NSGA 142 Exam 1- 3 Practice
Questions with Guaranteed Pass
Solutions 2026 Updated.
Zero-order beliefs - Answer unconscious (the understanding that objects and people still exist
even when they are hidden or out of sight-object permanence)
First-order beliefs - Answer conscious, typically based on direct experiences (most nurses are
females)
Higher-order beliefs - Answer derived from first-order beliefs (all nurses wear white uniforms)
stereotype: nurses are more caring than other adults
prejudice: women are better nurses than men
NLN Core Values of Nursing Care - Answer Caring, integrity, diversity, excellence.
values - Answer the ideas, beliefs, and attitudes about what is important that help guide the
way you live
Value Conflict - Answer occurs when two or more VALUES are at odds
ex: caring for a murderer
Value Clarification - Answer process by which people come to understand their own values
and value system and decision-making
Paradigm - Answer worldview. when nurses are educated in scientific causes and diseases this
changes and goes to one based body of knowledge that focuses on these principles
LEARN model - Answer Listen- understand pt values and beliefs and your own
Explain- explain your perception of pt's problem
Acknowledge- acknowledge differences but build similarities
Recommend- involve pt when providing options
,Negotiate- negotiate treatment plan that includes pt values and beliefs
Who was Madeline Leininger? - Answer Theory of Cultural Care Diversity and Universality
identified the role culture plays in health and healthcare
founder of TRANSCULTURAL NURSING
found that human caring was a universal phenomenon
culturally congruent care promotes health and well-being
Who was Jean Watson? - Answer Theory of Human Caring
nursing is distinct from medicine with a greater holistic focus on care vs cure
10 cantas processes:
practice loving-kindness
being present
go beyond self ego
developing good relationship
supportive of feelings
creating a healing environment
Who was Kristen Swanson? - Answer Theory of Caring and Healing
based on 3 studies that explored women with miscarriages
caring: a nurturing way of relating to a valued 'other' toward whom one feels a personal sense
of commitment and responsibility characterized by 5 processes:
KNOWING- avoiding assumptions
BEING WITH-being there
DOING FOR-comforting
ENABLING-informing/explaining
MAINTAINING BELIEF-maintaining a hope filled with attitude
, Who was Florence Nightingale - Answer Founder of modern nursing; first women nurse;
invented first nursing school; improved hygiene and sanitation
Travelbee's Interpersonal Theory of Nursing - Answer -Nursing's purpose is achieved through
human to human.
-building a genuine human-to-human relationship could only be accomplished through an
interaction process
5 phases in interaction process:
-phase of original encounter
-phase of emerging identities
-phase of empathy
-phase of sympathy
-phase of rapport
What is compassion - Answer SYMPATHY: have pity for one's situation
EMPATHY: the ability to understand one's feelings
What is touch - Answer intentional contact between 2 or more people
What is task oriented touch - Answer placing an IV
What is caring touch - Answer Nonverbal communication that enhances comfort and security.
What is healing touch - Answer the use of intentional light touch to promote relaxation
What is therapeutic touch? - Answer a process of energy exchange performed by certified
practitioners
What is active listenining - Answer specific communication technique when one fully
concentrates on what the other is saying to understand
What is compassion fatigue - Answer physical and emotional exhaustion and an extreme
inability to empathize
Questions with Guaranteed Pass
Solutions 2026 Updated.
Zero-order beliefs - Answer unconscious (the understanding that objects and people still exist
even when they are hidden or out of sight-object permanence)
First-order beliefs - Answer conscious, typically based on direct experiences (most nurses are
females)
Higher-order beliefs - Answer derived from first-order beliefs (all nurses wear white uniforms)
stereotype: nurses are more caring than other adults
prejudice: women are better nurses than men
NLN Core Values of Nursing Care - Answer Caring, integrity, diversity, excellence.
values - Answer the ideas, beliefs, and attitudes about what is important that help guide the
way you live
Value Conflict - Answer occurs when two or more VALUES are at odds
ex: caring for a murderer
Value Clarification - Answer process by which people come to understand their own values
and value system and decision-making
Paradigm - Answer worldview. when nurses are educated in scientific causes and diseases this
changes and goes to one based body of knowledge that focuses on these principles
LEARN model - Answer Listen- understand pt values and beliefs and your own
Explain- explain your perception of pt's problem
Acknowledge- acknowledge differences but build similarities
Recommend- involve pt when providing options
,Negotiate- negotiate treatment plan that includes pt values and beliefs
Who was Madeline Leininger? - Answer Theory of Cultural Care Diversity and Universality
identified the role culture plays in health and healthcare
founder of TRANSCULTURAL NURSING
found that human caring was a universal phenomenon
culturally congruent care promotes health and well-being
Who was Jean Watson? - Answer Theory of Human Caring
nursing is distinct from medicine with a greater holistic focus on care vs cure
10 cantas processes:
practice loving-kindness
being present
go beyond self ego
developing good relationship
supportive of feelings
creating a healing environment
Who was Kristen Swanson? - Answer Theory of Caring and Healing
based on 3 studies that explored women with miscarriages
caring: a nurturing way of relating to a valued 'other' toward whom one feels a personal sense
of commitment and responsibility characterized by 5 processes:
KNOWING- avoiding assumptions
BEING WITH-being there
DOING FOR-comforting
ENABLING-informing/explaining
MAINTAINING BELIEF-maintaining a hope filled with attitude
, Who was Florence Nightingale - Answer Founder of modern nursing; first women nurse;
invented first nursing school; improved hygiene and sanitation
Travelbee's Interpersonal Theory of Nursing - Answer -Nursing's purpose is achieved through
human to human.
-building a genuine human-to-human relationship could only be accomplished through an
interaction process
5 phases in interaction process:
-phase of original encounter
-phase of emerging identities
-phase of empathy
-phase of sympathy
-phase of rapport
What is compassion - Answer SYMPATHY: have pity for one's situation
EMPATHY: the ability to understand one's feelings
What is touch - Answer intentional contact between 2 or more people
What is task oriented touch - Answer placing an IV
What is caring touch - Answer Nonverbal communication that enhances comfort and security.
What is healing touch - Answer the use of intentional light touch to promote relaxation
What is therapeutic touch? - Answer a process of energy exchange performed by certified
practitioners
What is active listenining - Answer specific communication technique when one fully
concentrates on what the other is saying to understand
What is compassion fatigue - Answer physical and emotional exhaustion and an extreme
inability to empathize
