Deck 31: Kristen Swansons Theory or Caring

Question 1

This caring process is considered the core caring process that undergirds the other processes of caring and is associated with maintaining a hope-filled attitude:

A)Maintaining belief
B)Being with
C)Knowing
D)Doing for

Answer 1

Maintaining belief

Question 2

According to Swanson,caring and healing are possible whenever a provider acts:

A)From a caring perspective.
B)Intentionally.
C)With the person's best interest in mind.
D)From a knowledgeable foundation.

Answer 2

With the person's best interest in mind.

Question 3

Swanson's Theory of Caring defines caring as:

A)A quality of knowing participation in human-environment field patterning.
B)A relational pattern;it is the flow of nurses' and others' own experiences in the structural context of the organization.
C)The moral ideal that entails mind-body-soul engagement with one another.
D)A nurturing way of relating to a valued other toward whom one feels a personal sense of commitment and responsibility.

Answer 3

A nurturing way of relating to a valued other toward whom one feels a personal sense of commitment and responsibility.

Question 4

Swanson proposes that it is essential that nurse investigators frame nursing interventions under the framework of caring in order to tie together the essential contributions of the profession to the health of society.

Question 5

Swanson's work offers an example of which of the following?

A)A theoretical model based on a thorough review of the literature
B)A theoretical model that integrates knowledge gained from the integration of theory,research,and practice
C)A theoretical model that demonstrates the evolving nature of knowledge development
D)All of the above
E)None of the above

Question 6

When caregivers are emotionally present to the sorrow,joy,fear,or frustration of the other,the recipient of care "gets the message" and addresses which processes of care?

A)Doing for
B)Being with
C)Enabling
D)Knowing

Question 7

Current applications of Swanson's Theory of Caring have been done with which of the following patient populations?

A)Adults with traumatic brain injury
B)Adults undergoing cancer-related central line procedures
C)Children undergoing heart surgery
D)Children with short gut syndrome

Question 8

Swanson's Theory of Caring was used as the theoretical basis for a hospital's professional practice model.

Question 9

Swanson describes "enabling" as facilitating the "other's" passage through life transitions and unfamiliar events.It involves:

A)Focusing on the event.
B)Informing,explaining,supporting,allowing,and validating feelings.
C)Generating alternatives,thinking things through,and giving feedback.
D)B & C
E)All of the above

Question 10

Swanson's Theory of Caring was generated from research done in the context of:

A)Fetal demise.
B)Perinatal loss.
C)Drug abuse during pregnancy.
D)Substance misuse during pregnancy.