Interpersonal Relationships
by Elizabeth C. Arnold
6th Edition
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,TABLE OF CONTENT
Pt. I Conceptual Foundations of Nurse-Client Relationships
1. Theoretical Perspectives and Contemporary Issues
2. Professional Guides to Action in Interpersonal Relationships
3. Clinical Judgment: Applying Critical Thinking and Ethical Decision Making
4. Self-Concept in the Nurse-Client Relationship
Pt. II The Nurse-Client Relationship
5. Structuring the Relationship
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6. Bridges and Barriers in the Therapeutic Relationship
7. Role Relationship Patterns
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8. The Grief Experience: Life's Losses and Endings
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Pt. III Therapeutic Communication
9. Communication Styles
10. Developing Therapeutic Communication Skills in the Nurse-Client Relationship
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11. Intercultural Communication
12. Communicating in Groups
13. Communicating with Families
14. Resolving Conflict Between Nurse and Client
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15. Health Promotion and Client Learning Needs
16. Health Teaching in the Nurse-Client Relationship
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Pt. IV Responding to Special Needs
17. Communicating with Clients Experiencing Communication Deficits
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18. Communicating with Children
19. Communicating with Older Adults
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20. Communicating with Clients in Stressful Situations
21. Communicating with Clients in Crisis
Pt. V Professional Issues
22. Communicating with Other Health Professionals
23. Documentation in the Age of Computers
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, Test Bank for Interpersonal Relationships Professional Communication
Skills for Nurses 6th Edition Arnold
Chapter 1: Theoretical Perspectives and Contemporary Issues
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following best describes the role of theory in the nurse-client
relationship?
a. Theory provides a common language.
b. Theory is the essence of the nurse-client relationship.
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c. Theory varies with changes in health care delivery.
d. Theory guides nursing practice.
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ANS: D
Theory provides nurses with a systematic way to view client situations and a logical way
to organize and interpret data. Incorrect answers: 1. Theory does provide a common
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language for nurses, but this question asks what best describes the role of theory in the
nurse-client relationship. 2. Theory acts as a framework or guide; it is not the essence of
the relationship. 3. Theory provides a common framework for describing practice.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: Text Page Reference: p. 3 TOP:
Step of the Nursing Process: All phases
MSC: Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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2. Nurse Jones demonstrates the application of modern nursing theory when she:
a. Administers insulin to a client with diabetes
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b. Assists a physician with a pelvic examination
c. Teaches a client techniques of self breast examination
d. Makes up a client’s bed
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ANS: C
Modern nursing theory has broadened the definition of health with a strong emphasis on
disease prevention and health promotion. Incorrect answers: 1,2,4. These are all nursing
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tasks, and modern nursing theory puts less emphasis on tasks and systems.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: Text Page Reference: p. 22 TOP: Step of
the Nursing Process: Implementation
MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
3. Nursing theory originated with which of the following nursing leaders?
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, a. Virginia Henderson
b. Martha Rogers
c. Dorothea Orem
d. Florence Nightingale
ANS: D
Theory development began when Florence Nightingale published her notes on nursing in
1859. Incorrect answers: 1,2,3. These nursing theorists began their theory development
from the 1940s onward.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: Text Page Reference: p. 3
TOP: Step of the Nursing Process: All phases
MSC: Client Needs: Management of Care
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4. Virginia Henderson, Sister Callista Roy, Jean Watson, Dorothea Orem,
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and Rosemary Parse are best known for:
a. Developing nursing theories
b. Linking theory to practice
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c. Validating existing theory
d. Measuring clinical outcomes
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ANS: A
These are some of the nursing leaders who developed the original theories of nursing.
Incorrect answers: 2,3,4. Linking theory to practice, validating existing theory, and
measuring clinical outcomes are modern practice based theories.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: Text Page Reference: p. 3 TOP:
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Step of the Nursing Process: All phases
MSC: Client Needs: Management of Care
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5. Nursing’s metaparadigm:
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a. Helps bind nursing to other professions
b. Consists of three elements—person, health, and nursing
c. Makes nursing’s functions unique
d. Is a view of the immediate environment
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ANS: C
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