NURSING 6700 EXAM 1 COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS FULL REVIEW
●● A theory helps explain ___ by defining ___, explaining ___, and
prediciting ___
Answer: an event, concepts, the relationship among the concepts,
outcomes
●● How are theories used in nursing? (i.e. nursing theory)
Answer: Conceptualizes an aspect of nursing to describe, explain,
predict, or prescribe nursing care; they guide what we do in nursing
●● Theories in nursing explain a ___
Answer: phenomenon
●● What are the 4 components of a nursing theory?
Answer: phenomenon, concepts, definitions, assumptions
●● Grand theory
Answer: provides structural framework for general, global ideas about
nursing; focuses on nursing as a whole rather than a specific type of
nursing; more abstract
,●● Middle range theory
Answer: more precise and addresses specific phenomenon
●● Practice theory
Answer: brings theory to the bedside
●● What is Watson's theory?
Answer: defines the outcome of nursing activity in regard to the
humanistic aspects of life; promoting and restoring health and
preventing illness; transpersonal caring model; nurse knowledgable
about human behavior/responses
●● What is Peplau's theory?
Answer: focuses on the interpersonal relationship between the nurse, the
patient, and the patien'ts family and developing that relationships;
collaborative nurse-patient relationship creates a "maturing force"
●● What are the 4 phases of Peplau's theory?
Answer: preorientation, orientation, working phase, and resolution
●● What takes place in Peplau's preorientation phase?
Answer: data gathering
,●● What takes place in Peplau'ts orientation phase?
Answer: the defining issue
●● What takes place in Peplau's working phase?
Answer: therapeutic activity
●● What takes place in Peplau's resolution phase?
Answer: termination of the relationship
●● Orem's Theory focuses on ___
Answer: self-care needs of the patient
●● What is the goal of Orem's theory?
Answer: to make the patient as self-sufficient as possible and manage
his/her health problems
●● Orem's theory believes that nurses are there to do what?
Answer: to meet the needs of the patient who cannont fulfill his/her
needs themselves
●● What is the focus of Leninger's middle-range theory?
, Answer: cultural care diversity and universality; probiding care
consistent with nursing's emerging science and knowledge with caring as
a central force
●● What is the goal of Leninger's theory?
Answer: To provide the patient with culturally specific nursing care
●● What is the focus of Roger's theory?
Answer: unitary beings, human becoming, and expanding consciousness
●● According to Roger's theory, nursing care should focus on what?
Answer: helping a patient use their own potential to identify and alter
personal rhythms/patters to promote and maintain health
●● According to Roger's theory, health stems from what?
Answer: how patients live their lives in accordance with their own
values
●● What is Neuman's grand theory?
Answer: A systems model bsed on stress and the clien'ts reaction to the
stressor
●● According to Neuman's theory, what are the 5 concepts that interact
with one another to achieve optimal wellness?
STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS FULL REVIEW
●● A theory helps explain ___ by defining ___, explaining ___, and
prediciting ___
Answer: an event, concepts, the relationship among the concepts,
outcomes
●● How are theories used in nursing? (i.e. nursing theory)
Answer: Conceptualizes an aspect of nursing to describe, explain,
predict, or prescribe nursing care; they guide what we do in nursing
●● Theories in nursing explain a ___
Answer: phenomenon
●● What are the 4 components of a nursing theory?
Answer: phenomenon, concepts, definitions, assumptions
●● Grand theory
Answer: provides structural framework for general, global ideas about
nursing; focuses on nursing as a whole rather than a specific type of
nursing; more abstract
,●● Middle range theory
Answer: more precise and addresses specific phenomenon
●● Practice theory
Answer: brings theory to the bedside
●● What is Watson's theory?
Answer: defines the outcome of nursing activity in regard to the
humanistic aspects of life; promoting and restoring health and
preventing illness; transpersonal caring model; nurse knowledgable
about human behavior/responses
●● What is Peplau's theory?
Answer: focuses on the interpersonal relationship between the nurse, the
patient, and the patien'ts family and developing that relationships;
collaborative nurse-patient relationship creates a "maturing force"
●● What are the 4 phases of Peplau's theory?
Answer: preorientation, orientation, working phase, and resolution
●● What takes place in Peplau's preorientation phase?
Answer: data gathering
,●● What takes place in Peplau'ts orientation phase?
Answer: the defining issue
●● What takes place in Peplau's working phase?
Answer: therapeutic activity
●● What takes place in Peplau's resolution phase?
Answer: termination of the relationship
●● Orem's Theory focuses on ___
Answer: self-care needs of the patient
●● What is the goal of Orem's theory?
Answer: to make the patient as self-sufficient as possible and manage
his/her health problems
●● Orem's theory believes that nurses are there to do what?
Answer: to meet the needs of the patient who cannont fulfill his/her
needs themselves
●● What is the focus of Leninger's middle-range theory?
, Answer: cultural care diversity and universality; probiding care
consistent with nursing's emerging science and knowledge with caring as
a central force
●● What is the goal of Leninger's theory?
Answer: To provide the patient with culturally specific nursing care
●● What is the focus of Roger's theory?
Answer: unitary beings, human becoming, and expanding consciousness
●● According to Roger's theory, nursing care should focus on what?
Answer: helping a patient use their own potential to identify and alter
personal rhythms/patters to promote and maintain health
●● According to Roger's theory, health stems from what?
Answer: how patients live their lives in accordance with their own
values
●● What is Neuman's grand theory?
Answer: A systems model bsed on stress and the clien'ts reaction to the
stressor
●● According to Neuman's theory, what are the 5 concepts that interact
with one another to achieve optimal wellness?
