NUR 208 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
What is the ana policy statement define nursing as? - answers - nursing is the
protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and
injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human responses,
and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations.
In nursing, we treat ____________, including the family and community, not just the
persron - answers - whole person
____________ treat the disease; nurses treat ________________________ - answers
- doctors; what happens because of those things
The nursing process is a ________ _________, _______ process. - answers - problem
solving, thinking
Nursing is the ______ and _____ of human responses to _______ or ________ health
care problems. - answers - diagnosis, treatment, actual, potential
______ is the essence of nursing - answers - caring
More than any other profession, nursing has "the distinction of being responsible for the
__________ that clients receive in the health care system." - answers - caring
What is nursing? Nursing is.... - answers - caring
An art
A science
Holistic (take care of patient, family, and community)
Patient-centered
Adaptive
A helping profession
Concerned with health promotion, health maintenance, and restoration
Who came up with the philosophy and science of caring? - answers - jean watson
____ is central to nursing. It is a _____ ideal, rather than a ______. It is difficult to
_______. It is ____________. It is focused on the preservation of ______ _______ and
_________. - answers - caring, moral, behavior, quantify, not inherited, human dignity,
hummanity
What did watson feel nursing is threatened by? - answers - a procedure and skill
oriented culture (technology) and the different levels of nursing
What were jean watson's 10 carative factors (intrinsic/unseen aspects of nursing)? What
should all of these factors preserve? - answers - altruistic values; sensitivity to others; a
, warm, genuine and empathetic helping-trust relationship; interpersonal teaching and
learning; scientific problem solving; acceptance of own feelings; acceptance of other's
feelings; providing a comfortable, private, and safe environment; assist patient with
lower and higher order needs; phenomenology of existential psychology
Human dignity of the patient
Means doing it for the right reason (love and joy of doing it) and not for ulterior motives
(money, to make yourself feel better) - answers - altruistic values
Sense what others are feeling; considering the patients values - answers - sensitivity to
others
What is essential for good decision-making? - answers - critical thinking and critical
reasoning
An intellectual process that involves developing a rational, justifiable response to
situations where there are no definite answers and where not all relevant information is
available - answers - critical thinking/clinical reasoning
Critical thinking requires _____, but is more than just the gathering and sorting of facts
or concepts. It is the ability to use that in situations of _______, _______, and _____. -
answers - knowledge, ambiguity, uncertainty, risk
Based on logic, think before acting, take time - answers - rational/reflective
Inspires questions, don't mindlessly follow rules (when doctor gives an order, you
should look at it and see if it is appropriate for the patient) - answers - constructively
skeptical
Think for yourself; not led by a group or accept beliefs of others - answers -
autonomous
Creates an original idea; come up with new solutions for things - answers - creative
thinking
Not biased or one-sided; seeks all views before taking a stand - answers - fair thinking
Try to find a course of action, draw a conclusion, or solve the problem; don't just take a
stand and not look at other options to try to find some other way around it - answers -
focus on what to believe and do
____________ problems can be analyzed and approached from more than one, often
conflicting, points of view or frames of reference - answers - multilogical
What is the ana policy statement define nursing as? - answers - nursing is the
protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and
injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human responses,
and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations.
In nursing, we treat ____________, including the family and community, not just the
persron - answers - whole person
____________ treat the disease; nurses treat ________________________ - answers
- doctors; what happens because of those things
The nursing process is a ________ _________, _______ process. - answers - problem
solving, thinking
Nursing is the ______ and _____ of human responses to _______ or ________ health
care problems. - answers - diagnosis, treatment, actual, potential
______ is the essence of nursing - answers - caring
More than any other profession, nursing has "the distinction of being responsible for the
__________ that clients receive in the health care system." - answers - caring
What is nursing? Nursing is.... - answers - caring
An art
A science
Holistic (take care of patient, family, and community)
Patient-centered
Adaptive
A helping profession
Concerned with health promotion, health maintenance, and restoration
Who came up with the philosophy and science of caring? - answers - jean watson
____ is central to nursing. It is a _____ ideal, rather than a ______. It is difficult to
_______. It is ____________. It is focused on the preservation of ______ _______ and
_________. - answers - caring, moral, behavior, quantify, not inherited, human dignity,
hummanity
What did watson feel nursing is threatened by? - answers - a procedure and skill
oriented culture (technology) and the different levels of nursing
What were jean watson's 10 carative factors (intrinsic/unseen aspects of nursing)? What
should all of these factors preserve? - answers - altruistic values; sensitivity to others; a
, warm, genuine and empathetic helping-trust relationship; interpersonal teaching and
learning; scientific problem solving; acceptance of own feelings; acceptance of other's
feelings; providing a comfortable, private, and safe environment; assist patient with
lower and higher order needs; phenomenology of existential psychology
Human dignity of the patient
Means doing it for the right reason (love and joy of doing it) and not for ulterior motives
(money, to make yourself feel better) - answers - altruistic values
Sense what others are feeling; considering the patients values - answers - sensitivity to
others
What is essential for good decision-making? - answers - critical thinking and critical
reasoning
An intellectual process that involves developing a rational, justifiable response to
situations where there are no definite answers and where not all relevant information is
available - answers - critical thinking/clinical reasoning
Critical thinking requires _____, but is more than just the gathering and sorting of facts
or concepts. It is the ability to use that in situations of _______, _______, and _____. -
answers - knowledge, ambiguity, uncertainty, risk
Based on logic, think before acting, take time - answers - rational/reflective
Inspires questions, don't mindlessly follow rules (when doctor gives an order, you
should look at it and see if it is appropriate for the patient) - answers - constructively
skeptical
Think for yourself; not led by a group or accept beliefs of others - answers -
autonomous
Creates an original idea; come up with new solutions for things - answers - creative
thinking
Not biased or one-sided; seeks all views before taking a stand - answers - fair thinking
Try to find a course of action, draw a conclusion, or solve the problem; don't just take a
stand and not look at other options to try to find some other way around it - answers -
focus on what to believe and do
____________ problems can be analyzed and approached from more than one, often
conflicting, points of view or frames of reference - answers - multilogical
