Nursing 320: Exam 1 Study Guide
___ _ and ___ _changed the roles of women- sought higher
education more independent, wanted lecture nursing, research,
and were assertive Correct Answers WWI and WWII
___ ___'s: Caring, Clinical Wisdom and Ethics in Nursing
Practice
Central theme:Nursing practice occurs within a context of caring
and skill development. Caring is a common bond of people
situated in a state of being that is essential to nursing.
Application to clinical practice: They presented a systematic
description of stages of nursing practice: novice, advanced
beginner, competent, proficient, and expert. Correct Answers
Patricia Benner
___ concepts: defined as mentally constructed independently of
a specific time or place.
____concepts: are directly experiences and related to a particular
time or place Correct Answers abstract
concrete
___ definitions: define a particular concept based on the
theorists perspective
- ___definition: states how concepts are measured (ie height is
defined by the number of feet/inches a person is) Correct
Answers theoretical
operational
___ group: spontaneous, informal, automatic or by choice
,____ group: planned time limited leader is specific, purpose is
identified and structured. Disbands after the goal is met. Ex
work group, interdisciplinary health team and education groups.
Correct Answers primary
secondary
___ is unique because of how we are disciplined in our health
care, service based on what you know and how you do your
skills Correct Answers Nursing
____ ____ called nursing distinct from the medical practice
"Health nursing vs illness nursing" Correct Answers Florence
Nightingale
____ ____ Theory: Ludwig Von Burtenfly describes how to
break whole things into parts and then to learn how the parts
work together in "systems." It emphasizes relationships between
the whole and the parts and describes how parts function and
behave. These concepts may be applied to different kinds of
systems, for example, molecules in chemistry, cultures in
sociology, organs in anatomy, and health in nursing. Correct
Answers General Systems Theory
____ ____: organized bodies of knowledge
Defines what nursing is and why they do it
Provides a way to define nursing as a discipline that is separate
from other disciplines (ie medicine)
Framework of concepts and purposes intended to guide nurses at
a more concrete and specific level Correct Answers Nursing
Theories
,____ has to contain: concepts, definitions, rational statements
and assumptions that explain a phenomenon Correct Answers
theory
____ of ____: from your discipline and others ie chemistry
biology psychology Correct Answers body of knowledge
____ theory: first level of theory development. Describe the
phenomenon and identify its properties in which it occurs. Are
not action oriented and do not attempt to change the situation.
_____theory: Addresses the nursing interventions for a
phenomenon guide practice change and predict consequences.
Call for change, used to anticipate the outcomes of nursing
interventions. Correct Answers descriptive
perspective
____separate systems both from each other and from their
environments Correct Answers boundaries
___:
more than one people communicating with each other
Small: nurses interacting with two or more people (ie staff
meeting)
Organizational communication: people and the groups within an
organization communicate to establish goals Correct Answers
group
-____ is a set of interacting elements, all contributing to the
overall goal of the system. The whole is always greater than the
sum of its parts.
, - ___are hierarchical in nature and are composed of interrelated
subsystems that work together in such a way that a change in
one element could affect other subsystems, as well as the whole.
Correct Answers System
systems
-defines adaptation as the adjustment of living matter to other
living things and to environmental conditions.
-Adaptation is a continuously occurring process that effects
change and involves interaction and response.
-Human adaptation occurs on three levels: the internal (self), the
social (others), and the physical (biochemical reactions).
Correct Answers Adaptation theory
-Diploma in nursing: Many nurses practicing in the United
States today received their basic nursing education in a 3-year,
hospital-based diploma school of nursing. The first schools of
nursing established to educate nurses were diploma programs;
until the 1960s, they were the major source of graduates. In
recent years, the number of diploma programs has decreased
greatly.
Graduates of diploma programs have a sound foundation in the
biologic and social sciences, with a strong emphasis on clinical
experience in direct patient care. Graduates work in acute, long-
term, and ambulatory health care facilities. Correct Answers
registered nursing education (3 types)
-outlines the process of growth and development of humans as
orderly and predictable, beginning with conception and ending
with death
___ _ and ___ _changed the roles of women- sought higher
education more independent, wanted lecture nursing, research,
and were assertive Correct Answers WWI and WWII
___ ___'s: Caring, Clinical Wisdom and Ethics in Nursing
Practice
Central theme:Nursing practice occurs within a context of caring
and skill development. Caring is a common bond of people
situated in a state of being that is essential to nursing.
Application to clinical practice: They presented a systematic
description of stages of nursing practice: novice, advanced
beginner, competent, proficient, and expert. Correct Answers
Patricia Benner
___ concepts: defined as mentally constructed independently of
a specific time or place.
____concepts: are directly experiences and related to a particular
time or place Correct Answers abstract
concrete
___ definitions: define a particular concept based on the
theorists perspective
- ___definition: states how concepts are measured (ie height is
defined by the number of feet/inches a person is) Correct
Answers theoretical
operational
___ group: spontaneous, informal, automatic or by choice
,____ group: planned time limited leader is specific, purpose is
identified and structured. Disbands after the goal is met. Ex
work group, interdisciplinary health team and education groups.
Correct Answers primary
secondary
___ is unique because of how we are disciplined in our health
care, service based on what you know and how you do your
skills Correct Answers Nursing
____ ____ called nursing distinct from the medical practice
"Health nursing vs illness nursing" Correct Answers Florence
Nightingale
____ ____ Theory: Ludwig Von Burtenfly describes how to
break whole things into parts and then to learn how the parts
work together in "systems." It emphasizes relationships between
the whole and the parts and describes how parts function and
behave. These concepts may be applied to different kinds of
systems, for example, molecules in chemistry, cultures in
sociology, organs in anatomy, and health in nursing. Correct
Answers General Systems Theory
____ ____: organized bodies of knowledge
Defines what nursing is and why they do it
Provides a way to define nursing as a discipline that is separate
from other disciplines (ie medicine)
Framework of concepts and purposes intended to guide nurses at
a more concrete and specific level Correct Answers Nursing
Theories
,____ has to contain: concepts, definitions, rational statements
and assumptions that explain a phenomenon Correct Answers
theory
____ of ____: from your discipline and others ie chemistry
biology psychology Correct Answers body of knowledge
____ theory: first level of theory development. Describe the
phenomenon and identify its properties in which it occurs. Are
not action oriented and do not attempt to change the situation.
_____theory: Addresses the nursing interventions for a
phenomenon guide practice change and predict consequences.
Call for change, used to anticipate the outcomes of nursing
interventions. Correct Answers descriptive
perspective
____separate systems both from each other and from their
environments Correct Answers boundaries
___:
more than one people communicating with each other
Small: nurses interacting with two or more people (ie staff
meeting)
Organizational communication: people and the groups within an
organization communicate to establish goals Correct Answers
group
-____ is a set of interacting elements, all contributing to the
overall goal of the system. The whole is always greater than the
sum of its parts.
, - ___are hierarchical in nature and are composed of interrelated
subsystems that work together in such a way that a change in
one element could affect other subsystems, as well as the whole.
Correct Answers System
systems
-defines adaptation as the adjustment of living matter to other
living things and to environmental conditions.
-Adaptation is a continuously occurring process that effects
change and involves interaction and response.
-Human adaptation occurs on three levels: the internal (self), the
social (others), and the physical (biochemical reactions).
Correct Answers Adaptation theory
-Diploma in nursing: Many nurses practicing in the United
States today received their basic nursing education in a 3-year,
hospital-based diploma school of nursing. The first schools of
nursing established to educate nurses were diploma programs;
until the 1960s, they were the major source of graduates. In
recent years, the number of diploma programs has decreased
greatly.
Graduates of diploma programs have a sound foundation in the
biologic and social sciences, with a strong emphasis on clinical
experience in direct patient care. Graduates work in acute, long-
term, and ambulatory health care facilities. Correct Answers
registered nursing education (3 types)
-outlines the process of growth and development of humans as
orderly and predictable, beginning with conception and ending
with death
