NURSING THEORIES AND NURSING PRACTICE TEST 2
1. 4. Patients faced with life-threatening events or terminal illness often reflect on their lives
and find ways to change their priorities. This process istermed by Newman as:
A. Insight.
B. Retrenching.
C. Lifestyle change.
D. Self-healing.: A
2. 5. The nurse, through attention and partnership, should try to facilitate:
A. Healing.
B. Medical procedures.
C. Patient transformation.
D. Patient relaxation.: C
3. 6. 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.: D
4. 7. The information that provides the patient's system the capacity to inter-act with the
environment is called:
A. Consciousness.
B. Subconsciousness.
C. Caution.
D. Intuition.: A
5. 8. To understand the patient better, Newman suggests the nurse shoulduse a series of:
A. Biometric tests.
B. Clarifying questions
C. Surveys.
D. None of the above: B
6. 9. 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.: B
, 7. 10. According to Newman, being in the present with a family and not beingchained 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.: C
8. 1. According to Newman, during illness, both the patient and the caregiverencounter
alterations in movement, space, time, and consciousness. T or
F: TRUE
9. 1. Which of the following theorists influenced Kolcaba's development ofcomfort theory?
A. Orlando, Nightingale, and Henderson
B. Orlando, Orem, and Nightingale
C. Orlando, Henderson, and Watson
D. Orlando, Henderson, and Paterson and Zderad: D
10. 1. The major conceptual elements of Watson's caring theory include all ofthe following
EXCEPT:
A. Transpersonal caring relationship.
B. 10 carative factors.
C. Behavioral systems perspective of nurse-patient interaction.
D. Caring moment/caring occasion.: ANS: C
11. 2. 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: E
12. 3. 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 negativefeelings
D. Systematic use of a problem-solving skills to implement the nursingprocess.
E. Provision for a supportive, protective, and/or corrective mental, physical,societal, and
spiritual environment.: D
13. 4. The terms transpersonal and a transpersonal caring relationship arefoundational to
Watson's
work. "Transpersonal" conveys a concern for:
1. 4. Patients faced with life-threatening events or terminal illness often reflect on their lives
and find ways to change their priorities. This process istermed by Newman as:
A. Insight.
B. Retrenching.
C. Lifestyle change.
D. Self-healing.: A
2. 5. The nurse, through attention and partnership, should try to facilitate:
A. Healing.
B. Medical procedures.
C. Patient transformation.
D. Patient relaxation.: C
3. 6. 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.: D
4. 7. The information that provides the patient's system the capacity to inter-act with the
environment is called:
A. Consciousness.
B. Subconsciousness.
C. Caution.
D. Intuition.: A
5. 8. To understand the patient better, Newman suggests the nurse shoulduse a series of:
A. Biometric tests.
B. Clarifying questions
C. Surveys.
D. None of the above: B
6. 9. 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.: B
, 7. 10. According to Newman, being in the present with a family and not beingchained 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.: C
8. 1. According to Newman, during illness, both the patient and the caregiverencounter
alterations in movement, space, time, and consciousness. T or
F: TRUE
9. 1. Which of the following theorists influenced Kolcaba's development ofcomfort theory?
A. Orlando, Nightingale, and Henderson
B. Orlando, Orem, and Nightingale
C. Orlando, Henderson, and Watson
D. Orlando, Henderson, and Paterson and Zderad: D
10. 1. The major conceptual elements of Watson's caring theory include all ofthe following
EXCEPT:
A. Transpersonal caring relationship.
B. 10 carative factors.
C. Behavioral systems perspective of nurse-patient interaction.
D. Caring moment/caring occasion.: ANS: C
11. 2. 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: E
12. 3. 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 negativefeelings
D. Systematic use of a problem-solving skills to implement the nursingprocess.
E. Provision for a supportive, protective, and/or corrective mental, physical,societal, and
spiritual environment.: D
13. 4. The terms transpersonal and a transpersonal caring relationship arefoundational to
Watson's
work. "Transpersonal" conveys a concern for:
