialogs by using:
A. Empirical induction.
B. Dialectical construction.
C. Conversational structuring.
D. Heuristic interpretation.
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D. Heuristic interpretation.

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The assumptions, values, and meanings expressed and shared in the language patterns of a group of people are defined by Parse as:
A. A culture of care.
B. Humanbecoming nursing.
C. Interactive dialoging.
D. Heuristic interpretation.
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A. A culture of care.

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According to Parse, a basic human science that has co-created human experiences as its central focus is called:
A. Humanbecoming.
B. Being and becoming.
C. Human co-creation.
D. None of the above.
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A. Humanbecoming.

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Parse’s theory of humanbecoming stems from which of the following three major themes?
A. Imaging, revealing–concealing, and transforming
B. Meaning, rhythmicity, and transcendence
C. Languaging, connecting–separating, and powering
D. Valuing, enabling–limiting, and originating

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B. Meaning, rhythmicity, and transcendence

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The Parse research method extracts information from:
A. Participants’ medical records.
B. A participant’s health journal.
C. Participants’ dialogues.
D. Hospital records.
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C. Participants’ dialogues.

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In this paradigm, nursing practice is more closely aligned with a medical model of care:
A. Simultaneity paradigm.
B. Totality paradigm.
C. Structured paradigm.
D. Humanbecoming paradigm.
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B. Totality paradigm.

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Which of the following paradigmatic perspectives match?
A. Totality paradigm and body-mind-spirit
B. Simultaneity paradigm and humanuniverse-indivisible-unpredictable
C. Humanbecoming paradigm and indivisible-unpredictable-everchanging
D. Co-creating paradigm and symphony-freedom-paradox

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A. Totality paradigm and body-mind-spirit

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Which of the following is considered a basic mode of humanbecoming investigative tradition?
A. Humanbecoming Concept Inventing Method
B. Parse Method
C. Humanbecoming Hermeneutical Method
D. Both A & B
E. Both B & C

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E. Both B & C

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Studying universal humanuniverse living experiences from historian’s descriptions is:
A.	Living-the-Art.
B.	Languaging.
C.	Parasciencing.
D.	Originating.
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C. Parasciencing.

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The concepts of powering, transforming, and originating are explicated in which of Parse’s principles?
A. The principle that humanuniverse is everchanging.
B. The principle that describes rhythmical humanuniverse patterns.
C. The principle that explicates that people coparticipate in creating what is real for them.
D. The principle that specifies fundamental beliefs about humanuniverse, the ethos of humanbecoming, and living quality.

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A. The principle that humanuniverse is everchanging.

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Newman’s basic philosophy is \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ rather than \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ the patient. 
A. Being with, doing for
B. Hearing, calling
C. Being with, ignoring
D. Healing, doing for
A

A. Being with, doing for

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Newman’s focus is on:
A. Healing the patient.
B. Doing research.
C. Partnering with the patient.
D. Partnering with the doctor to fix the patient.
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C. Partnering with the patient.

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For Newman, \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ describes information that depicts the whole of a person’s relationship with the environment and gives an understanding of the meaning of the relationships all at once. 
A. Holistic
B. Pattern
C. Process
D. Mutuality
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B. Pattern

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. Patients faced with life-threatening events or terminal illness often reflect on their lives and find ways to change their priorities. This process is termed by Newman as:
A. Insight.
B. Retrenching.
C. Lifestyle change.
D. Self-healing.
A

A. Insight.

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The nurse, through attention and partnership, should try to facilitate:
A. Healing.
B. Medical procedures.
C. Patient transformation.
D. Patient relaxation.
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C. Patient transformation.

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In Newman’s system, the decisions a patient makes as his or her consciousness expands are made at:
A. Turning points.
B. The point of no return.
C. Price points.
D. Choice points.
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D. Choice points.

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The information that provides the patient’s system the capacity to interact with the environment is called:
A. Consciousness.
B. Subconsciousness.
C. Caution.
D. Intuition.
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A. Consciousness.

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To understand the patient better, Newman suggests the nurse should use a series of:
A. Biometric tests.
B. Clarifying questions.
C. Surveys.
D. None of the above.
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B. Clarifying questions.

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In Newman’s view, health is composed of:
A. Mental well-being.
B. Both disease and wellness.
C. Medical cure of disease.
D. A positive mental attitude.
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B. Both disease and wellness.

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According to Newman, being in the present with a family and not being chained by linear time is an example of:
A. Resonating with the whole.
B. Attention to pattern and meaning.
C. Process of expanding consciousness.
D. Choice points for action potential.
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C. Process of expanding consciousness.

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Which theorist was a major influence on Newman’s theoretical perspective?

A. Helen Erickson
B. Barbara Dossey
C. Martha Rogers
D. Rosemarie Parse

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C. Martha Rogers

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According to Newman, during illness, both the patient and the caregiver encounter alterations in movement, space, time, and consciousness.

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ANS: T

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Consciousness within the Theory of Health as Expanding Consciousness is limited to cognitive thought.

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ANS: F

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Which of the following theorists influenced Kolcaba’s development of Comfort Theory?
A. Orlando, Nightingale, and Henderson
B. Orlando, Orem, and Nightingale
C. Orlando, Henderson, and Watson
D. Orlando, Henderson, Paterson, and Zderad

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D. Orlando, Henderson, Paterson, and Zderad

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For Kolcaba, the outcome of comfort is the immediate experience of being strengthened when needs for \_\_\_\_\_\_, \_\_\_\_\_\_\_, and \_\_\_\_\_\_ are met.
A. Relief, ease, and food
B. Relief, ease, and transcendence
C. Ease, transcendence, and rest
D. Ease, rest, and relief
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B. Relief, ease, and transcendence

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Kolcaba created a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ to present the nursing meaning of comfort as a patient outcome.
A. Theory diagram
B. Taxonomic structure
C. Research study
D. Umbrella picture
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B. Taxonomic structure

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. Being complete, whole, sound, upright, appealing, ethical, and sincere are defined by Kolcaba as qualities of:
A. Health-seeking institutions.
B. Magnet institutions.
C. Institutional integrity.
D. The U.S. health care system.
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C. Institutional integrity.

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Kolcaba defines interventions that produce the best possible patient and family outcomes, based on empirical evidence, as:
A. Best policies.
B. Best practices.
C. Best measures.
D. Best interventions.
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B. Best practices.

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Interventions specified by other disciplines or by nursing protocols that include medication, treatments, monitoring schedules, insertion of lines, etc., are defined as \_\_\_\_\_\_ interventions by Kolcaba. 
A. Technical
B. Coaching
C. Comfort food for the soul
D. All of the above
A

A. Technical

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Those extra special, holistic, and more time-consuming nursing interventions, such as back or hand message, guided imagery, or music or art therapy, are defined as \_\_\_\_\_\_ interventions by Kolcaba. 
A. Technical
B. Coaching
C. Comfort food for the soul
D. All of the above
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C. Comfort food for the soul

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Kolcaba distinguished between three types of comfort, including: 
A.	Relief.
B.	Caring.
C.	Belief.
D.	Strength.
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A. Relief.

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According to Kolcaba, individuals experience comfort in which of the following domains? 
A.	Physical
B.	Environmental
C.	Psychospiritual
D.	All of the above
E.	A & C only
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D. All of the above

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Kolcaba asserts comfort is experienced by patients in physical, psychospiritual, sociocultural, and environmental contexts.

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ANS: T

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The intuitive parts of Kolcaba’s Comfort Theory cannot be applied separately; they must be applied as a whole.

A

ANS: F

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Kolcaba believes nurses already know how to practice comforting care.

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ANS: T

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The practice of knowing persons as whole with the use of varying technologies is called:
A. Authentic intention.
B. Technological competency as caring in nursing.
C. Nursing technologies.
D. Machine technologies

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B. Technological competency as caring in nursing.

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Entering the world of the other requires:
A. Rapport.
B.  Trust.
C.  Commitment.
D.  All of the above.
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D. All of the above.

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The idealization of persons as complete human beings “in the moment” is expressed by Locsin as:
A. Vulnerability.
B. Substantiation.
C. Wholeness.
D. All of the above
A

C. Wholeness.

57
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A shared lived experience between the nurse and nursed is called a:
A. Nursing situation.
B. Call for nursing.
C. Nursing response.
D. Nursing relationship.
A

A. Nursing situation.

58
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The primary nursing process in the Theory of Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing is:
A. Designing participation in caring.
B. Knowing.
C. Implementation.
D. Evaluation.
A

B. Knowing.

59
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Illuminations of the person’s hopes, dreams, and aspirations are referred to by Locsin as:
A. Technological competency.
B. Nursing responses.
C. Nursing process.
D. Calls for nursing.
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D. Calls for nursing.

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A process that regards human beings as “stuff” to care about rather than knowledgeable participants of care is:
A. Continuous knowing.
B. Objectification.
C. Substantiation.
D. Participation.
A

B. Objectification.

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Mechanisms that persons use that allow the nurse to respond with the authentic intention to know them fully as persons in the moment are:
A. Caring technologies.
B. Esthetic expressions.
C. Calls for nursing.
D. All of the above.
A

C. Calls for nursing.

62
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According to Locsin, coming to know a person deters:
A. Subjectivity.
B. Objectification.
C. Compassion fatigue.
D. Use of technology.
A

B. Objectification.

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The continuous, circular, and recursive process of knowing persons demonstrates the ever-changing, and the dynamic nature of fundamental ways of knowing in nursing describes Locsin’s process of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ in the Theory of Technological Competence as Caring in Nursing?
A. Knowing
B. Participative engaging
C. Furthering knowing
D. Designing
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C. Furthering knowing

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A simultaneous practice of conjoined activities that are crucial to knowing persons is known as:
A. Mutual designing.
B. Participative engaging.
C. Knowing.
D. Further knowing.
A

B. Participative engaging.

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The process of technological knowing in nursing involves a circuitous and recursive process of engagement that includes all of the following EXCEPT:
A. Furthering knowing of persons.
B. Appreciating the person’s humanness.
C. Gathering views of person.
D. Engaging in mutual knowing.
A

C. Gathering views of person.

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Nursing technological expertise is often perceived as noncaring.

A

T

67
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Locsin argues that technological competency can and should displace the perception of caring in nursing.

A

ANS: F

68
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The nurse can know the person fully only in the moment.

A

ANS: T

69
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Continuous knowing deters objectification of persons.

A

ANS: T

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Locsin asserts the entirety of nursing is to direct, focus, attain, sustain, and maintain the person.

A

ANS: T

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The core concept of Reed’s theory is:
A. Vulnerability.
B. Well-being.
C. Self-transcendence.
D. Nursing processes.
A

C. Self-transcendence.

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According to Reed, self-transcendence is a:
A. One-time event.
B. End-of-life event.
C. Continual process.
D. Terminal process.
A

C. Continual process.

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What distinguishes Reed’s theory as a nursing theory is its inclusion of:
A. Nursing processes.
B. Well-being of the whole person in the context of health experiences.
C. Nurse theorist.
D. Developmental considerations.

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B. Well-being of the whole person in the context of health experiences.

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The original thinking for the Theory of Self-Transcendence is derived from:
A. A life span developmental view of aging and mental health.
B. Rogers’ Theory of Unitary Human Beings.
C. The medical model.
D. Religious studies.

A

A. A life span developmental view of aging and mental health.

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The inner potential humans have for healing, growth, and well-being throughout the lifespan is broadly defined by Reed as:
A. Nursing processes.
B. Self-organization.
C. Developmental process.
D. Well-being processes.
A

A. Nursing processes.

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In the Theory of Self-Transcendence, \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ refers to a pattern in living systems of increasing complexity and organization over time.
A. Nursing
B. Self-organization
C. Organization
D. Well-being
A

B. Self-organization

77
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Acknowledging an inner potential for well-being can be a source of \_\_\_\_\_\_ in illness and end of life. 
A. Vulnerability
B. Hope
C. Innovation
D. Unpredictability
A

B. Hope

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According to Reed, a person’s \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ influences how she or he perceives the world and imagines the mysteries beyond this world. 
A. Pluralistic view
B. Relative present
C. Self-boundary
D. Health state
A

C. Self-boundary

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The three major concepts of Reed’s theory of self-transcendence are:
A. Well-being, self-transcendence, and environment.
B. Self-transcendence, health, and vulnerability.
C. Nursing, self-transcendence, and vulnerability.
D. Self-transcendence, vulnerability, and well-being.

A

D. Self-transcendence, vulnerability, and well-being.

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Reed’s Theory of Self-Transcendence was significantly influenced by which of the following theorists?
A. Florence Nightingale
B.  Jean Watson
C. Martha Rogers
D. Dorothea Orem
A

C. Martha Rogers

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The intent of the Theory of Self-Transcendence promotes transcendence through  \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ self, others, nature, and various aspects of the environment.
A   Separation with
B.  Connection with
C.  Disconnection with 
D. Transcendence with
A

B. Connection with

82
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Participating in volunteer work would be considered what type of approach to expand personal boundaries? 
A.	Transpersonal
B.	Temporal
C.	Intrapersonal
D.	Interpersonal
A

D. Interpersonal

83
Q

To connect with others, nature, and surrounding environment.

a. Interpersonally
b. Transpersonally
c. Temporally
d. Intrapersonally

A

a. Interpersonally

84
Q

To relate to dimensions beyond the ordinary, observable world.

a. Interpersonally
b. Transpersonally
c. Temporally
d. Intrapersonally

A

b. Transpersonally

85
Q

Toward greater awareness of one’s beliefs, values, and dreams.

a. Interpersonally
b. Transpersonally
c. Temporally
d. Intrapersonally

A

d. Intrapersonally

86
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To integrate one’s past and future in a way that expands and gives meaning to the present.

a. Interpersonally
b. Transpersonally
c. Temporally
d. Intrapersonally

A

c. Temporally

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Reed’s theory and scale allow us to catalog all instances of human self-transcendence.

A

ANS: F

88
Q

According to Reed, what promotes human development is assumed to also facilitate a sense of well-being.

A

ANS: T

89
Q

In the theory of self-transcendence, the nursing perspective emphasizes a potential for healing, independent of biophysical health and medical cure.

A

ANS: T

90
Q 
Liehr and Smith assert that our linear-thinking culture often places more value on physiological bodily responses than on:
A. Emotional responses.
B. Stories.
C. Social responses.
D. Technologies.
A

B. Stories.

91
Q 
Physicians have recently emphasized \_\_\_\_\_\_as a way of learning clinical practice essentials and as a way of approaching patients.
A. Story medicine
B. Storytelling
C. Story sharing
D. Narrative medicine
A

D. Narrative medicine

92
Q 
The assumptions of Story Theory are consistent with a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ worldview.
A. Unitary–transformative
B. Metaparadigm
C. Totality
D. Simultaneity
A

A. Unitary–transformative

93
Q 
The central activity between nurse and person that brings story to life in Story Theory is:
A. Connecting with self-in-relation.
B. Intentional dialogue.
C. Creating ease.
D. Story sharing.
A

B. Intentional dialogue.

94
Q 
In Story Theory, reflective awareness of self occurs through:
A. Connecting with self-in-relation.
B. Intentional dialogue.
C. Creating ease.
D. Story sharing.
A

A. Connecting with self-in-relation.

95
Q 
Smith and Liehr define \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ as remembering a disjointed story moment to experience flow in the midst of anchoring.
A. Connecting with self-in-relation
B. Intentional dialogue
C. Creating ease
D. Story-sharing
A

C. Creating ease

96
Q 
In the exemplar involving Elizabeth’s story, her arduous struggle to resume normal “independent living” is an example of which of the following?
A. Health challenge
B. High point
C. Turing point
D. Story plot
A

A. Health challenge

97
Q 
Composing a reconstructed story is what phase of inquiry in Story Theory?
A. Phase 1
B. Phase 2
C. Phase 3
D. Phase 4
A

B. Phase 2

98
Q

Martha is a 16-year-old girl who presented to the hospital complaining of severe abdominal pain and believing she may be pregnant. It is determined that Martha is pregnant, and her health challenge is telling her parents. The nurse inquires about Martha’s past relationship with her parents, her current relationship, and the relationship she would like to have with her parents. This active process by the nurse is referred to as:
A. Intentional dialogue about a complicating health challenge.
B. Creating ease while moving toward resolving.
C. Connecting with self-in-relation through developing story plot.
D. Reflecting on awareness of other through dialogue.

A

C. Connecting with self-in-relation through developing story plot.

99
Q 
Leihr and Smith describe this as a life circumstance in which life change generates uneasiness:
A.	Creating unease.
B.	Complicating health challenge.
C.	Moments of ease.
D.	Moments of unease.
A

B. Complicating health challenge.

100
Q

According to Liehr and Smith, practice stories are seldom heard and chronicled.

A

ANS: T

101
Q

Story, storytelling, and story sharing are new to the practice of nursing.

A

ANS: F

102
Q

Story path is the only approach to gathering story in a nursing practice setting.

A

ANS: F

103
Q

What is the main difference between transcendent and actualizing values in the Community Nursing Practice Model (CNPM)?
A. Transcendent values refer to intermittent values found in nursing situations, whereas actualizing values refer to continuous values used to guide practice in nursing situations.
B. Transcendent values are used to guide certain nursing situations, whereas actualizing values are always present in nursing situations.
C. Transcendent values are those expressed by the community, whereas actualizing values are those that mutually evolve between the community and the nurse.
D. Transcendent values are always present in nursing situations, whereas actualizing values guide practice in certain situations.

A

D. Transcendent values are always present in nursing situations, whereas actualizing values guide practice in certain situations.

104
Q 
A family with a daughter who becomes diagnosed with a brain tumor needs to find a pediatric oncologist and facility that can care for their child. Nursing practice focused on providing these services is described as what type of care?
A. Primary care
B. Enhancing care
C. Transitional care
D. Tertiary care
A

B. Enhancing care

105
Q 
Core services as defined within the CNPM include which of the following categories of care?
A. Design and coordinate care
B. Health screening
C. Health education
D. All of the above
A

D. All of the above

106
Q 
Providing an in-service for breast self-examination for teachers at a local school would fall within which circle?
A. First
B. Second
C. Third
D. Core
A

A. First

107
Q 
Volunteering to serve on a church committee organized to improve the health outcomes of local elementary school children would fall within which circle?
A. First
B. Second
C. Third
D. Core
A

B. Second

108
Q 
. The connection of core to the concentric circles of services illustrates the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of the practice within the CNPM. 
A. Simplicity
B. Interconnectedness
C. Complexity
D. Conjoining
A

C. Complexity

109
Q

The actualizing values described by Parker, Barry, and King are principles of primary health care established by which organization?
A. The National Institutes of Health (NIH)
B. World Health Organization (WHO)
C. American Nurses Association (ANA)
D. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

A

B. World Health Organization (WHO)

110
Q 
The concepts and relationships of the CNPM are the guiding forces for:
A. Participatory-action research.
B. Social work practice.
C. Community practice.
D. Organization-based action research.
A

C. Community practice.

111
Q

Community within Parker and Barry’s CNPM is defined in terms of:
A. Locale.
B. Geographic position.
C. Self-defined groups who share common interests.
D. Like-minded individuals living in a specific area.

A

C. Self-defined groups who share common interests.

112
Q 
Environment as defined within the CNPM refers to:
A. External conditions or surroundings.
B. The whole environment.
C. Encirclement.
D. Conditions that surround the nurse.
A

B. The whole environment.

113
Q 
What describes care provided by nurses that is intended to assist persons and families who need care in addition to what is provided by a local health care provider?
A. Transitional care
B. Enhancing care
C. Trusting care
D. Assistive care
A

B. Enhancing care

114
Q 
Which philosophy enhances the CNPM approach to community care?
A. Human caring
B. Humanbecoming
C. Ubuntu
D. Caritative caring
A

C. Ubuntu

115
Q 
What is the primary method of ongoing assessment and evaluation used in the CNPM?
A.	Humanbecoming method
B.	Therapeutic touch method
C.	Pattern appreciation method
D.	Inquiry group method
A

D. Inquiry group method

116
Q

Shared reflection and discoveries are participatory-action approaches used to develop the CNPM.

A

ANS: T

117
Q

The CNPM suggests thinking about children as “at risk” rather than “at promise” to inspire an approach to knowing the other as whole.

A

ANS: F

118
Q 
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ describe(s) the use of conscious awareness and choice as an adaptive response to cumulative physiological and physical losses with subsequent functional deficits occurring because of aging.
A. Intrapsychic factors
B. Personal control
C. Functional performance mechanisms
D. Gerotranscendence
A

C. Functional performance mechanisms

119
Q 
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ describe(s) the innate and enduring character features that may enhance or impair an individual’s ability to adapt to change and to problem-solving.
A. Intrapsychic factors
B. Personal control
C. Functional performance mechanisms
D. Gerotranscendence
A

A. Intrapsychic factors

120
Q

What role does spiritual connectedness play in developing an older person’s spiritual perspective, according to Troutman-Jordan’s Theory of successful aging?
A. Empower one to control or influence outcomes
B. Enables and motivates one to find meaning and purpose in life
C. Enable one to increase positive affectivity and creativity
D. Empower one to develop a new outlook and understanding of life

A

B. Enables and motivates one to find meaning and purpose in life

121
Q 
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ occur(s) when there is a major shift in the person’s worldview, where a person examines their place within the world and in relation to others
A. Intrapsychic factors
B. Personal control
C. Functional performance mechanisms
D. Gerotranscendence
A

D. Gerotranscendence

122
Q 
All of the following are considered indicators of functional performance mechanisms EXCEPT: 
A. Health promotion.
B. Physical health.
C. Psychosocial health.
D. Physical mobility.
A

C. Psychosocial health.

123
Q 
Which dimension of age-related changes is believed to lessen one’s concern or fear of death?
A. Personal dimension
B. Self-dimension
C. Cosmic dimension
D. Social dimension
A

C. Cosmic dimension

124
Q 
Which of the following is considered an indicator of the functional performance mechanism coping process?
A.	Personal control
B.	Positive affect
C.	Physical health state
D.	Physicality
A

C. Physical health state

125
Q

Outcome responses indicative of intrapsychic factors include (Select all that apply):

A.	Prayer
B.	Spirituality
C.	Creativity
D.	Personal control
E.	Caring
A

C. Creativity

D. Personal control

126
Q

Relates to the feeling of being part of and at one with the universe.

a. Social dimension
b. Self-dimension
c. Personal control
d. Spirituality
e. Cosmic dimension
f. Creativity
g. Negative affect
h. Coping processes

A

e. Cosmic dimension

127
Q

Exploration of enjoyable, creative leisure activities.

a. Social dimension
b. Self-dimension
c. Personal control
d. Spirituality
e. Cosmic dimension
f. Creativity
g. Negative affect
h. Coping processes

A

f. Creativity

128
Q

Complex dynamics within a person.

a. Social dimension
b. Self-dimension
c. Personal control
d. Spirituality
e. Cosmic dimension
f. Creativity
g. Negative affect
h. Coping processes

A

h. Coping processes

129
Q

Deals with one’s self-perception.

a. Social dimension
b. Self-dimension
c. Personal control
d. Spirituality
e. Cosmic dimension
f. Creativity
g. Negative affect
h. Coping processes

A

b. Self-dimension

130
Q

General dimension of subjective distress and unpleasurable engagement.

a. Social dimension
b. Self-dimension
c. Personal control
d. Spirituality
e. Cosmic dimension
f. Creativity
g. Negative affect
h. Coping processes

A

g. Negative affect

131
Q

Reflects individual’s beliefs regarding the extent to which they are able to influence outcomes.

a. Social dimension
b. Self-dimension
c. Personal control
d. Spirituality
e. Cosmic dimension
f. Creativity
g. Negative affect
h. Coping processes

A

c. Personal control

132
Q

Personal views and behaviors that express a sense of relatedness to something greater than oneself.

a. Social dimension
b. Self-dimension
c. Personal control
d. Spirituality
e. Cosmic dimension
f. Creativity
g. Negative affect
h. Coping processes

A

d. Spirituality

133
Q

Deals with an increase in sense of interrelatedness with others.

a. Social dimension
b. Self-dimension
c. Personal control
d. Spirituality
e. Cosmic dimension
f. Creativity
g. Negative affect
h. Coping processes

A

a. Social dimension

134
Q 
Which of the following is considered an age-related change that occurs with gerotranscendence? Select all that apply: 
A. Self-dimension.
B. Personal dimension.
C. Cosmic dimension.
D. Spirituality.
E. Creative dimension.
A

A. Self-dimension.

C. Cosmic dimension.

135
Q

The three measurable outputs for the coping processes consist of the cognitive, behavioral, and affective responses.

A

ANS: T

136
Q

Creativity, positive and negative affect, and personal control are all output responses

A

ANS: F

137
Q

Gerotranscendence is believed to cause a new understanding of fundamental questions regarding one’s existence and a change in the way one perceives one’s self and the world.

A

ANS: T

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