PPNC Exam 3 Questions and Answers
Q: self concept
✓✓ individual's view of self, mix of unconscious and conscious thoughts,
attitudes, and perceptions
Q: identity
✓✓ internal sense of individuality, wholeness, and consistency of a person
over time and in different situations
Q: body image
✓✓ attitudes related to physical appearance, structure, and function of the
body
Q: role performance
✓✓ the way in which individuals perceive their ability to carry out
significant roles
Q: self-esteem
✓✓ individual's overall feeling of self-worth or the emotional appraisal of
self-concept
Q: Behaviors Suggestive of Altered Self-Concept
,✓✓ - Avoidance of eye contact
- Slumped posture
- Unkempt appearance
- Overly apologetic
- Hesitant speech
- Overly critical or angry
- Frequent or inappropriate crying
- Negative self-evaluation
- Excessively dependent
- Hesitant to express views or opinions
- Lack of interest in what is happening
- Passive attitude
- Difficulty in making decisions
- Self-harm behaviors
Q: stress
✓✓ -An actual or alleged hazard to the balance of homeostasis
-Stressors vary - can be a physical, chemical, or emotional factor that
produces tension in body or mind
-Can be caused by a singular or multitude
Q: General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)
✓✓ Selye's concept of the body's adaptive response to stress in three
phases—alarm, resistance, exhaustion.
Q: What are the three levels of approaches for family nursing practice?
✓✓ family as context, family as patient, and family as a system
, Q: family as context
✓✓ primary focus is on the health and development of an individual
member existing within a specific environment (i.e. the family)
Q: family as patient
✓✓ -Family needs, processes and relationships are the primary focuses of
nursing care
-family patterns vs. characteristics of individual members
Q: family as a system
✓✓ Caring for each family member and the family unit using all available
environmental, social, psychological, and community resources.
Q: factors influencing the development of self-concept
✓✓ -Erikson's theory of development
-parental influence
-cultural influence
Q: Hinduism dietary restrictions
✓✓ Some sects are vegetarians. The belief is not to kill any living creature.
Q: dietary restrictions of Buddhism
✓✓ Some are vegetarians are don't consume alcohol; some fast on Holy
Days
Q: dietary restrictions of Islam
Q: self concept
✓✓ individual's view of self, mix of unconscious and conscious thoughts,
attitudes, and perceptions
Q: identity
✓✓ internal sense of individuality, wholeness, and consistency of a person
over time and in different situations
Q: body image
✓✓ attitudes related to physical appearance, structure, and function of the
body
Q: role performance
✓✓ the way in which individuals perceive their ability to carry out
significant roles
Q: self-esteem
✓✓ individual's overall feeling of self-worth or the emotional appraisal of
self-concept
Q: Behaviors Suggestive of Altered Self-Concept
,✓✓ - Avoidance of eye contact
- Slumped posture
- Unkempt appearance
- Overly apologetic
- Hesitant speech
- Overly critical or angry
- Frequent or inappropriate crying
- Negative self-evaluation
- Excessively dependent
- Hesitant to express views or opinions
- Lack of interest in what is happening
- Passive attitude
- Difficulty in making decisions
- Self-harm behaviors
Q: stress
✓✓ -An actual or alleged hazard to the balance of homeostasis
-Stressors vary - can be a physical, chemical, or emotional factor that
produces tension in body or mind
-Can be caused by a singular or multitude
Q: General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)
✓✓ Selye's concept of the body's adaptive response to stress in three
phases—alarm, resistance, exhaustion.
Q: What are the three levels of approaches for family nursing practice?
✓✓ family as context, family as patient, and family as a system
, Q: family as context
✓✓ primary focus is on the health and development of an individual
member existing within a specific environment (i.e. the family)
Q: family as patient
✓✓ -Family needs, processes and relationships are the primary focuses of
nursing care
-family patterns vs. characteristics of individual members
Q: family as a system
✓✓ Caring for each family member and the family unit using all available
environmental, social, psychological, and community resources.
Q: factors influencing the development of self-concept
✓✓ -Erikson's theory of development
-parental influence
-cultural influence
Q: Hinduism dietary restrictions
✓✓ Some sects are vegetarians. The belief is not to kill any living creature.
Q: dietary restrictions of Buddhism
✓✓ Some are vegetarians are don't consume alcohol; some fast on Holy
Days
Q: dietary restrictions of Islam
