NURS 310 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Which nursing theory relates to the scenario in which a nurse teaches diabetic patients
about self-administration of insulin injections so that patients are able to administer their
own insulin? - Answers - Orem
Which theorist would be most helpful when attempting to develop a relationship
between the nurse and a patient? - Answers - Peplau
Which patient need should be a priority, according to Maslow's hierarchy of needs,
when a patient who lives alone after the death of a spouse 3 years ago and has no
children and few close friends, reports good physical health but has been feeling
listless? - Answers - Pyschological
Which educational option would be included when an advanced practice nurse is
explaining to an associate's degree graduate nurse about immediate future options in
advancing her nursing education? - Answers - Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Which phrase describes a grand theory? - Answers - Provides a structural framework
for broad concepts about nursing.
Which term is defined as a global set of concepts that describe the central phenomena
of the discipline and explains the relationship between those concepts? - Answers -
Metaparadigm
Which patient need falls under the third level of Maslows? - Answers - Friendship
Which type of patient care can the nurse delegate to unlicensed assistive personnel? -
Answers - Assisting the patient while eating, providing hygienic care to the patient,
measuring the patient's vital signs
Which professional characteristic is the nurse demonstrating when raising the head of
the bed, measuring the patient's oxygen saturation level, and administering oxygen
therapy in response to a patient who is having difficulty breathing? - Answers -
Autonomy
Which topic of research would a nurse of research select when conducting research on
patient with diabetes bases on Orem's theory? - Answers - Self-administration of insulin
Which activity performed by the nurse is related to maintaining competence in nursing
practice? - Answers - Attending a review course in preparation for a specialty
certification examination
ANSWERS
Which nursing theory relates to the scenario in which a nurse teaches diabetic patients
about self-administration of insulin injections so that patients are able to administer their
own insulin? - Answers - Orem
Which theorist would be most helpful when attempting to develop a relationship
between the nurse and a patient? - Answers - Peplau
Which patient need should be a priority, according to Maslow's hierarchy of needs,
when a patient who lives alone after the death of a spouse 3 years ago and has no
children and few close friends, reports good physical health but has been feeling
listless? - Answers - Pyschological
Which educational option would be included when an advanced practice nurse is
explaining to an associate's degree graduate nurse about immediate future options in
advancing her nursing education? - Answers - Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Which phrase describes a grand theory? - Answers - Provides a structural framework
for broad concepts about nursing.
Which term is defined as a global set of concepts that describe the central phenomena
of the discipline and explains the relationship between those concepts? - Answers -
Metaparadigm
Which patient need falls under the third level of Maslows? - Answers - Friendship
Which type of patient care can the nurse delegate to unlicensed assistive personnel? -
Answers - Assisting the patient while eating, providing hygienic care to the patient,
measuring the patient's vital signs
Which professional characteristic is the nurse demonstrating when raising the head of
the bed, measuring the patient's oxygen saturation level, and administering oxygen
therapy in response to a patient who is having difficulty breathing? - Answers -
Autonomy
Which topic of research would a nurse of research select when conducting research on
patient with diabetes bases on Orem's theory? - Answers - Self-administration of insulin
Which activity performed by the nurse is related to maintaining competence in nursing
practice? - Answers - Attending a review course in preparation for a specialty
certification examination
