NUR 2058 Dimensions Exam 2 Study Guide

Dimensions Exam 2: Study Guide 1. What can be expected of a system that has a high degree of nonsummativity? 2. How can most living organisms be classified in general systems theory? 3. Identify the major component for the maintenance of health used in the Roy Adaptation Model of nursing. 4. “Stimuli” in the Roy Adaptation Model is synonymous with which element in systems theory? 5. How is health described in the Roy Adaptation Model of nursing? 6. Identify the two concepts upon which the framework for assessment is based in the Roy Adaptation Model of nursing. 7. In the Roy Adaptation Model of nursing, the second-level assessment modes are most closely related to which part of the system? 8. Why is it important for nurses to understand and use a nursing theory or model in practice? 9. Identify the four concepts that are common in most nursing theories. 10. What belief forms the basis for the Orem Self-Care Model? 11. Identify the primary goal of nursing in the Orem Self-Care Model. 12. Select a major contribution that King’s model made to the practice of nursing. 13. What aspect of Watson’s Model of Human Caring distinguishes it from most other nursing models? 14. Identify the most important aspect of caring according to Watson’s Model of Human Caring. 15. How is a “client” most accurately described in Johnson’s Behavioral System Model? 16. Upon which principle is Neuman’s Health-Care Systems Model based? 17. What is a key function of the nurse in Neuman’s Health-Care Systems Model? 18. In what way have advanced practice nurses most contributed to the development of theories and models in nursing? 19. When a number of middle range theories are used to investigate the same or similar concepts over a period of time, they: 20. Identify the statement below that is not an accurate characterization of middle range nursing theories. ..................................CONTINUED.................................