Chapter 14. Promoting Self-Esteem
Multiple Choice
1. A nurse is working in a nursing home. How best can this nurse foster self-esteem in
the residents of this facility?
A. Allowing them to remain in their rooms as much as they desire to maintain privacy
B. Administering anti-anxiety medications as ordered
C. Providing a sense of mastery over their environment by giving choices when
appropriate
D. Teaching assertiveness skills and self-esteem principles
ANS: C
A sense of having some power and control over ones life enhances self-esteem.
KEY: Cognitive Level: Application | Integrated Processes: Nursing Process:
Implementation | Client Need:
Psychosocial Integrity
2. A client shows a nurse a piece of artwork that took 3 days to create. How will this
achievement improve the clients self-esteem?
A. By providing a framework for assertive behavior
, B. By providing an expression of feelings and a sense of competence and pride
C. By providing a positive perception of body image
D. By providing appropriate boundaries for relationship establishment
ANS: B
Creating the artwork provides expression of feelings and a sense of competence and
pride. This will most likely have a positive effect on the clients self-esteem.
KEY: Cognitive Level: Application | Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Evaluation |
Client Need:
Psychosocial Integrity
3. A nurse is running a group on self-esteem. A client asks, Where does self-esteem
come from? Which is the most appropriate nursing reply?
A. Many factors, over the life span, influence development and maintenance of self-
esteem. B. Self-esteem is determined by factors outside of an individuals control.
C. Self-esteem is established in childhood and remains relatively fixed throughout life.
D. Genetics are the single largest contributor to an individuals self-esteem.
ANS: A
Self-esteem refers to the degree of regard or respect that individuals have for
themselves and is a measure of worth that they place on their abilities and judgments.
Many factors influence the development of self-esteem over a persons life span.
KEY: Cognitive Level: Application | Integrated Processes: Nursing Process:
Implementation | Client Need:
Multiple Choice
1. A nurse is working in a nursing home. How best can this nurse foster self-esteem in
the residents of this facility?
A. Allowing them to remain in their rooms as much as they desire to maintain privacy
B. Administering anti-anxiety medications as ordered
C. Providing a sense of mastery over their environment by giving choices when
appropriate
D. Teaching assertiveness skills and self-esteem principles
ANS: C
A sense of having some power and control over ones life enhances self-esteem.
KEY: Cognitive Level: Application | Integrated Processes: Nursing Process:
Implementation | Client Need:
Psychosocial Integrity
2. A client shows a nurse a piece of artwork that took 3 days to create. How will this
achievement improve the clients self-esteem?
A. By providing a framework for assertive behavior
, B. By providing an expression of feelings and a sense of competence and pride
C. By providing a positive perception of body image
D. By providing appropriate boundaries for relationship establishment
ANS: B
Creating the artwork provides expression of feelings and a sense of competence and
pride. This will most likely have a positive effect on the clients self-esteem.
KEY: Cognitive Level: Application | Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Evaluation |
Client Need:
Psychosocial Integrity
3. A nurse is running a group on self-esteem. A client asks, Where does self-esteem
come from? Which is the most appropriate nursing reply?
A. Many factors, over the life span, influence development and maintenance of self-
esteem. B. Self-esteem is determined by factors outside of an individuals control.
C. Self-esteem is established in childhood and remains relatively fixed throughout life.
D. Genetics are the single largest contributor to an individuals self-esteem.
ANS: A
Self-esteem refers to the degree of regard or respect that individuals have for
themselves and is a measure of worth that they place on their abilities and judgments.
Many factors influence the development of self-esteem over a persons life span.
KEY: Cognitive Level: Application | Integrated Processes: Nursing Process:
Implementation | Client Need:
