NURS 104 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
What qualities do nurses have as change agents? - Answers - -Interpersonal skills
-Knowledge of resources
-Problem solvers
-Teachers
-Are respected
-Confident
-Inspire trust
-Decision makers
-Knowledgeable in many areas
-Encourage and nurture
Which nursing model focuses on the nurse as a change agent? - Answers - Adaptation
Model by Sister Callista Roy
If a nurse is a change agent, how does he/she care for pts? - Answers - helps pt to
adapt to circumstances
- restores sense of well-being
- restores sense of self-worth
- restores sense of dignity
- restores sense of self-respect
Patricia Benner's Theory - Answers - novice to expert theory
- novice
- advanced beginner
- competent practitioner
- proficient practitioner
- expert practitioner
Patricia Benner's Novice Characteristics - Answers - - Concrete and literal
- Need constant guidance
- Seeks affirmation regularly and needs emotional support
- Universal application of knowledge
- "Tell me what I need to do, and I will do it!"
Patricia Benner's Advanced Beginner Characteristics - Answers - - Begins making
connections
- Begins to apply skills
- Seeks affirmation p completion of skills
- Recognizes meaningful, recurrent concepts
, - Principles based on experiences start to guide actions
Patricia Benner's Competent Practitioner Characteristics - Answers - - 2-3 years of
experience in field
- Aware of long-term goals
- Feels more confident
- More efficient and organized
- Can focus on more than one task at a time
Patricia Benner's Proficient Practitioner Characteristics - Answers - - sees the big
picture
- More holistic
- Understands the long-term goals
- Able to adapt/modify plans
Patricia Benner's Expert Practitioner Characteristics - Answers - - No longer relies on
guidelines to determine actions
- Wealth of experience
- Intuitive grasp of clinical situations
- Flexible and fluid
- Highly capable
Who established the Cultural Care, Diversity, and Universality model of nursing? -
Answers - Madeline Leininger
What is the Theory of Cultural Care, Diversity, and Universality Model? - Answers - A
theory based on the concept that people are culturally different focusing on the
betterment of people from all cultures
Characteristics of the Theory of Cultural Care, Diversity, and Universality Model -
Answers - - Betterment of all people from all cultures
- Cultural competency
- People are culturally different - how do those differences change their needs?
- Individualized patient care
- How can nurses care for those who are different from them?
- Differences between the patient and nurse can lead to ineffective interventions,
misunderstandings, and the patient feeling unheard or uncared for
Who established the Self-Care Deficit model of nursing? - Answers - Dorothea Orem
How does the Self-Care Deficit model try to care for the patient? - Answers - - restore a
sense of well-being
- restore patient's ability to care for self
- help client cope with unmet needs by regaining function or maximizing available
function
ANSWERS
What qualities do nurses have as change agents? - Answers - -Interpersonal skills
-Knowledge of resources
-Problem solvers
-Teachers
-Are respected
-Confident
-Inspire trust
-Decision makers
-Knowledgeable in many areas
-Encourage and nurture
Which nursing model focuses on the nurse as a change agent? - Answers - Adaptation
Model by Sister Callista Roy
If a nurse is a change agent, how does he/she care for pts? - Answers - helps pt to
adapt to circumstances
- restores sense of well-being
- restores sense of self-worth
- restores sense of dignity
- restores sense of self-respect
Patricia Benner's Theory - Answers - novice to expert theory
- novice
- advanced beginner
- competent practitioner
- proficient practitioner
- expert practitioner
Patricia Benner's Novice Characteristics - Answers - - Concrete and literal
- Need constant guidance
- Seeks affirmation regularly and needs emotional support
- Universal application of knowledge
- "Tell me what I need to do, and I will do it!"
Patricia Benner's Advanced Beginner Characteristics - Answers - - Begins making
connections
- Begins to apply skills
- Seeks affirmation p completion of skills
- Recognizes meaningful, recurrent concepts
, - Principles based on experiences start to guide actions
Patricia Benner's Competent Practitioner Characteristics - Answers - - 2-3 years of
experience in field
- Aware of long-term goals
- Feels more confident
- More efficient and organized
- Can focus on more than one task at a time
Patricia Benner's Proficient Practitioner Characteristics - Answers - - sees the big
picture
- More holistic
- Understands the long-term goals
- Able to adapt/modify plans
Patricia Benner's Expert Practitioner Characteristics - Answers - - No longer relies on
guidelines to determine actions
- Wealth of experience
- Intuitive grasp of clinical situations
- Flexible and fluid
- Highly capable
Who established the Cultural Care, Diversity, and Universality model of nursing? -
Answers - Madeline Leininger
What is the Theory of Cultural Care, Diversity, and Universality Model? - Answers - A
theory based on the concept that people are culturally different focusing on the
betterment of people from all cultures
Characteristics of the Theory of Cultural Care, Diversity, and Universality Model -
Answers - - Betterment of all people from all cultures
- Cultural competency
- People are culturally different - how do those differences change their needs?
- Individualized patient care
- How can nurses care for those who are different from them?
- Differences between the patient and nurse can lead to ineffective interventions,
misunderstandings, and the patient feeling unheard or uncared for
Who established the Self-Care Deficit model of nursing? - Answers - Dorothea Orem
How does the Self-Care Deficit model try to care for the patient? - Answers - - restore a
sense of well-being
- restore patient's ability to care for self
- help client cope with unmet needs by regaining function or maximizing available
function
