NSGD 3006 Test #2 Questions and Answers Already Passed Latest Update 2025-2026
Watson is explicit in her appreciation of the linkages between ________ _______ and the _____ we
are currently forging. - Answers nursing's history, path
Watson based on 10 carative factors that formed a framework for - Answers nursing practice
Watson's theory emerged as a contrast to the focus on _____ and was developed as a means to
communicate nursing's unique (4) - Answers "cure", values, knowledge, practices, and mission
to society.
_______ based her theory on an appreciation of the life-world of the experiencing person and her
belief in the need for subjective, person-centred, healing processes. - Answers Watson
Practice of loving-kindness and equanimity within context of caring consciousness (Carative
factor) - Answers Formation of humanistic-altruistic system of values
Being authentically present, and enabling and sustaining the deep belief system and subjective
life world of self and one-being-cared-for (Carative factor) - Answers Instillation of faith-hope
Cultivation of one's own spiritual practices and transpersonal self, going beyond ego self
(Carative factor) - Answers Cultivation of sensitivity to one's self and to others
Developing and sustaining a helping-trusting, authentic caring relationship (Carative factor) -
Answers Development of a helping-trusting, human caring relationship
Being present to, and supportive of, the expression of positive and negative feelings as a
connection with deeper spirit of self and the one-being-cared-for (Carative factor) - Answers
Promotion and acceptance of the expression of positive and negative feelings
Creative use of self and all ways of knowing as part of the caring process; engagement in
artistry of caring-healing practices (Carative factor) - Answers Systematic use of a creative
problem-solving caring process
Engaging in genuine teaching-learning experience that attends to unity of being and meaning
attempting to stay within other's frame of reference (Carative factor) - Answers Promotion of
transpersonal teaching-learning
Creating a healing environment at all levels, (physical as well as non-physical, subtle
environment of energy and consciousness, whereby wholeness, beauty, comfort, dignity, and
peace are potentiated (Carative factor) - Answers Provision of a supportive, protective, and/or
corrective mental, physical, societal, and spiritual environment
Assisting with basic needs, with an intentional caring consciousness, administering 'human care
essentials,' which potentiate alignment of mind/body/spirit, wholeness, and unity of being in all
aspects of care; tending to both embodied spirit and evolving spiritual emergence (Carative
, factor) - Answers Assistance with gratification of human needs
Opening and attending to spiritual-mysterious, and existential dimensions of one's own life-
death; soul care for self and the one-being-cared-for (Carative factor) - Answers Allowance for
existential-phenomenological-spiritual forces
Caring science, transpersonal caring relationship, Caring Moment/Caring Occasion - Answers
Watson's Core Concepts and Central Ideas
Revolving around a humanitarian, human science focus on caring
Appreciating the importance of the arts, humanities, and science
Grounded in relationship and connectedness
Acknowledging the unity of all life
Grounded in nursing but inclusive of many other disciplines
Possessing relevance to all health, education, and human service fields and professions -
Answers Watson's Caring Science
Seeks to connect with and embrace the spirit of the other through the processes of caring and
healing and being in authentic relation
Is influenced by the caring consciousness of the nurse as she or he enters into the life space of
another person and is able to detect the other person's condition of being (at the spirit level)
Describes a coming together of nurse and patient that is mutual and reciprocal, each embodied
in the moment while also capable of transcending the moment. - Answers Watson's
Transpersonal Caring Relationship
happens when the nurse and the person to be nursed (i.e., the patient in traditional language)
come together in their wholeness. Each brings his/her past, his/her present and his/her
possible future. - Answers Watson's Caring Moment/Caring Occasion
________ is as well known for her transformative influence on nursing education (through the
caring curriculum) as she is for her nursing theory. - Answers Watson
______ is seen as a visionary in terms of theorizing about nursing. - Answers Rogers
Her theory is complex and abstract and there are actually relatively few nurses in practice who
find that they are able to successfully apply this theory without advanced educational
preparation. - Answers Rogers
impact that Rogers had on the emergence of the _______ ________ - Answers simultaneity
paradigm
Watson is explicit in her appreciation of the linkages between ________ _______ and the _____ we
are currently forging. - Answers nursing's history, path
Watson based on 10 carative factors that formed a framework for - Answers nursing practice
Watson's theory emerged as a contrast to the focus on _____ and was developed as a means to
communicate nursing's unique (4) - Answers "cure", values, knowledge, practices, and mission
to society.
_______ based her theory on an appreciation of the life-world of the experiencing person and her
belief in the need for subjective, person-centred, healing processes. - Answers Watson
Practice of loving-kindness and equanimity within context of caring consciousness (Carative
factor) - Answers Formation of humanistic-altruistic system of values
Being authentically present, and enabling and sustaining the deep belief system and subjective
life world of self and one-being-cared-for (Carative factor) - Answers Instillation of faith-hope
Cultivation of one's own spiritual practices and transpersonal self, going beyond ego self
(Carative factor) - Answers Cultivation of sensitivity to one's self and to others
Developing and sustaining a helping-trusting, authentic caring relationship (Carative factor) -
Answers Development of a helping-trusting, human caring relationship
Being present to, and supportive of, the expression of positive and negative feelings as a
connection with deeper spirit of self and the one-being-cared-for (Carative factor) - Answers
Promotion and acceptance of the expression of positive and negative feelings
Creative use of self and all ways of knowing as part of the caring process; engagement in
artistry of caring-healing practices (Carative factor) - Answers Systematic use of a creative
problem-solving caring process
Engaging in genuine teaching-learning experience that attends to unity of being and meaning
attempting to stay within other's frame of reference (Carative factor) - Answers Promotion of
transpersonal teaching-learning
Creating a healing environment at all levels, (physical as well as non-physical, subtle
environment of energy and consciousness, whereby wholeness, beauty, comfort, dignity, and
peace are potentiated (Carative factor) - Answers Provision of a supportive, protective, and/or
corrective mental, physical, societal, and spiritual environment
Assisting with basic needs, with an intentional caring consciousness, administering 'human care
essentials,' which potentiate alignment of mind/body/spirit, wholeness, and unity of being in all
aspects of care; tending to both embodied spirit and evolving spiritual emergence (Carative
, factor) - Answers Assistance with gratification of human needs
Opening and attending to spiritual-mysterious, and existential dimensions of one's own life-
death; soul care for self and the one-being-cared-for (Carative factor) - Answers Allowance for
existential-phenomenological-spiritual forces
Caring science, transpersonal caring relationship, Caring Moment/Caring Occasion - Answers
Watson's Core Concepts and Central Ideas
Revolving around a humanitarian, human science focus on caring
Appreciating the importance of the arts, humanities, and science
Grounded in relationship and connectedness
Acknowledging the unity of all life
Grounded in nursing but inclusive of many other disciplines
Possessing relevance to all health, education, and human service fields and professions -
Answers Watson's Caring Science
Seeks to connect with and embrace the spirit of the other through the processes of caring and
healing and being in authentic relation
Is influenced by the caring consciousness of the nurse as she or he enters into the life space of
another person and is able to detect the other person's condition of being (at the spirit level)
Describes a coming together of nurse and patient that is mutual and reciprocal, each embodied
in the moment while also capable of transcending the moment. - Answers Watson's
Transpersonal Caring Relationship
happens when the nurse and the person to be nursed (i.e., the patient in traditional language)
come together in their wholeness. Each brings his/her past, his/her present and his/her
possible future. - Answers Watson's Caring Moment/Caring Occasion
________ is as well known for her transformative influence on nursing education (through the
caring curriculum) as she is for her nursing theory. - Answers Watson
______ is seen as a visionary in terms of theorizing about nursing. - Answers Rogers
Her theory is complex and abstract and there are actually relatively few nurses in practice who
find that they are able to successfully apply this theory without advanced educational
preparation. - Answers Rogers
impact that Rogers had on the emergence of the _______ ________ - Answers simultaneity
paradigm
