NMNC 1110 EXAM QUESTIONS WELL ANSWERED LATEST UPDATE
2026
How does Patricia Benner describe caring? - Answers Patricia Benner describes
caring as the essence of excellent nursing practice. Caring is people, events, projects,
and things that matter to people
According to Patricia Benner, through caring nurses help patients to: - Answers
recover from illness, give meaning to the illness, and maintain or reestablish
connection.
From what perspective does Madeleine Leininger approach caring? - Answers
Madeleine Leininger approached caring through a transcultural view of caring.
How does Leininger describe caring? - Answers Madeleine Leininger describes
caring as the concept that sets nursing apart from other health care disciplines.
Why is it called "Transcultural" Caring? - Answers It is called transcultural caring
because the needs, problems, and values of each patient will vary among people of
different cultures. A nurse must learn cultural differences to be able to meet the needs
of all patients.
What kind of model is Jean Watson's theory of caring? - Answers Jean Watson's
model is based on a holistic approach that supports a nurse's conscious intention to
care to promote healing and wholeness
What does Jean Watsons theory reject? - Answers Watson's model rejects the disease
orientation to health care and places care before cure.
What does Jean Watson's theory emphasize and focus on? - Answers The focus on
this model is on transpersonal caring that looks for deeper sources of inner healing to
protect, enhance while preserving a person's dignity, humanity, wholeness, and inner
harmony.
How does Kristin Swanson define caring? - Answers defines caring as a nurturing
way of relating to an individual.
What is the purpose of the 5 caring processes? - Answers The purpose of the 5 caring
processes is to have useful and effective caring strategies that are appropriate based
on age-group and health care settings.
What do each of the caring processes - Answers 1. Knowing
2. Being with
3. Doing for
4. Enabling
5. Maintaining belief
Knowing - Answers Striving to understand an event as it has meaning in the life of
the other. Example: Knowing a patient's current situation and expressing empathy.
Being with - Answers Being emotionally present to the other. Example: Letting the
patient know you are there for them and that their feelings matter. Listening to the
patient.
Doing for - Answers Doing for the other as he or she would do for self if it were at all
possible. Example: Assisting the patient with needs that the patient is unable to do for
themselves. Giving the patient a bath or helping them change.
Enabling - Answers Facilitating the other's passage through life transitions and
unfamiliar events. Example: Providing education or information to the patient to help
guide them in a situation that they are unfamiliar with. Such as providing nutritional
information to a patient that just had open heart surgery.
, Maintaining belief - Answers Sustaining faith in the other's capacity to get through an
event or transition and face a future with meaning. Example: Continuing to have a
hopeful attitude. Providing encouraging words to a patient who is about to have
surgery.
What is nursing presence? - Answers A person-to-person encounter conveying a
closeness and sense of caring.
Ø What does nursing presence involve and how is it established? - Answers Nursing
presences involves "being there" for your patient. Not only physically but also
through communication and understanding. Presence is established through nurse-
patient relationships, providing comfort, patient education, and actively listening to
your patient.
Ø What are the effects/outcomes of nursing presence? - Answers The outcome of
nursing presence is personal growth, decreased isolation and vulnerability, and relief
of suffering.
Ø What are the benefits of touch? - Answers The benefits of touch is to provide
comfort and security to your patient. It also enhances self-esteem, confidence of
caregiver, and improved mental health.
Ø What is caring touch? - Answers Caring touch is a nonverbal form of
communication that shows empathy and comfort.
Ø Describe the 4 types of touch: - Answers 1. Contact- This form of touch is by skin-
to-skin contact and is a therapeutic touch. Be aware of patient's culture and past
experience before touching your patient.
2. Noncontact- Noncontact touch is referring to eye contact that provides a connection
between nurse and patient.
3. Protective- This form of touch protects both the nurse and patient. The most
common form of protective touch is to prevent an accident, such as holding a patient
up to prevent a fall.
4. Task-oriented- This touch is used when a nurse is performing a task or procedure.
This form of touch conveys security and a sense of competence through skillful and
gentle performance. This can be achieved by thoroughly explaining a procedure and
administering carefully. Perform gently and safely while providing the patient
reassurance and support.
Ø What is listening? - Answers -Listening is a meaningful interaction with the patient
by fulling understanding what they are saying. The listener is present and engages
with the patient without judgement and accepting manner.
Ø What are the benefits of listening? - Answers -The benefits of listening are that you
are truly able to understand your patient and what is important to them. Listening
helps build a relationship between you and your patient
Ø Which theorist incorporates "knowing the patient" into their theory of caring? -
Answers Jean Swanson describes knowing your patient as one of the five caring
processes.
Ø What are some aspects of knowing the patient? - Answers - Core clinical decision
making and patient-centered care.
- Nurses are able to understand how illness, treatment, and rehabilitation affect the
patient and the family caregiver.
2026
How does Patricia Benner describe caring? - Answers Patricia Benner describes
caring as the essence of excellent nursing practice. Caring is people, events, projects,
and things that matter to people
According to Patricia Benner, through caring nurses help patients to: - Answers
recover from illness, give meaning to the illness, and maintain or reestablish
connection.
From what perspective does Madeleine Leininger approach caring? - Answers
Madeleine Leininger approached caring through a transcultural view of caring.
How does Leininger describe caring? - Answers Madeleine Leininger describes
caring as the concept that sets nursing apart from other health care disciplines.
Why is it called "Transcultural" Caring? - Answers It is called transcultural caring
because the needs, problems, and values of each patient will vary among people of
different cultures. A nurse must learn cultural differences to be able to meet the needs
of all patients.
What kind of model is Jean Watson's theory of caring? - Answers Jean Watson's
model is based on a holistic approach that supports a nurse's conscious intention to
care to promote healing and wholeness
What does Jean Watsons theory reject? - Answers Watson's model rejects the disease
orientation to health care and places care before cure.
What does Jean Watson's theory emphasize and focus on? - Answers The focus on
this model is on transpersonal caring that looks for deeper sources of inner healing to
protect, enhance while preserving a person's dignity, humanity, wholeness, and inner
harmony.
How does Kristin Swanson define caring? - Answers defines caring as a nurturing
way of relating to an individual.
What is the purpose of the 5 caring processes? - Answers The purpose of the 5 caring
processes is to have useful and effective caring strategies that are appropriate based
on age-group and health care settings.
What do each of the caring processes - Answers 1. Knowing
2. Being with
3. Doing for
4. Enabling
5. Maintaining belief
Knowing - Answers Striving to understand an event as it has meaning in the life of
the other. Example: Knowing a patient's current situation and expressing empathy.
Being with - Answers Being emotionally present to the other. Example: Letting the
patient know you are there for them and that their feelings matter. Listening to the
patient.
Doing for - Answers Doing for the other as he or she would do for self if it were at all
possible. Example: Assisting the patient with needs that the patient is unable to do for
themselves. Giving the patient a bath or helping them change.
Enabling - Answers Facilitating the other's passage through life transitions and
unfamiliar events. Example: Providing education or information to the patient to help
guide them in a situation that they are unfamiliar with. Such as providing nutritional
information to a patient that just had open heart surgery.
, Maintaining belief - Answers Sustaining faith in the other's capacity to get through an
event or transition and face a future with meaning. Example: Continuing to have a
hopeful attitude. Providing encouraging words to a patient who is about to have
surgery.
What is nursing presence? - Answers A person-to-person encounter conveying a
closeness and sense of caring.
Ø What does nursing presence involve and how is it established? - Answers Nursing
presences involves "being there" for your patient. Not only physically but also
through communication and understanding. Presence is established through nurse-
patient relationships, providing comfort, patient education, and actively listening to
your patient.
Ø What are the effects/outcomes of nursing presence? - Answers The outcome of
nursing presence is personal growth, decreased isolation and vulnerability, and relief
of suffering.
Ø What are the benefits of touch? - Answers The benefits of touch is to provide
comfort and security to your patient. It also enhances self-esteem, confidence of
caregiver, and improved mental health.
Ø What is caring touch? - Answers Caring touch is a nonverbal form of
communication that shows empathy and comfort.
Ø Describe the 4 types of touch: - Answers 1. Contact- This form of touch is by skin-
to-skin contact and is a therapeutic touch. Be aware of patient's culture and past
experience before touching your patient.
2. Noncontact- Noncontact touch is referring to eye contact that provides a connection
between nurse and patient.
3. Protective- This form of touch protects both the nurse and patient. The most
common form of protective touch is to prevent an accident, such as holding a patient
up to prevent a fall.
4. Task-oriented- This touch is used when a nurse is performing a task or procedure.
This form of touch conveys security and a sense of competence through skillful and
gentle performance. This can be achieved by thoroughly explaining a procedure and
administering carefully. Perform gently and safely while providing the patient
reassurance and support.
Ø What is listening? - Answers -Listening is a meaningful interaction with the patient
by fulling understanding what they are saying. The listener is present and engages
with the patient without judgement and accepting manner.
Ø What are the benefits of listening? - Answers -The benefits of listening are that you
are truly able to understand your patient and what is important to them. Listening
helps build a relationship between you and your patient
Ø Which theorist incorporates "knowing the patient" into their theory of caring? -
Answers Jean Swanson describes knowing your patient as one of the five caring
processes.
Ø What are some aspects of knowing the patient? - Answers - Core clinical decision
making and patient-centered care.
- Nurses are able to understand how illness, treatment, and rehabilitation affect the
patient and the family caregiver.
