Nursing Test Bank
A nurse is caring for pediatric patients and using developmental theory to plan
nursing care. What is the focus of this nurse's care?
a.
Humans have an orderly, predictive process of growth and development.
b.
Humans respond to threats by adapting with growth and development.
c.
Humans respond with cognitive principles for growth and development.
d.
Humans have psychosocial domains to growth and development. - ANS - ANS: A
With development theory, human growth and development is an orderly
predictive process that begins with conception and continues through death.
Stress/adaptation theories describe how humans respond to threats by adapting
in order to maintain function and life. Educational theories explain the
teaching-learning process by examining behavioral, cognitive, and adult-learning
principles. Psychosocial theories explain human responses within the
physiological, psychological, sociocultural, developmental, and spiritual
domains.
\A nurse is conducting research about the needs of depressed patients. The
nurse writes the following: Depression is a patient reporting a score above 7 on
the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale. What did the nurse write?
a.
Operational definition
b.
Conceptual definition
c.
Paradigm
d.
Concept - ANS - ANS: A
Operational definitions state how concepts are measured (Hamilton Depression
Rating Scale). Theoretical or conceptual definitions simply define a particular
concept, much like what can be found in a dictionary, based on the theorist's
perspective (a mood disorder causing severe sadness and apathy). A paradigm is
a pattern of beliefs used to describe a discipline's domain. Think of concepts as
ideas and mental images, like depression is a concept.
,\A nurse is testing meditation for migraine headaches and the expected outcome
of care when performing this intervention. Which type of theory is the nurse
using?
a.
Grand
b.
Prescriptive
c.
Descriptive
d.
Middle-range - ANS - ANS: B
A prescriptive theory details nursing interventions (meditation) for a specific
phenomenon (migraine headaches) and the expected outcome of the care. Grand
theories are broad in scope and complex and require further specification
through research; it does not provide guidance for specific nursing interventions.
Descriptive theories do not direct specific nursing activities but help to explain
patient assessment. A middle-range theory tends to focus on a concept found in
a specific field of nursing, such as uncertainty, incontinence, social support,
quality of life, and caring, rather than reflect on a wide variety of nursing care
situations.
\A nurse is using a nursing metaparadigm to define nursing. Which concepts will
the nurse include? (Select all that apply.)
a.
Person
b.
Disease
c.
Health
d.
Nursing
e.
Environment - ANS - ANS: A, C, D, E
Nursing's metaparadigm includes four concepts: person, health,
environment/situation, and nursing. Disease is not part of nursing's
metaparadigm.
\A nurse is using Maslow's hierarchy of needs to prioritize care. Place the levels
in order of basic priority to highest priority that the nurse will follow.
1. Physiological
2. Self-esteem
3. Self-actualization
, 4. Safety and security
5. Love and belonging
a.
4, 1, 2, 3, 5
b.
1, 4, 5, 3, 2
c.
4, 5, 3, 2, 1
d.
1, 4, 5, 2, 3 - ANS - ANS: D
Maslow's hierarchy is as follows: physiological, safety and security, love and
belonging, self-esteem, and self-actualization.
\A nurse is using nursing theory and the nursing process simultaneously to plan
nursing care. How will the nurse use nursing theory and the nursing process in
practice?
a.
Nursing theory can direct how a nurse uses the nursing process.
b.
Nursing theory requires the nursing process to develop knowledge.
c.
Nursing theory with the nursing process has a minor role in professional nursing.
d.
Nursing theory combined with the nursing process is specific to certain ill
patients. - ANS - ANS: A
Nursing theory can direct how a nurse uses the nursing process. Integration of
theory into practice (nursing process) serves as the basis for professional
nursing. The nursing process provides a systematic process for the delivery of
care, not the knowledge component of the discipline. Useful theories are
adaptable to different patients and to all care settings.
\A nurse is using theoretical knowledge in nursing practice to provide patient
care. Which nursing behavior is an example of theoretical knowledge?
a.
Reads about different concepts
b.
Reflects on clinical experiences
c.
Combines the art and science of nursing
d.
Creates a narrow understanding of nursing practice - ANS - ANS: A
A nurse is caring for pediatric patients and using developmental theory to plan
nursing care. What is the focus of this nurse's care?
a.
Humans have an orderly, predictive process of growth and development.
b.
Humans respond to threats by adapting with growth and development.
c.
Humans respond with cognitive principles for growth and development.
d.
Humans have psychosocial domains to growth and development. - ANS - ANS: A
With development theory, human growth and development is an orderly
predictive process that begins with conception and continues through death.
Stress/adaptation theories describe how humans respond to threats by adapting
in order to maintain function and life. Educational theories explain the
teaching-learning process by examining behavioral, cognitive, and adult-learning
principles. Psychosocial theories explain human responses within the
physiological, psychological, sociocultural, developmental, and spiritual
domains.
\A nurse is conducting research about the needs of depressed patients. The
nurse writes the following: Depression is a patient reporting a score above 7 on
the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale. What did the nurse write?
a.
Operational definition
b.
Conceptual definition
c.
Paradigm
d.
Concept - ANS - ANS: A
Operational definitions state how concepts are measured (Hamilton Depression
Rating Scale). Theoretical or conceptual definitions simply define a particular
concept, much like what can be found in a dictionary, based on the theorist's
perspective (a mood disorder causing severe sadness and apathy). A paradigm is
a pattern of beliefs used to describe a discipline's domain. Think of concepts as
ideas and mental images, like depression is a concept.
,\A nurse is testing meditation for migraine headaches and the expected outcome
of care when performing this intervention. Which type of theory is the nurse
using?
a.
Grand
b.
Prescriptive
c.
Descriptive
d.
Middle-range - ANS - ANS: B
A prescriptive theory details nursing interventions (meditation) for a specific
phenomenon (migraine headaches) and the expected outcome of the care. Grand
theories are broad in scope and complex and require further specification
through research; it does not provide guidance for specific nursing interventions.
Descriptive theories do not direct specific nursing activities but help to explain
patient assessment. A middle-range theory tends to focus on a concept found in
a specific field of nursing, such as uncertainty, incontinence, social support,
quality of life, and caring, rather than reflect on a wide variety of nursing care
situations.
\A nurse is using a nursing metaparadigm to define nursing. Which concepts will
the nurse include? (Select all that apply.)
a.
Person
b.
Disease
c.
Health
d.
Nursing
e.
Environment - ANS - ANS: A, C, D, E
Nursing's metaparadigm includes four concepts: person, health,
environment/situation, and nursing. Disease is not part of nursing's
metaparadigm.
\A nurse is using Maslow's hierarchy of needs to prioritize care. Place the levels
in order of basic priority to highest priority that the nurse will follow.
1. Physiological
2. Self-esteem
3. Self-actualization
, 4. Safety and security
5. Love and belonging
a.
4, 1, 2, 3, 5
b.
1, 4, 5, 3, 2
c.
4, 5, 3, 2, 1
d.
1, 4, 5, 2, 3 - ANS - ANS: D
Maslow's hierarchy is as follows: physiological, safety and security, love and
belonging, self-esteem, and self-actualization.
\A nurse is using nursing theory and the nursing process simultaneously to plan
nursing care. How will the nurse use nursing theory and the nursing process in
practice?
a.
Nursing theory can direct how a nurse uses the nursing process.
b.
Nursing theory requires the nursing process to develop knowledge.
c.
Nursing theory with the nursing process has a minor role in professional nursing.
d.
Nursing theory combined with the nursing process is specific to certain ill
patients. - ANS - ANS: A
Nursing theory can direct how a nurse uses the nursing process. Integration of
theory into practice (nursing process) serves as the basis for professional
nursing. The nursing process provides a systematic process for the delivery of
care, not the knowledge component of the discipline. Useful theories are
adaptable to different patients and to all care settings.
\A nurse is using theoretical knowledge in nursing practice to provide patient
care. Which nursing behavior is an example of theoretical knowledge?
a.
Reads about different concepts
b.
Reflects on clinical experiences
c.
Combines the art and science of nursing
d.
Creates a narrow understanding of nursing practice - ANS - ANS: A
