PRIMARY CARE ART AND SCIENCE OF
ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING ACTUAL
EXAM TESTED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
◉ §Caring and Nursing
Answer: §Caring expressed in nursing—including advanced
practice nursing—is the intentional and authentic presence of the
nurse with another who is recognized as a person who is living
caring and growing in caring
◉ §Caring and Human Service Disciplines
Answer: §All human service disciplines are based on caring
§Nursing, however, is unique in that caring is what most directly
characterizes nursing's knowledge base and service
◉ §Medicine
Answer: In medicine the fundamental commitment to caring is
directly characterized in the Dx and Rx of human structural and
functional problems, usually characterized in physical terms
◉ APRN Practice
, Answer: §Draws on and transforms characteristic medical ways of
practice for nursing purposes
§Specialized opportunities for creating situations of care that call
forth specialized patterns of caring
§
◉ Caring Is the MATRIX
Answer: §The "stuff" within which the APRN-patient relationship
is brought to life
§Knowing another as a caring person requires a commitment to
entering into the world of the nursed with the explicit intention of
knowing that person individually and uniquely
◉ §Generalized Patterns of Caring
Answer: §As delineated in the Circle of Caring Model
•Courage
•Authentic presence
•Advocacy
•Knowing
•Commitment
•Patience
◉ §Courage
Answer: §Courage is a human act (Paul Tillich, 1952)
§Daily application of values
ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING ACTUAL
EXAM TESTED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
◉ §Caring and Nursing
Answer: §Caring expressed in nursing—including advanced
practice nursing—is the intentional and authentic presence of the
nurse with another who is recognized as a person who is living
caring and growing in caring
◉ §Caring and Human Service Disciplines
Answer: §All human service disciplines are based on caring
§Nursing, however, is unique in that caring is what most directly
characterizes nursing's knowledge base and service
◉ §Medicine
Answer: In medicine the fundamental commitment to caring is
directly characterized in the Dx and Rx of human structural and
functional problems, usually characterized in physical terms
◉ APRN Practice
, Answer: §Draws on and transforms characteristic medical ways of
practice for nursing purposes
§Specialized opportunities for creating situations of care that call
forth specialized patterns of caring
§
◉ Caring Is the MATRIX
Answer: §The "stuff" within which the APRN-patient relationship
is brought to life
§Knowing another as a caring person requires a commitment to
entering into the world of the nursed with the explicit intention of
knowing that person individually and uniquely
◉ §Generalized Patterns of Caring
Answer: §As delineated in the Circle of Caring Model
•Courage
•Authentic presence
•Advocacy
•Knowing
•Commitment
•Patience
◉ §Courage
Answer: §Courage is a human act (Paul Tillich, 1952)
§Daily application of values
