Assignments,
Chapter 42, Self-Concept
Fundamentals of Nursing: The Art and Science of Person-Centered Nursing Care 10th ed.
(Taylor 2025/2026)
Written Assignments Learning
Outcome(s)
1. Explore your self-concept by writing answers to the 1
following questions:
How do I perceive myself? Who am I? What
makes me the way I am?
How do others see me?
Do I respect and like myself as I am?
Are there ways I need to change to achieve my
desired self-image?
What are my goals for self-improvement?
What does all this have to do with my
professional practice?
2. Write down ways in which the following factors 4
might influence a patient’s self-concept positively and
, Written Assignments Learning
Outcome(s)
negatively:
Family
Peers
Culture
History of success and failure
Health/Illness state
Stressors
3. Make a list of interview questions you would use 5, 8
to assess a patient’s self-concept in the following
areas:
Personal identity
Patient strengths
Body image
Self-esteem
Role performance
Power
Competence
Virtue
Chapter 42, Self-Concept
Fundamentals of Nursing: The Art and Science of Person-Centered Nursing Care 10th ed.
(Taylor 2025/2026)
Written Assignments Learning
Outcome(s)
1. Explore your self-concept by writing answers to the 1
following questions:
How do I perceive myself? Who am I? What
makes me the way I am?
How do others see me?
Do I respect and like myself as I am?
Are there ways I need to change to achieve my
desired self-image?
What are my goals for self-improvement?
What does all this have to do with my
professional practice?
2. Write down ways in which the following factors 4
might influence a patient’s self-concept positively and
, Written Assignments Learning
Outcome(s)
negatively:
Family
Peers
Culture
History of success and failure
Health/Illness state
Stressors
3. Make a list of interview questions you would use 5, 8
to assess a patient’s self-concept in the following
areas:
Personal identity
Patient strengths
Body image
Self-esteem
Role performance
Power
Competence
Virtue
