2nd year nursing Comprehensive exam Questions And Answers

B. - ANS The nurse uses a diagram to demonstrate how Dunn's theory of health and illness can be compared with a: A. plant that grows from a seed, blossoms, wilts, and dies. B. continuum, with peak wellness and death at opposite ends; the person moves back and forth in a dynamic C. - ANS In 1946, the World Health Organization redefined health as the: ​ A. - ANS The Nursing Diagnosis is Sleep Pattern Disturbance Related to Noisy Environment. The concepts for this nursing diagnosis would be supported by the theory of: a. Florence Nightingale. b. Dorothy Johnson. c. Myra Levine. d. Dorothea Orem A. - ANS The nursing theorist who focuses on the interpersonal relationship between the nurse and the client where the three phases of this relationship are orientation, working, and termination is: a. Hildegard Peplau. b. Ernestine Weidenbach. c. Ida Jean Orlando. d. Joyce Travelbee. D. - ANS The nurse is reviewing Virginia Henderson's definition of nursing. Which of the following statements by the nurse indicates an accurate understanding about Henderson's theory? a. "Her major focus about communication with patients is regarding the information that is shared verbally between the nurse and client." b. "She didn't feel that the physical sciences were important for the nurse to understand when providing nursing care." c. "She did a great job of defining specific concepts and their relationship to other concepts that she used in this theory." d. "Her idea surrounding the 14 basic components of nursing care fits really well with Maslow's hierarchy of human needs." d. - ANS Which statement would the nurse include in a report on Jean Watson's theory of human caring? a. There should be guidelines for including the family in client care b. There are ten adaptive mechanisms commonly used by clients c. There are environmental factors related to client care d. There are ten creative factors related to human care b. - ANS A patient with diabetes is controlling the disease with insulin and diet. The nursing health care provider is focusing efforts to teach the patient self-management. Which of the following nursing theories is useful in promoting self-management? a. Neuman b. Orem c. Roy d. Peplau a. - ANS Which of the following is closely aligned with Leininger's theory? a. Caring for patients from unique cultures b. Understanding the humanistic aspects of life c. Variables affecting a patient's response to a stressor d. Caring for patients who cannot adapt to internal and external environmental demands c. - ANS Which intervention would the nurse use to implement Imogene King's theory of goal attainment? a. Listing self-care deficits b. Interactions with the environment c. Purposeful transactions d. Determining how the client adapts to stress a. - ANS A communication skill is one of the important competencies expected of a nurse. Interpersonal process is viewed as human to human relationship. This statement is an application of whose nursing model? a. Joyce Travelbee b. Martha Rogers c. Callista Roy d. Imogene King c. - ANS The nurse is reviewing Dorothea Orem's Self-Care Deficit Theory. Which of the following statements by the nurse indicates further education is required regarding the nurse's function according to Orem? a. "The nurse steps in to help the client when the client can't take care of his or her own needs." b. "A nurse will provide assistance to a child when the caregiver cannot provide the care that the child requires." c. "The nurse is noted to take over as another parent for the adult client when they are unable to meet their own needs." d. "When individuals are able, they take care of their own needs." a. - ANS The nursing students are discussing Dorothy Johnson's Behavioral System Model. Which of the following statements regarding the way this model can be related to patients is most accurate? a. "The nurse attempts to help the client meet all of their behavioral needs, which are not necessarily aligned well with the client's biological needs." b. "This model is easily applicable when guiding caring for large groups of clients with similar issues." c. "The nurse finds that this model is easily applied to the quadriplegic client." d. "This model is not appropriate to use in clients with psychiatric disorders." b. - ANS The nurse is preparing to percuss the abdomen of a patient. The purpose of the percussion is to assess the underlying tissue: a. Turgor b. Density c. Texture d. Consistency b. - ANS The nurse is teaching a class on basic assessment skills. Which of these statements is true regarding the stethoscope and its use? a