NR501 Week 8: Nursing Theory Quiz| NR 501 Week 8
Nursing Theory Quiz (Solutions).
1. The student nurse has an adequate understanding of nursing theory when correctly
identifying which individual as the first nurse theorist?
a. Peplau
b. Rogers
c. Leininger
d. Nightingale - ansANS: D
Florence Nightingale is considered the first nursing theorist. Nightingale's theory is that
the environment influences the person's health. Peplau, Rogers, and Leininger
published theories after Nightingale.
2. A nurse wishes to incorporate Dorothea Orem's theory into practice. Which action by
the nurse encompasses this theory?
a. The nurse completes the AM care for a patient.
b. The patient gets dressed with help from the nurse aide.
c. The patient knows his or her own medication dosages and what time they are due.
d. The patient's spouse assumes all responsibility for the patient's medications. -
ansANS: B
Dorothea Orem's theory includes the overall theme of self-care. Nursing consists of
actions to overcome or prevent self-care limitations or to provide this care for those who
are unable to care for themselves. Performing care for the patient or assuming
responsibility for the patient's health care management does not put Orem's theory into
practice.
3. To best analyze and compare nursing theories, a nurse needs to know what the
theorists have to say about four major metaparadigms. These metaparadigms are:
a. Nursing, environment, health, and illnessb.Nursing, environment, person, and
societyc.Person, environment, health/illness, and nursingd.Person, society, wellness,
and health/illness - ansANS:CThe overall theme and main ideas of nursing theory are
nursing, person, health/illness,and environment. When looking at a nursing theory, we
look at how the theorist definesthese four metaparadigms
A 28-year-old patient is recovering from a femur repair after a traumatic car accident.
The following day, lab results indicate that the hemoglobin is dangerously low and the
patient needs to receive blood. The patient has identified themselves as a Jehovah's
Witness and has refused to receive the blood. Which action should the nurse take? -
ansNotify the physician of the patient's decision.
A middle-aged patient has experienced a myocardial infarction that has significantly
limited activities and lifestyle. The patient is exercising and working with a nurse in the
cardiac rehabilitation program. This is an example of the implementation of what nursing
,NR501 Week 8: Nursing Theory Quiz| NR 501 Week 8
Nursing Theory Quiz (Solutions).
theory? - ansDorothy Orem's interwoven theories of self-care, self-care deficit, and
nursing care
A nurse has been studying theory in class. Which of the following statements indicates
that the nurse has an adequate understanding of theory? - ansTheories are used to
explain, describe, or predict something
A nurse is giving a speech on the nursing theory of Madeline Leininger. Which
statement by the nurse indicates an understanding of the theory? - ans"Madeline
Leininger's theory is a theory that considers the impact of culture on the person's
health."
A nurse is listening to a nurse manager give a presentation on nursing theory. The
nurse identifies which statement as being indicative of nursing theory? - ans"Created by
nurses, for nurses, in understanding the nursing process"
A nurse is working in an Asian neighborhood of a large metropolitan city. In attempting
to meet the cultural needs of this segment of the population, the nurse could apply
whose nursing theory to the organization of nursing care required by these residents? -
ansMadeline Leininger
A nurse would like to improve personal practice by utilizing nursing theory. What action
can the nurse take to begin incorporating nursing theory into practice? - ansLearn about
nursing theories.
A patient comes to the emergency department with an active myocardial infarction.
Which action by the nurse indicates secondary prevention? - ansPerform an ECG to
assess for damage.
A student is in the last semester of nursing school. The student interprets nursing as... -
ansA science based on scientific research providing practice answers
In the system's model of Neuman, nursing helps reduce the stressors to health through
- ansPrevention on three levels - primary, secondary, and tertiary
Neuman's System Model focuses on wellness and decreasing stress within primary
(prevention of illness), secondary (treating the illness), tertiary (rehabilitation of illness)
Roy's adaptation model capitalized on health and wellness based on how well one
copes with stressors and the environment. Which statement by the nurse shows
understanding of equilibrium? Equilibrium is reached through adaptation of our -
ansPhysiological needs
,NR501 Week 8: Nursing Theory Quiz| NR 501 Week 8
Nursing Theory Quiz (Solutions).
Roy's Adaptation Model describes the patient seeking equilibrium through the process
of adaptation of the 6 physiological needs: exercise/rest, nutrition, elimination,
fluid/electrolytes, oxygenation/circulation, and regulation of
temperature/senses/endocrine
Systems-oriented theorists include... - ansNeuman, Roy, and Johnson.
The overall theme of Nightingale's theory was that the person's health is influenced by
the environment. Which of the following actions by Nightingale support this theme? -
ansFed the soldiers healthy food
Using Betty Neuman's conceptual model, what action by the nurse would indicate
primary prevention? - ansExercising every other day
What is a common thread in the majority of definitions of a nursing theory? - ansWords
or phrases that present a direction to how interrelated concepts can provide a reference
for the study and the delivery of nursing care
What nursing interventions can be performed by the nurse based on Jean Watson's
Caring Theory? (Select all that apply.) - ansAssist with basic human needs.
encourage the patient to express personal feelings.
Ask the patient for input regarding received care.
Perform care according to hospital and unit policy.
Which of the following action(s) by the nursing incorporates the Culture Care Theory?
(Select all that apply.) - ansBecoming educated about different cultures
Being mindful of folk practices
Being respectful of different religions
Allowing the patient to experience healing according to their culture
Which of the following would correctly evaluate the effectiveness of Nightingale's
actions to increase the health of the Crimean War soldiers? - ansDeaths declined
because of increased cleanliness.
1. The student nurse has an adequate understanding of nursing theory when correctly
identifying which individual as the first nurse theorist?
a. Peplau
b. Rogers
c. Leininger
d. Nightingale - ansANS: D
Florence Nightingale is considered the first nursing theorist. Nightingale's theory is that
the environment influences the person's health. Peplau, Rogers, and Leininger
published theories after Nightingale.
, NR501 Week 8: Nursing Theory Quiz| NR 501 Week 8
Nursing Theory Quiz (Solutions).
2. A nurse wishes to incorporate Dorothea Orem's theory into practice. Which action by
the nurse encompasses this theory?
a. The nurse completes the AM care for a patient.
b. The patient gets dressed with help from the nurse aide.
c. The patient knows his or her own medication dosages and what time they are due.
d. The patient's spouse assumes all responsibility for the patient's medications. -
ansANS: B
Dorothea Orem's theory includes the overall theme of self-care. Nursing consists of
actions to overcome or prevent self-care limitations or to provide this care for those who
are unable to care for themselves. Performing care for the patient or assuming
responsibility for the patient's health care management does not put Orem's theory into
practice.
3. To best analyze and compare nursing theories, a nurse needs to know what the
theorists have to say about four major metaparadigms. These metaparadigms are:
a. Nursing, environment, health, and illnessb.Nursing, environment, person, and
societyc.Person, environment, health/illness, and nursingd.Person, society, wellness,
and health/illness - ansANS:CThe overall theme and main ideas of nursing theory are
nursing, person, health/illness,and environment. When looking at a nursing theory, we
look at how the theorist definesthese four metaparadigms
A 28-year-old patient is recovering from a femur repair after a traumatic car accident.
The following day, lab results indicate that the hemoglobin is dangerously low and the
patient needs to receive blood. The patient has identified themselves as a Jehovah's
Witness and has refused to receive the blood. Which action should the nurse take? -
ansNotify the physician of the patient's decision.
A middle-aged patient has experienced a myocardial infarction that has significantly
limited activities and lifestyle. The patient is exercising and working with a nurse in the
cardiac rehabilitation program. This is an example of the implementation of what nursing
theory? - ansDorothy Orem's interwoven theories of self-care, self-care deficit, and
nursing care
A nurse has been studying theory in class. Which of the following statements indicates
that the nurse has an adequate understanding of theory? - ansTheories are used to
explain, describe, or predict something
A nurse is giving a speech on the nursing theory of Madeline Leininger. Which
statement by the nurse indicates an understanding of the theory? - ans"Madeline
Leininger's theory is a theory that considers the impact of culture on the person's
health."
Nursing Theory Quiz (Solutions).
1. The student nurse has an adequate understanding of nursing theory when correctly
identifying which individual as the first nurse theorist?
a. Peplau
b. Rogers
c. Leininger
d. Nightingale - ansANS: D
Florence Nightingale is considered the first nursing theorist. Nightingale's theory is that
the environment influences the person's health. Peplau, Rogers, and Leininger
published theories after Nightingale.
2. A nurse wishes to incorporate Dorothea Orem's theory into practice. Which action by
the nurse encompasses this theory?
a. The nurse completes the AM care for a patient.
b. The patient gets dressed with help from the nurse aide.
c. The patient knows his or her own medication dosages and what time they are due.
d. The patient's spouse assumes all responsibility for the patient's medications. -
ansANS: B
Dorothea Orem's theory includes the overall theme of self-care. Nursing consists of
actions to overcome or prevent self-care limitations or to provide this care for those who
are unable to care for themselves. Performing care for the patient or assuming
responsibility for the patient's health care management does not put Orem's theory into
practice.
3. To best analyze and compare nursing theories, a nurse needs to know what the
theorists have to say about four major metaparadigms. These metaparadigms are:
a. Nursing, environment, health, and illnessb.Nursing, environment, person, and
societyc.Person, environment, health/illness, and nursingd.Person, society, wellness,
and health/illness - ansANS:CThe overall theme and main ideas of nursing theory are
nursing, person, health/illness,and environment. When looking at a nursing theory, we
look at how the theorist definesthese four metaparadigms
A 28-year-old patient is recovering from a femur repair after a traumatic car accident.
The following day, lab results indicate that the hemoglobin is dangerously low and the
patient needs to receive blood. The patient has identified themselves as a Jehovah's
Witness and has refused to receive the blood. Which action should the nurse take? -
ansNotify the physician of the patient's decision.
A middle-aged patient has experienced a myocardial infarction that has significantly
limited activities and lifestyle. The patient is exercising and working with a nurse in the
cardiac rehabilitation program. This is an example of the implementation of what nursing
,NR501 Week 8: Nursing Theory Quiz| NR 501 Week 8
Nursing Theory Quiz (Solutions).
theory? - ansDorothy Orem's interwoven theories of self-care, self-care deficit, and
nursing care
A nurse has been studying theory in class. Which of the following statements indicates
that the nurse has an adequate understanding of theory? - ansTheories are used to
explain, describe, or predict something
A nurse is giving a speech on the nursing theory of Madeline Leininger. Which
statement by the nurse indicates an understanding of the theory? - ans"Madeline
Leininger's theory is a theory that considers the impact of culture on the person's
health."
A nurse is listening to a nurse manager give a presentation on nursing theory. The
nurse identifies which statement as being indicative of nursing theory? - ans"Created by
nurses, for nurses, in understanding the nursing process"
A nurse is working in an Asian neighborhood of a large metropolitan city. In attempting
to meet the cultural needs of this segment of the population, the nurse could apply
whose nursing theory to the organization of nursing care required by these residents? -
ansMadeline Leininger
A nurse would like to improve personal practice by utilizing nursing theory. What action
can the nurse take to begin incorporating nursing theory into practice? - ansLearn about
nursing theories.
A patient comes to the emergency department with an active myocardial infarction.
Which action by the nurse indicates secondary prevention? - ansPerform an ECG to
assess for damage.
A student is in the last semester of nursing school. The student interprets nursing as... -
ansA science based on scientific research providing practice answers
In the system's model of Neuman, nursing helps reduce the stressors to health through
- ansPrevention on three levels - primary, secondary, and tertiary
Neuman's System Model focuses on wellness and decreasing stress within primary
(prevention of illness), secondary (treating the illness), tertiary (rehabilitation of illness)
Roy's adaptation model capitalized on health and wellness based on how well one
copes with stressors and the environment. Which statement by the nurse shows
understanding of equilibrium? Equilibrium is reached through adaptation of our -
ansPhysiological needs
,NR501 Week 8: Nursing Theory Quiz| NR 501 Week 8
Nursing Theory Quiz (Solutions).
Roy's Adaptation Model describes the patient seeking equilibrium through the process
of adaptation of the 6 physiological needs: exercise/rest, nutrition, elimination,
fluid/electrolytes, oxygenation/circulation, and regulation of
temperature/senses/endocrine
Systems-oriented theorists include... - ansNeuman, Roy, and Johnson.
The overall theme of Nightingale's theory was that the person's health is influenced by
the environment. Which of the following actions by Nightingale support this theme? -
ansFed the soldiers healthy food
Using Betty Neuman's conceptual model, what action by the nurse would indicate
primary prevention? - ansExercising every other day
What is a common thread in the majority of definitions of a nursing theory? - ansWords
or phrases that present a direction to how interrelated concepts can provide a reference
for the study and the delivery of nursing care
What nursing interventions can be performed by the nurse based on Jean Watson's
Caring Theory? (Select all that apply.) - ansAssist with basic human needs.
encourage the patient to express personal feelings.
Ask the patient for input regarding received care.
Perform care according to hospital and unit policy.
Which of the following action(s) by the nursing incorporates the Culture Care Theory?
(Select all that apply.) - ansBecoming educated about different cultures
Being mindful of folk practices
Being respectful of different religions
Allowing the patient to experience healing according to their culture
Which of the following would correctly evaluate the effectiveness of Nightingale's
actions to increase the health of the Crimean War soldiers? - ansDeaths declined
because of increased cleanliness.
1. The student nurse has an adequate understanding of nursing theory when correctly
identifying which individual as the first nurse theorist?
a. Peplau
b. Rogers
c. Leininger
d. Nightingale - ansANS: D
Florence Nightingale is considered the first nursing theorist. Nightingale's theory is that
the environment influences the person's health. Peplau, Rogers, and Leininger
published theories after Nightingale.
, NR501 Week 8: Nursing Theory Quiz| NR 501 Week 8
Nursing Theory Quiz (Solutions).
2. A nurse wishes to incorporate Dorothea Orem's theory into practice. Which action by
the nurse encompasses this theory?
a. The nurse completes the AM care for a patient.
b. The patient gets dressed with help from the nurse aide.
c. The patient knows his or her own medication dosages and what time they are due.
d. The patient's spouse assumes all responsibility for the patient's medications. -
ansANS: B
Dorothea Orem's theory includes the overall theme of self-care. Nursing consists of
actions to overcome or prevent self-care limitations or to provide this care for those who
are unable to care for themselves. Performing care for the patient or assuming
responsibility for the patient's health care management does not put Orem's theory into
practice.
3. To best analyze and compare nursing theories, a nurse needs to know what the
theorists have to say about four major metaparadigms. These metaparadigms are:
a. Nursing, environment, health, and illnessb.Nursing, environment, person, and
societyc.Person, environment, health/illness, and nursingd.Person, society, wellness,
and health/illness - ansANS:CThe overall theme and main ideas of nursing theory are
nursing, person, health/illness,and environment. When looking at a nursing theory, we
look at how the theorist definesthese four metaparadigms
A 28-year-old patient is recovering from a femur repair after a traumatic car accident.
The following day, lab results indicate that the hemoglobin is dangerously low and the
patient needs to receive blood. The patient has identified themselves as a Jehovah's
Witness and has refused to receive the blood. Which action should the nurse take? -
ansNotify the physician of the patient's decision.
A middle-aged patient has experienced a myocardial infarction that has significantly
limited activities and lifestyle. The patient is exercising and working with a nurse in the
cardiac rehabilitation program. This is an example of the implementation of what nursing
theory? - ansDorothy Orem's interwoven theories of self-care, self-care deficit, and
nursing care
A nurse has been studying theory in class. Which of the following statements indicates
that the nurse has an adequate understanding of theory? - ansTheories are used to
explain, describe, or predict something
A nurse is giving a speech on the nursing theory of Madeline Leininger. Which
statement by the nurse indicates an understanding of the theory? - ans"Madeline
Leininger's theory is a theory that considers the impact of culture on the person's
health."
