242 Exam One Questions and Complete
Solutions Graded A+
Nursing requires a specialized perspective ; Principles and laws that govern life processes, well
being optimum functioning of human beings, sick or well
-good as they can be for their situation - Answer: What is the discipline of nursing?
knowledge - Answer: Knowledge of human behavior in interactions with the environment in
critical life situations (beginning to end)
skill - Answer: Application of knowledge to heal through which positive changes in health status
are affected
key: have a therapeutic relationship
-Specialized education
-Service oriented
-Research based
-Code of ethics
-Autonomous and self-regulating - Answer: What makes nursing a profession?
Teachers
Advocates
Counselors
Change agents - Answer: Nurses are..
Person
Environment
,Health
Nursing - Answer: What makes up the nursing paradigm?
person - Answer: recipient of nursing care ; Nurses recognize that individuals are complex
beings worthy of our care and attention. They are composed of body, mind and spirit.
Context of the client; Poverty, level of education, spiritual beliefs, community and culture,
access to resources - Answer: What makes up a patient's environment?
State of physical, psychological, sociocultural, developmental, spiritual wholeness - Answer:
What makes up health of a patient?
wellness - Answer: A dimension of health evidenced in satisfaction with a person's quality of life
Ex. emotional, mental, physical, spiritual, social, and environmental (take one away, wellness
decreases)
ways of knowing in nursing - Answer: Nursing is an art & a science;
Seamless, interactive process in which nurses blend their knowledge, skills and scientific
understanding to bridge the space between science and client-centered needs;
Empirical, Personal, Aesthetic, Ethical, and Emancipatory
empirical knowing - Answer: Objective and observable knowledge;
Verifiable from data
-numbers, vital signs
personal knowing - Answer: Pattern of knowing about self and other that occurs when nurses
connect with the humanness of the client experience.
, ethical knowing - Answer: -Moral aspect of nursing
-Principled care when confronted with (NOT to) moral issues
-Doing the right thing
aesthetic knowing - Answer: -Humanistic understanding of the experience of the client
-Leads to a deep understanding of the client's actions and experience
-Sees the client's experience as part of a larger whole
(Barbara Cofer)
caring - Answer: is a characteristic of a helping profession; involves the creation of a sustained
relationship with the other to help restore health and wellness
empathy - Answer: interpersonal understanding of what the client is going through (sense of
urgency)
caring presence - Answer: -Entering into the life space of another person—Jean Watson
-Non-possessive warmth
-Interconnected
-Being with—sharing meanings, feelings, experiences
-gather data
-teach and persuade
-provide comfort
-helping relationship - Answer: therapeutic relationships allows a nurse to...
communication - Answer: A process of exchanging information or feelings between two or more
people
Solutions Graded A+
Nursing requires a specialized perspective ; Principles and laws that govern life processes, well
being optimum functioning of human beings, sick or well
-good as they can be for their situation - Answer: What is the discipline of nursing?
knowledge - Answer: Knowledge of human behavior in interactions with the environment in
critical life situations (beginning to end)
skill - Answer: Application of knowledge to heal through which positive changes in health status
are affected
key: have a therapeutic relationship
-Specialized education
-Service oriented
-Research based
-Code of ethics
-Autonomous and self-regulating - Answer: What makes nursing a profession?
Teachers
Advocates
Counselors
Change agents - Answer: Nurses are..
Person
Environment
,Health
Nursing - Answer: What makes up the nursing paradigm?
person - Answer: recipient of nursing care ; Nurses recognize that individuals are complex
beings worthy of our care and attention. They are composed of body, mind and spirit.
Context of the client; Poverty, level of education, spiritual beliefs, community and culture,
access to resources - Answer: What makes up a patient's environment?
State of physical, psychological, sociocultural, developmental, spiritual wholeness - Answer:
What makes up health of a patient?
wellness - Answer: A dimension of health evidenced in satisfaction with a person's quality of life
Ex. emotional, mental, physical, spiritual, social, and environmental (take one away, wellness
decreases)
ways of knowing in nursing - Answer: Nursing is an art & a science;
Seamless, interactive process in which nurses blend their knowledge, skills and scientific
understanding to bridge the space between science and client-centered needs;
Empirical, Personal, Aesthetic, Ethical, and Emancipatory
empirical knowing - Answer: Objective and observable knowledge;
Verifiable from data
-numbers, vital signs
personal knowing - Answer: Pattern of knowing about self and other that occurs when nurses
connect with the humanness of the client experience.
, ethical knowing - Answer: -Moral aspect of nursing
-Principled care when confronted with (NOT to) moral issues
-Doing the right thing
aesthetic knowing - Answer: -Humanistic understanding of the experience of the client
-Leads to a deep understanding of the client's actions and experience
-Sees the client's experience as part of a larger whole
(Barbara Cofer)
caring - Answer: is a characteristic of a helping profession; involves the creation of a sustained
relationship with the other to help restore health and wellness
empathy - Answer: interpersonal understanding of what the client is going through (sense of
urgency)
caring presence - Answer: -Entering into the life space of another person—Jean Watson
-Non-possessive warmth
-Interconnected
-Being with—sharing meanings, feelings, experiences
-gather data
-teach and persuade
-provide comfort
-helping relationship - Answer: therapeutic relationships allows a nurse to...
communication - Answer: A process of exchanging information or feelings between two or more
people
