NURS 334 STUDY EXAMS GUIDED ALL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Virginia Henderson's definition of nursing - ✔✔Defines nursing as assisting
individuals in performing activities that contribute to health, recovery, or peaceful death,
based on 14 basic needs.
✔✔Roy's adaptation model - ✔✔Describes the person as an adaptive system
responding to environmental changes; the nurse helps patients adapt for health and
well-being.
✔✔Watson's theory of human caring - ✔✔Emphasizes the human-to-human
connection; caring involves mind, body, and spirit and includes the 10 Caritas
processes of love, compassion, and trust.
✔✔UBC model of nursing - ✔✔Developed by Margaret Campbell; describes the person
as a behavioral system in interaction with the environment; focuses on balance and
adaptation.
✔✔Use of nursing theories in practice - ✔✔Theories guide assessment, care planning,
and evaluation; help nurses make decisions grounded in evidence and holistic care.
, ✔✔Ways of knowing in nursing - ✔✔Carper identified four patterns: empirical (science),
aesthetic (art), personal (self-awareness), and ethical (moral knowledge).
✔✔Critical theory in nursing - ✔✔Examines power, inequality, and social justice;
challenges oppression and promotes advocacy within nursing and health care.
✔✔RCN knowledge and skills framework - ✔✔Used to guide education and
professional development by identifying key competencies in practice, education, and
administration.
✔✔Application of theory to nursing practice - ✔✔Theory supports clinical decision-
making, patient advocacy, and reflective practice in diverse care settings.
✔✔Evolving nursing knowledge - ✔✔Nursing knowledge continues to grow through
integration of theory, research, and evidence-based practice to improve patient
outcomes.
✔✔Hildegard Peplau's theory of interpersonal relations - ✔✔Focuses on the therapeutic
nurse-patient relationship with four phases: orientation, identification, exploitation, and
resolution; emphasizes communication and collaboration.
✔✔Virginia Henderson's definition of nursing - ✔✔Defines nursing as assisting
individuals to perform activities contributing to health, recovery, or peaceful death,
promoting independence through 14 basic needs.
✔✔Sister Callista Roy's adaptation model - ✔✔Views the person as an adaptive system
responding to environmental stimuli; the nurse helps patients adapt in four modes:
physiologic, self-concept, role function, and interdependence.
✔✔Jean Watson's theory of human caring - ✔✔Emphasizes holistic care of body, mind,
and spirit; includes 10 Caritas processes such as trust, compassion, and promoting a
healing environment.
✔✔Margaret Campbell's UBC model of nursing - ✔✔Describes the person as a
behavioral system interacting with the environment; focuses on balance, adaptation,
and the interconnection of subsystems.
✔✔Marie Rollet Hébert - ✔✔One of the first nurses in New France (1617); cared for
settlers and Indigenous people; recognized as the first European woman to practice
nursing in Canada.
✔✔Jeanne Mance - ✔✔Founded Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal in 1642; combined skill and
compassion to provide care for settlers and Indigenous peoples; early hospital
administrator.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Virginia Henderson's definition of nursing - ✔✔Defines nursing as assisting
individuals in performing activities that contribute to health, recovery, or peaceful death,
based on 14 basic needs.
✔✔Roy's adaptation model - ✔✔Describes the person as an adaptive system
responding to environmental changes; the nurse helps patients adapt for health and
well-being.
✔✔Watson's theory of human caring - ✔✔Emphasizes the human-to-human
connection; caring involves mind, body, and spirit and includes the 10 Caritas
processes of love, compassion, and trust.
✔✔UBC model of nursing - ✔✔Developed by Margaret Campbell; describes the person
as a behavioral system in interaction with the environment; focuses on balance and
adaptation.
✔✔Use of nursing theories in practice - ✔✔Theories guide assessment, care planning,
and evaluation; help nurses make decisions grounded in evidence and holistic care.
, ✔✔Ways of knowing in nursing - ✔✔Carper identified four patterns: empirical (science),
aesthetic (art), personal (self-awareness), and ethical (moral knowledge).
✔✔Critical theory in nursing - ✔✔Examines power, inequality, and social justice;
challenges oppression and promotes advocacy within nursing and health care.
✔✔RCN knowledge and skills framework - ✔✔Used to guide education and
professional development by identifying key competencies in practice, education, and
administration.
✔✔Application of theory to nursing practice - ✔✔Theory supports clinical decision-
making, patient advocacy, and reflective practice in diverse care settings.
✔✔Evolving nursing knowledge - ✔✔Nursing knowledge continues to grow through
integration of theory, research, and evidence-based practice to improve patient
outcomes.
✔✔Hildegard Peplau's theory of interpersonal relations - ✔✔Focuses on the therapeutic
nurse-patient relationship with four phases: orientation, identification, exploitation, and
resolution; emphasizes communication and collaboration.
✔✔Virginia Henderson's definition of nursing - ✔✔Defines nursing as assisting
individuals to perform activities contributing to health, recovery, or peaceful death,
promoting independence through 14 basic needs.
✔✔Sister Callista Roy's adaptation model - ✔✔Views the person as an adaptive system
responding to environmental stimuli; the nurse helps patients adapt in four modes:
physiologic, self-concept, role function, and interdependence.
✔✔Jean Watson's theory of human caring - ✔✔Emphasizes holistic care of body, mind,
and spirit; includes 10 Caritas processes such as trust, compassion, and promoting a
healing environment.
✔✔Margaret Campbell's UBC model of nursing - ✔✔Describes the person as a
behavioral system interacting with the environment; focuses on balance, adaptation,
and the interconnection of subsystems.
✔✔Marie Rollet Hébert - ✔✔One of the first nurses in New France (1617); cared for
settlers and Indigenous people; recognized as the first European woman to practice
nursing in Canada.
✔✔Jeanne Mance - ✔✔Founded Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal in 1642; combined skill and
compassion to provide care for settlers and Indigenous peoples; early hospital
administrator.
