Fundamentals Exam 4: Client-Centered Care
questions and answers graded A+ updated
1. Client-
Centered Care A concept that puts the client at the center of the nurse's care
A crucial element of nursing in today's health care environment
Caring, client preferences, and cultural considerations all have a role in
ensuring that the client is receiving the best possible care
Nurses put attention on skills, tasks, charting so not always thinking about
"CAR- ING".
2. Caring The act of nurturing another person to whom one feels commitment or
responsi- bility
Foundational to the role of the nurse, as nurses have a responsibility to
care for clients
Demonstrated by nurturing clients in holistic manner, often physically,
emotionally, and spiritually
3. Watson's
Theory of This theory suggest that to care for others, nurses must first care for
Human Caring themselves and attempt to achieve inner balance and spirituality.
Nurses should establish a presence with client, practice the act of "being",
and work on developing trusting relationships
4. The 10 Caritas
Processes (1-5) 1. Sustaining humanistic-altruistic values through the practice of
loving-kindness, compassion, and equanimity with self and other
2. Being authentically present, enabling faith/hope/belief system, and
honoring subjective inner, lifeworld of self and other
3. Being sensitive to self and others by cultivating own spiritual
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, Fundamentals Exam 4: Client-Centered Care
questions and answers graded A+ updated
practices; moving beyond
ego to transpersonal
presence
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questions and answers graded A+ updated
1. Client-
Centered Care A concept that puts the client at the center of the nurse's care
A crucial element of nursing in today's health care environment
Caring, client preferences, and cultural considerations all have a role in
ensuring that the client is receiving the best possible care
Nurses put attention on skills, tasks, charting so not always thinking about
"CAR- ING".
2. Caring The act of nurturing another person to whom one feels commitment or
responsi- bility
Foundational to the role of the nurse, as nurses have a responsibility to
care for clients
Demonstrated by nurturing clients in holistic manner, often physically,
emotionally, and spiritually
3. Watson's
Theory of This theory suggest that to care for others, nurses must first care for
Human Caring themselves and attempt to achieve inner balance and spirituality.
Nurses should establish a presence with client, practice the act of "being",
and work on developing trusting relationships
4. The 10 Caritas
Processes (1-5) 1. Sustaining humanistic-altruistic values through the practice of
loving-kindness, compassion, and equanimity with self and other
2. Being authentically present, enabling faith/hope/belief system, and
honoring subjective inner, lifeworld of self and other
3. Being sensitive to self and others by cultivating own spiritual
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, Fundamentals Exam 4: Client-Centered Care
questions and answers graded A+ updated
practices; moving beyond
ego to transpersonal
presence
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