Unit 1 nsg3180 with 120 complete
solutions.
Unit 1 nsg3180 with 120 complete
solutions.
When describing nursing to a group of nursing students, the nursing instructor lists all of the following
characteristics of nursing EXCEPT:
a. historically nursing is as old as mankind
b. nursing was originally practiced informally by religious orders dedicated to care of the sick
c. nursing was later practiced in the home by female caregivers with no formal education
d. nursing has always been identifiable as a distinct occupation - ANSWER a. historically nursing is as old
as mankind
The nursing profession's first nurse researcher, who served as an early advocate for high-quality care
and used statistical data to document the need for hand washing in preventing infection was:
a. Abraham Maslow
b. Martha Rogers
c. Hildegard Peplau
d. Florence Nightingale - ANSWER d. Florence Nightingale
Today, professional nursing education begins at the:
a. undergraduate level
b. graduate level
c. advanced practice level
d. administrative level - ANSWER a. undergraduate level
,Unit 1 nsg3180 with 120 complete
solutions.
Nursing's metaparadigm, or worldview, distinguishes the nursing profession from other disciplines and
emphasizes its unique functional characteristics. The four key concepts that form the foundation for all
nursing theories are:
a. caring, compassion, health promotion, and education
b. respect, integrity, honesty, and advocacy
c. person, environment, health, and nursing
d. nursing, teaching, caring, and health promotion - ANSWER c. person, environment, health, and
nursing
When admitting a patient to the medical-surgical unit, the nurse asks the patient about cultural issues.
The nurse is demonstrating use of the concept of:
a. person
b. environment
c. health
d. nursing - ANSWER b. environment
- The concept of environment includes all cultural, developmental, and social determinants that
influence a client's health perception and behavior
Nurses are prepared to function as: - ANSWER - advanced practice nurse practitioners
- administrators
- educators
A young mother tells the nurse, "im worried because my son needs a blood transfusion. I don't know
what to do, because blood transfusions cause AIDS." Which central nursing construct is represented in
this situation?
a. Environment
b. caring
, Unit 1 nsg3180 with 120 complete
solutions.
c. health
d. person - ANSWER d. person
- Person is defined as the recipient of nursing care, having unique bio-psycho-social and spiritual
dimensions
Nurses use __________________ to bridge the interpersonal space between scientific understandings
and patient-centered health experiences. It is this dimension of knowledge that helps nurses to
individualize nursing and interprofessional care strategies - ANSWER - patterns of knowing
What are the 5 patterns of knowing? - ANSWER - empirical
- personal
- aesthetic
- ethical
- emancipatory
This pattern of knowledge is the scientific rationale for skilled nursing interventions. It draws upon
verifiable data from science. Includes logical reasoning and problem solving. - ANSWER Empirical ways of
knowing
The nurse performs a dressing change using sterile technique. This is an example of which pattern of
knowledge?
a. empirical
b. personal
c. aesthetic
d. ethical - ANSWER - Empirical
This pattern of knowledge allows the nurse to understand and treat each individual as a unique person.
It is knowledge characterized as subjective, concrete, and existential. This pattern of knowing occurs
when nurses connect with the "humanness" of a patient experience. It is a "precondition for establishing
solutions.
Unit 1 nsg3180 with 120 complete
solutions.
When describing nursing to a group of nursing students, the nursing instructor lists all of the following
characteristics of nursing EXCEPT:
a. historically nursing is as old as mankind
b. nursing was originally practiced informally by religious orders dedicated to care of the sick
c. nursing was later practiced in the home by female caregivers with no formal education
d. nursing has always been identifiable as a distinct occupation - ANSWER a. historically nursing is as old
as mankind
The nursing profession's first nurse researcher, who served as an early advocate for high-quality care
and used statistical data to document the need for hand washing in preventing infection was:
a. Abraham Maslow
b. Martha Rogers
c. Hildegard Peplau
d. Florence Nightingale - ANSWER d. Florence Nightingale
Today, professional nursing education begins at the:
a. undergraduate level
b. graduate level
c. advanced practice level
d. administrative level - ANSWER a. undergraduate level
,Unit 1 nsg3180 with 120 complete
solutions.
Nursing's metaparadigm, or worldview, distinguishes the nursing profession from other disciplines and
emphasizes its unique functional characteristics. The four key concepts that form the foundation for all
nursing theories are:
a. caring, compassion, health promotion, and education
b. respect, integrity, honesty, and advocacy
c. person, environment, health, and nursing
d. nursing, teaching, caring, and health promotion - ANSWER c. person, environment, health, and
nursing
When admitting a patient to the medical-surgical unit, the nurse asks the patient about cultural issues.
The nurse is demonstrating use of the concept of:
a. person
b. environment
c. health
d. nursing - ANSWER b. environment
- The concept of environment includes all cultural, developmental, and social determinants that
influence a client's health perception and behavior
Nurses are prepared to function as: - ANSWER - advanced practice nurse practitioners
- administrators
- educators
A young mother tells the nurse, "im worried because my son needs a blood transfusion. I don't know
what to do, because blood transfusions cause AIDS." Which central nursing construct is represented in
this situation?
a. Environment
b. caring
, Unit 1 nsg3180 with 120 complete
solutions.
c. health
d. person - ANSWER d. person
- Person is defined as the recipient of nursing care, having unique bio-psycho-social and spiritual
dimensions
Nurses use __________________ to bridge the interpersonal space between scientific understandings
and patient-centered health experiences. It is this dimension of knowledge that helps nurses to
individualize nursing and interprofessional care strategies - ANSWER - patterns of knowing
What are the 5 patterns of knowing? - ANSWER - empirical
- personal
- aesthetic
- ethical
- emancipatory
This pattern of knowledge is the scientific rationale for skilled nursing interventions. It draws upon
verifiable data from science. Includes logical reasoning and problem solving. - ANSWER Empirical ways of
knowing
The nurse performs a dressing change using sterile technique. This is an example of which pattern of
knowledge?
a. empirical
b. personal
c. aesthetic
d. ethical - ANSWER - Empirical
This pattern of knowledge allows the nurse to understand and treat each individual as a unique person.
It is knowledge characterized as subjective, concrete, and existential. This pattern of knowing occurs
when nurses connect with the "humanness" of a patient experience. It is a "precondition for establishing
