CRRN EXAM
PREPARATION GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2025-2026
Rehabilitation nursing is viewed as a specialty practice guided by what three things? -
ANS-Philosophy
Theory
Research
Lydia Hall's theory shows three interrelated parts.
What are they? - ANS-Care
Core
Cure
Imogene King's model is about goal attainment.
The goal of nursing is to? - ANS-Help individuals to maintain their health so they can
function in their roles.
What three stages of prevention are in Neuman's model? - ANS-1) Primary prevention
2) Secondary prevention
3) Tertiary prevention
Helps clients maximize their defenses.
,Describe the nursing process behind Orem's theory of self-care deficits. - ANS-Orem's
theory presents a method to determine the self-care deficits of a client and then
defines the nurse or caregiver's role in helping the client meet his or her self care
demands.
Which nursing theorist wrote the "self-care theory"? - ANS-Dorothea Orem's theory
The three related parts of this theory includes the theory of self-care, theory of self-
care deficit, and theory of nursing system.
Which nursing model shows that individuals are in constant interaction with their
environment and one another? - ANS-Imogene King's open system model.
Define Martha Roger's Unitary Theory. - ANS-Martha Roger's Unitary Theory is when
nurses promote change and facilitate order during rehabilitation of sick and disabled
people.
Which nursing theorist encouraged the use of one's own powers? - ANS-Florence
Nightingale believed that nurses help clients obtain the best condition possible so
nurses can cure.
What theory believes that an individual's behavior controls his or her outcomes? - ANS-
The Locus of Control Theory.
People who believe they are in control of their health are more likely to change their
behavior than those who believe outside forces are in control.
How does self-efficacy model impact rehabilitation in nursing? - ANS-Influences how
much effort a client puts in rehabilitation therapy by helping clients maintain a
positive attitude toward rehabilitation and confidence to attain new goals.
Who is an age-specific nursing theories that are helpful when practicing rehabilitation
across the lifespan? - ANS-Anne Casey
Model for Children and Families.
The nursing model shows that individuals are in constant interaction with their
environment and one another? - ANS-Imogene King
, Open System Theory of Adjustment to Stressors.
Explain the theoretical structure of rehabilitation nursing. - ANS-Rehabilitation nurses
help individuals affected by chronic illness or physical disability:
1) To achieve their greatest potential.
2) Adapt to their disabilities.
3) Work toward leading productive, independent lives.
4) Rehabilitation nurses take a holistic approach to meeting clients' medical,
vocational, educational, environmental, and spiritual needs.
What is evidence-based practice? - ANS-- Evidence-based practice (EBP) is an effort to
integrate the best research evidence with the client's expertise, the client's values
(preferences), and the need to provide high-quality and cost-effective health care.
- EBP is a way of getting information about the most up-to-date practice into the hands
of the clinicians.
- Research creates the foundation for EBP.
EBP promotes the use of the best current evidence in important day-to-day patient
care.
What is a nursing theory? - ANS-A body of knowledge used for nursing practice.
Barnum (1998) divides theories into those that describe and those that explain nursing
phenomena.
Grand theories provide the broadest scope and present general concepts and
prepositions.
Middle-range theories offer concepts and prepositions at a lesser level of abstraction.
PREPARATION GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2025-2026
Rehabilitation nursing is viewed as a specialty practice guided by what three things? -
ANS-Philosophy
Theory
Research
Lydia Hall's theory shows three interrelated parts.
What are they? - ANS-Care
Core
Cure
Imogene King's model is about goal attainment.
The goal of nursing is to? - ANS-Help individuals to maintain their health so they can
function in their roles.
What three stages of prevention are in Neuman's model? - ANS-1) Primary prevention
2) Secondary prevention
3) Tertiary prevention
Helps clients maximize their defenses.
,Describe the nursing process behind Orem's theory of self-care deficits. - ANS-Orem's
theory presents a method to determine the self-care deficits of a client and then
defines the nurse or caregiver's role in helping the client meet his or her self care
demands.
Which nursing theorist wrote the "self-care theory"? - ANS-Dorothea Orem's theory
The three related parts of this theory includes the theory of self-care, theory of self-
care deficit, and theory of nursing system.
Which nursing model shows that individuals are in constant interaction with their
environment and one another? - ANS-Imogene King's open system model.
Define Martha Roger's Unitary Theory. - ANS-Martha Roger's Unitary Theory is when
nurses promote change and facilitate order during rehabilitation of sick and disabled
people.
Which nursing theorist encouraged the use of one's own powers? - ANS-Florence
Nightingale believed that nurses help clients obtain the best condition possible so
nurses can cure.
What theory believes that an individual's behavior controls his or her outcomes? - ANS-
The Locus of Control Theory.
People who believe they are in control of their health are more likely to change their
behavior than those who believe outside forces are in control.
How does self-efficacy model impact rehabilitation in nursing? - ANS-Influences how
much effort a client puts in rehabilitation therapy by helping clients maintain a
positive attitude toward rehabilitation and confidence to attain new goals.
Who is an age-specific nursing theories that are helpful when practicing rehabilitation
across the lifespan? - ANS-Anne Casey
Model for Children and Families.
The nursing model shows that individuals are in constant interaction with their
environment and one another? - ANS-Imogene King
, Open System Theory of Adjustment to Stressors.
Explain the theoretical structure of rehabilitation nursing. - ANS-Rehabilitation nurses
help individuals affected by chronic illness or physical disability:
1) To achieve their greatest potential.
2) Adapt to their disabilities.
3) Work toward leading productive, independent lives.
4) Rehabilitation nurses take a holistic approach to meeting clients' medical,
vocational, educational, environmental, and spiritual needs.
What is evidence-based practice? - ANS-- Evidence-based practice (EBP) is an effort to
integrate the best research evidence with the client's expertise, the client's values
(preferences), and the need to provide high-quality and cost-effective health care.
- EBP is a way of getting information about the most up-to-date practice into the hands
of the clinicians.
- Research creates the foundation for EBP.
EBP promotes the use of the best current evidence in important day-to-day patient
care.
What is a nursing theory? - ANS-A body of knowledge used for nursing practice.
Barnum (1998) divides theories into those that describe and those that explain nursing
phenomena.
Grand theories provide the broadest scope and present general concepts and
prepositions.
Middle-range theories offer concepts and prepositions at a lesser level of abstraction.
