2ND EDITION, BY BARBARA L YOOST
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Nursing, Theory, and Professional Practice
2. Values, Beliefs, and Caring
3. Communication
,4. Critical Thinking in Nursing
5. Introduction to the Nursing Process
6. Assessment
7. Nursing Diagnosis
8. Planning
9. Implementation and Evaluation
10. Documentation, Electronic Health Records, and Reporting
11. Ethical and Legal Considerations
12. Leadership and Management
13. Evidence-Based Practice and Nursing Research
14. Health Literacy and Patient Education
15. Nursing Informatics
16. Health and Wellness
17. Human Development: Conception through Adolescence
18. Human Development: Young Adult through Older Adult
19. Vital Signs
20. Health History and Physical Assessment
21. Ethnicity and Cultural Assessment
22. Spiritual Health
23. Public Health, Community-Based, and Home Health Care
24. Human Sexuality
25. Safety
,26. Asepsis and Infection Control
27. Hygiene and Personal Care
28. Activity, Immobility, and Safe Movement
29. Skin Integrity and Wound Care
30. Nutrition
31. Cognitive and Sensory Alterations
32. Stress and Coping
33. Sleep
34. Diagnostic Testing
35. Medication Administration
36. Pain Management
37. Perioperative Nursing Care
38. Oxygenation and Tissues Perfusion
39. Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance
40. Bowel Elimination
41. Urinary Elimination
42. Death and Loss
, Chapter 01: Nursing, Theory, and Professional Practice
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A group of students are discussing the impact of non-nursing theories in clinical practice. The students would be
correct if they chose which theory to prioritize patient care?
a. Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory
b. Paul’s Critical Thinking Theory
c. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
d. Rosenstock’s Health Belief Model
ANS: C
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs specifies the psychological and physiologic factors that affect each
person’s physical and mental health. The nurse’s understanding of these factors helps with formulating nursing
diagnoses that address the patient’s needs and values to prioritize care. Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory of Development
and Socialization is based on individuals’ interacting and learning about their world. Nurses use concepts of
developmentaltheory to critically think in providing care for their patients at various stages of their lives.
Rosenstock (1974) developed the psychological Health Belief Model. The model addressespossible reasons for why a
patient may not comply with recommended health promotion behaviors. This model is especially useful to nurses as
they educate patients.
DIF: Remembering REF: p. 8 | pp. 10- 11OBJ: 1.4 TOP:
Planning
MSC: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of CareNOT: Concepts: Care
Coordination
2. A nursing student is preparing study notes from a recent lecture in nursing history. The student would credit
Florence Nightingale for which definition of nursing?
a. The imbalance between the patient and the environment decreases the capacity for health.
b. The nurse needs to focus on interpersonal processes between nurse and patient.
c. The nurse assists the patient with essential functions toward independence.
d. Human beings are interacting in continuous motion as energy fields.
ANS: A
Florence Nightingale’s (1860) concept of the environment emphasized prevention and clean air,
water, yand yhousing. yThis ytheory ystates ythat ythe yimbalance ybetween ythe ypatient yand ythe yenvironment
ydecreases ythe ycapacity yfor yhealth yand ydoes ynot yallow yfor yconservation yof yenergy. yHildegard
yPeplau
(1952) yfocused yon ythe yroles yplayed yby ythe ynurse yand ythe yinterpersonal yprocess ybetween ya ynurse
yand ya ypatient. yVirginia yHenderson ydescribed ythe ynurse’s yrole yas ysubstitutive y(doing yfor ythe
yperson), ysupplementary y(helping ythe yperson), yor ycomplementary y(working ywith ythe yperson), ywith
ythe yultimate ygoal yof yindependence yfor ythe ypatient. yMartha yRogers y(1970) ydeveloped ythe yScience
yof yUnitary yHuman yBeings. yShe ystated ythat yhuman ybeingsand ytheir yenvironments yare yinteracting
yin ycontinuous ymotion yas yinfinite yenergy yfields.