LPN-RN transitions Claywell chapter 1 2024
1. What is Afaf Meleis known for: Transitions Theory- it has become a
foundational theory for nursing practice
2. How does Afaf Meleis define change: it is the catalyst that causes a person to
begin to move from one fairly stable state to another fairly stable state
3. According to the Transitions Theory, what is important to consider when
going through a transition: understanding the type of transition and how it
influences you and those around you
4. What are some factors that influence transition: economics, family, cultural
beliefs, personal health, confidence, education, previous experience
5. What is andragogy: study of teaching adults
6. The adult learning Theory is also known as what: andragogy
7. Who is Malcom Knowles: one of the first and most popular theorists to study
adult learning
8. What is the first underlying assumption associated with the way adults
learn: understanding why we need to know what is being taught, and how it is
important to our future
9. What is the second underlying assumption associated with the way adults
learn: self direction- wanting to be in control
10. What is the third underlying assumption associated with the way adults
learn: accumulation of experience
11. What is the fourth underlying assumption associated with the way
adults learn: problem solving given past experiences
12. What is the fifth underlying assumption associated with the way adults
learn: adults like to apply what they are learning immediately, and in a practical
way
13. What is the sixth underlying assumption associated with the way adults
learn: motivated to learn by being faced with a problem
14. Define outcome priority: the essential issue or need to be addressed at any
given time within a set of conditions or circumstances
15. Knowles, Holton, and Swanson describe experience as a source of
insight and motivation, but also: a barrier or rigid mold into which new
learning may have a hard time fitting
16. define cohort: a group of people engaging in a common experience at the
same time
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17. define scheme: web of connections to with all new learning must be related
so that it makes sense
18. define experiential resume: a concise list of your experiences and prior
learning
19. Define a short term goal: a goal that you can reach in 6mos or less
20. Define a long term goal: a goal that you plan to reach over an extended
period of time (over 6mos)
21. define driving forces: those forces that support the change
22. define restraining fores: forces resisting change
23. What is Kurt Lewin known for: three phases of change
24. According to Lewin's theory, one goes through ___ ____ and ___ during
the change process: unfreezing, moving, refreezing
25. define unfreezing: reasons why you want to change your current life routine
26. define moving: actively planning changes and taking action on them
27. define refreezing: evaluation and other activities that sustain change
28. What is Tomey known for: defining 8 types of change that you may
experience
29. What are Tomey's 8 types of change: coercive, emulative, indoctrinizing,
interactive, natural, social , tehchnocratic, and planned
30. A nursing advisor is meeting with a student who is interested in earning
her RN degree. She knows that licensed practical nurse/license vocational
nurse (LPN/LVNs) who enter nursing school to become RNs come into the
learning environment with prior knowledge and understanding. Which
statement by the nursing advisor best describes her understanding of the
effect experience may have on learning?
a. "Experience may be a source of insight and motivation, or a barrier."
b. "Experience is usually a stumbling block for LPN/LVNs."
c. "Experience never makes learning more difficult."
d. "Once something is learned, it can never be truly modified.": a. "Experience
may be a source of insight and motivation, or a barrier."
31. There is a test on the cardiovascular system on Friday morning, and it is
now Wednesday night. The student has already taken a vacation day from
work Thursday night so that she can stay home and study. She is considering
skipping her exercise class on Thursday morning to go to the library to
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1. What is Afaf Meleis known for: Transitions Theory- it has become a
foundational theory for nursing practice
2. How does Afaf Meleis define change: it is the catalyst that causes a person to
begin to move from one fairly stable state to another fairly stable state
3. According to the Transitions Theory, what is important to consider when
going through a transition: understanding the type of transition and how it
influences you and those around you
4. What are some factors that influence transition: economics, family, cultural
beliefs, personal health, confidence, education, previous experience
5. What is andragogy: study of teaching adults
6. The adult learning Theory is also known as what: andragogy
7. Who is Malcom Knowles: one of the first and most popular theorists to study
adult learning
8. What is the first underlying assumption associated with the way adults
learn: understanding why we need to know what is being taught, and how it is
important to our future
9. What is the second underlying assumption associated with the way adults
learn: self direction- wanting to be in control
10. What is the third underlying assumption associated with the way adults
learn: accumulation of experience
11. What is the fourth underlying assumption associated with the way
adults learn: problem solving given past experiences
12. What is the fifth underlying assumption associated with the way adults
learn: adults like to apply what they are learning immediately, and in a practical
way
13. What is the sixth underlying assumption associated with the way adults
learn: motivated to learn by being faced with a problem
14. Define outcome priority: the essential issue or need to be addressed at any
given time within a set of conditions or circumstances
15. Knowles, Holton, and Swanson describe experience as a source of
insight and motivation, but also: a barrier or rigid mold into which new
learning may have a hard time fitting
16. define cohort: a group of people engaging in a common experience at the
same time
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17. define scheme: web of connections to with all new learning must be related
so that it makes sense
18. define experiential resume: a concise list of your experiences and prior
learning
19. Define a short term goal: a goal that you can reach in 6mos or less
20. Define a long term goal: a goal that you plan to reach over an extended
period of time (over 6mos)
21. define driving forces: those forces that support the change
22. define restraining fores: forces resisting change
23. What is Kurt Lewin known for: three phases of change
24. According to Lewin's theory, one goes through ___ ____ and ___ during
the change process: unfreezing, moving, refreezing
25. define unfreezing: reasons why you want to change your current life routine
26. define moving: actively planning changes and taking action on them
27. define refreezing: evaluation and other activities that sustain change
28. What is Tomey known for: defining 8 types of change that you may
experience
29. What are Tomey's 8 types of change: coercive, emulative, indoctrinizing,
interactive, natural, social , tehchnocratic, and planned
30. A nursing advisor is meeting with a student who is interested in earning
her RN degree. She knows that licensed practical nurse/license vocational
nurse (LPN/LVNs) who enter nursing school to become RNs come into the
learning environment with prior knowledge and understanding. Which
statement by the nursing advisor best describes her understanding of the
effect experience may have on learning?
a. "Experience may be a source of insight and motivation, or a barrier."
b. "Experience is usually a stumbling block for LPN/LVNs."
c. "Experience never makes learning more difficult."
d. "Once something is learned, it can never be truly modified.": a. "Experience
may be a source of insight and motivation, or a barrier."
31. There is a test on the cardiovascular system on Friday morning, and it is
now Wednesday night. The student has already taken a vacation day from
work Thursday night so that she can stay home and study. She is considering
skipping her exercise class on Thursday morning to go to the library to
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