CONCEPTS TEST BANK TEST 1
CLINICAL SKILLS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Nursing research in the postmodern era of nursing has discovered which entity plays
a key role in health and healing?
- Consilience
- Spirituality
- Alternative interventions
- Complementary therapy - Answer-Spirituality
The implementation of the use of clinical pathways in hospitals had what effect on
current nursing practice?
- Decreased the autonomy of nurses in practice
- Increased the variance of care in nursing practice
- Increased the complexity of nursing care
- Decreased the individualization of nursing care plans - Answer-Decreased the
individualization of nursing care plans
A nurse who practices on the floor utilizes the theory concerned with elements and
interactions among all the factors (variables) in a situation. The whole person is the
suprasystem for multiple interacting subsystems. The person's internal environment
consists of interacting subsystems that are contained within bodily boundaries.
Which theory does she use in her practice?
- Systems Theory
- Stress/Adaptation Theory
- Caring Theory
- Complexity Theory - Answer-Systems Theory
When reviewing the literature for systems theories, the nurse comes across several
specific theories. Which of the following systems theories discusses the purpose of
nursing being able to help people attain, maintain, or restore health, primarily by
mutual goal setting?
- Dorothea Orem's Self-Care Deficit Theory
- Betty Neuman's Health Care Systems Model
- Jean Watson's Human Science and Human Care Theory
- Imogene King's Systems Interaction Model (Theory of Goal Attainment) - Answer-
Imogene King's Systems Interaction Model (Theory of Goal Attainment)
The nursing models that focus on achievement or restoration of stability instead of
the growth model for change include
- Callista Roy's Adaptation Model.
- Dorothea Orem's Self-Care Deficit Theory.
- Jean Watson's Human Science and Human Care Theory.
- Martha Rogers' Science of Unitary Human Beings Theory. - Answer-Callista Roy's
Adaptation Model.
, A nurse is working in a rehabilitation center, and in defining for her practice the
concept of environment, she utilizes the definition of physical, chemical, biologic, and
social contexts within which human beings exist. Which of the following theorists
uses the above definition for environment in her nursing model?
- Jean Watson
- Martha Rogers
- Dorothea Orem
- Martha Newman - Answer-Dorothea Orem
A professional organization has called for abstracts and the theme is a theory in
practice. The nurse sends in the abstract using a model in which the purpose of
nursing is to facilitate the harmonious pattern of the essence fields of both client and
nurse. Which theory is inclusive of this concept of nursing?
- Susan Leddy's Human Energy Model
- Margaret Newman's Theory of Health as Expanding Consciousness
- Rosemarie Parse's Human Becoming Theory
- Jean Watson's Human Science and Human Care Theory - Answer-Susan Leddy's
Human Energy Model
A nurse who has worked on the medical-surgical unit for 25 years discusses with a
colleague the way that she learned to do things in nursing school. There is a new
policy that has been implemented, and the nurse is having difficulty adjusting to the
new procedure. Which of the following nursing-based practices does the nurse find
herself in?
- Conceptual practice
- Theoretical practice
- Stereotypical practice
- Rote practice - Answer-Rote practice
The strengths of which of the following nursing models utilize the systems approach
and make it relevant to current nursing practice?
- Callista Roy's Adaptation Model and Martha Rogers' Science of Unitary Human
Beings
- Rosemarie Parse's Human Becoming Theory and Susan Leddy's Human Energy
Model
- Betty Neuman's Health Care Systems Model and Imogene King's Theory of Goal
Attainment model
- Jean Watson's Human Science and Human Care Theory and Dorothea Orem's Self
Care Deficit Theory - Answer-Betty Neuman's Health Care Systems Model and
Imogene King's Theory of Goal Attainment model
Which of the following theorists stresses that health and illness are not separate
states, good or bad, or in a linear relationship?
- Susan Leddy
- Martha Rogers
- Callista Roy
- Rosemarie Parse - Answer-Martha Rogers
A nurse manager has been asked to relate a particular theory to the care given in
her unit. The nurse manager states, "I'm not sure we utilize a single model but a
CLINICAL SKILLS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Nursing research in the postmodern era of nursing has discovered which entity plays
a key role in health and healing?
- Consilience
- Spirituality
- Alternative interventions
- Complementary therapy - Answer-Spirituality
The implementation of the use of clinical pathways in hospitals had what effect on
current nursing practice?
- Decreased the autonomy of nurses in practice
- Increased the variance of care in nursing practice
- Increased the complexity of nursing care
- Decreased the individualization of nursing care plans - Answer-Decreased the
individualization of nursing care plans
A nurse who practices on the floor utilizes the theory concerned with elements and
interactions among all the factors (variables) in a situation. The whole person is the
suprasystem for multiple interacting subsystems. The person's internal environment
consists of interacting subsystems that are contained within bodily boundaries.
Which theory does she use in her practice?
- Systems Theory
- Stress/Adaptation Theory
- Caring Theory
- Complexity Theory - Answer-Systems Theory
When reviewing the literature for systems theories, the nurse comes across several
specific theories. Which of the following systems theories discusses the purpose of
nursing being able to help people attain, maintain, or restore health, primarily by
mutual goal setting?
- Dorothea Orem's Self-Care Deficit Theory
- Betty Neuman's Health Care Systems Model
- Jean Watson's Human Science and Human Care Theory
- Imogene King's Systems Interaction Model (Theory of Goal Attainment) - Answer-
Imogene King's Systems Interaction Model (Theory of Goal Attainment)
The nursing models that focus on achievement or restoration of stability instead of
the growth model for change include
- Callista Roy's Adaptation Model.
- Dorothea Orem's Self-Care Deficit Theory.
- Jean Watson's Human Science and Human Care Theory.
- Martha Rogers' Science of Unitary Human Beings Theory. - Answer-Callista Roy's
Adaptation Model.
, A nurse is working in a rehabilitation center, and in defining for her practice the
concept of environment, she utilizes the definition of physical, chemical, biologic, and
social contexts within which human beings exist. Which of the following theorists
uses the above definition for environment in her nursing model?
- Jean Watson
- Martha Rogers
- Dorothea Orem
- Martha Newman - Answer-Dorothea Orem
A professional organization has called for abstracts and the theme is a theory in
practice. The nurse sends in the abstract using a model in which the purpose of
nursing is to facilitate the harmonious pattern of the essence fields of both client and
nurse. Which theory is inclusive of this concept of nursing?
- Susan Leddy's Human Energy Model
- Margaret Newman's Theory of Health as Expanding Consciousness
- Rosemarie Parse's Human Becoming Theory
- Jean Watson's Human Science and Human Care Theory - Answer-Susan Leddy's
Human Energy Model
A nurse who has worked on the medical-surgical unit for 25 years discusses with a
colleague the way that she learned to do things in nursing school. There is a new
policy that has been implemented, and the nurse is having difficulty adjusting to the
new procedure. Which of the following nursing-based practices does the nurse find
herself in?
- Conceptual practice
- Theoretical practice
- Stereotypical practice
- Rote practice - Answer-Rote practice
The strengths of which of the following nursing models utilize the systems approach
and make it relevant to current nursing practice?
- Callista Roy's Adaptation Model and Martha Rogers' Science of Unitary Human
Beings
- Rosemarie Parse's Human Becoming Theory and Susan Leddy's Human Energy
Model
- Betty Neuman's Health Care Systems Model and Imogene King's Theory of Goal
Attainment model
- Jean Watson's Human Science and Human Care Theory and Dorothea Orem's Self
Care Deficit Theory - Answer-Betty Neuman's Health Care Systems Model and
Imogene King's Theory of Goal Attainment model
Which of the following theorists stresses that health and illness are not separate
states, good or bad, or in a linear relationship?
- Susan Leddy
- Martha Rogers
- Callista Roy
- Rosemarie Parse - Answer-Martha Rogers
A nurse manager has been asked to relate a particular theory to the care given in
her unit. The nurse manager states, "I'm not sure we utilize a single model but a
