Chapter 1: Honoring Your Past,
Planning Your Future exam questions
and answers
Afaf Meleis -ANScreated and refined Transitions Theory over several decades, and it
has become a foundational theory for nursing practice
Transitions Theory -ANS- applies to patients and their families
- important to understand the type of transition at hand as well as its complexity with
regard to timing and whether it influences other elements of a person's life
Malcom Knowles -ANS"adult learning"
Knowles' Six Principles of Adult Education -ANS1. Adults need to know the why, what,
and how of what is being learned
2. Adults prefer to be in control of their learning; are self-directed
3. Adults have life experiences that influence the learning
4. Adult readiness to learn is associated with need or change
5. Adult orientation to learning is practical and for immediate application
6. Adults are motivated to learn when there will be a personal gain or problem solved
Things that influence transition -ANSeconomics, family situations, cultural beliefs,
personal health, confidence, education, previous experience, and so on.
Internal factors -ANSpersonal desires, personal aspirations
External Factors -ANSneed to increase your income potential
Outcome Priority -ANSthe essential issue or need to be addressed at any given time
within a set of conditions or circumstances
Cohort -ANSgroup of people engaging in a common experience at the same time
Experience Positives and Negatives -ANS- valuable tools in gaining understanding and
perspective
- can make learning difficult; an old concept or detail may seem clear in your mind, but it
can be challenged or modified with new information.
Knowles, Holton, and Swanson Four Ways that Experience Influences Learning -ANS1.
develops and accentuates differences among learners
2. source for insight and motivation
3. can be a barrier or rigid mold into which new learning may have a hard time fitting
Planning Your Future exam questions
and answers
Afaf Meleis -ANScreated and refined Transitions Theory over several decades, and it
has become a foundational theory for nursing practice
Transitions Theory -ANS- applies to patients and their families
- important to understand the type of transition at hand as well as its complexity with
regard to timing and whether it influences other elements of a person's life
Malcom Knowles -ANS"adult learning"
Knowles' Six Principles of Adult Education -ANS1. Adults need to know the why, what,
and how of what is being learned
2. Adults prefer to be in control of their learning; are self-directed
3. Adults have life experiences that influence the learning
4. Adult readiness to learn is associated with need or change
5. Adult orientation to learning is practical and for immediate application
6. Adults are motivated to learn when there will be a personal gain or problem solved
Things that influence transition -ANSeconomics, family situations, cultural beliefs,
personal health, confidence, education, previous experience, and so on.
Internal factors -ANSpersonal desires, personal aspirations
External Factors -ANSneed to increase your income potential
Outcome Priority -ANSthe essential issue or need to be addressed at any given time
within a set of conditions or circumstances
Cohort -ANSgroup of people engaging in a common experience at the same time
Experience Positives and Negatives -ANS- valuable tools in gaining understanding and
perspective
- can make learning difficult; an old concept or detail may seem clear in your mind, but it
can be challenged or modified with new information.
Knowles, Holton, and Swanson Four Ways that Experience Influences Learning -ANS1.
develops and accentuates differences among learners
2. source for insight and motivation
3. can be a barrier or rigid mold into which new learning may have a hard time fitting
