CANS EXAM 1 2024 WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS

General Systems Theory- Ludwig von Bertalanffy (1936) Answer - A common framework for studying several similar disciplines would allow scientists and scholars to organize and communicate findings, making it easier to build on the work of others. Components of Systems Answer - -Input: material that enters a system -Throughput: processes a system uses to convert material -Output: end result or product of the system -Evaluation: measures the success or failure of the output -Feedback: information given back into the system to determine whether the purpose or end result of the system has been achieved Hospital as a System Answer - The success of the hospital depends on the functioning of many subsystems First: The whole is different from and greater than the sum of its parts (its subsystems). Second: Synergy occurs when all the various subsystems work together to create a result that is not independently achievable. Supra-system Answer - The larger environment outside the system An OPEN system Answer - promotes the exchange of matter, energy, and information with other systems and the environment. A CLOSED system Answer - does not interact with other systems or with the surrounding environment Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Answer - 1) Physiologic needs - food, oxygen, rest, activity, shelter, and sexual expression 2) Physical and psychological safety and security - reasonably predictable environment with which one has some familiarity and relative freedom from fear and chaos 3) Love and belonging - close intimate relations, social relations, a place in the social structure 4) Self-esteem - need to feel self-worth, self-respect, and self-reliance 5) Self actualization - realized maximum potential