Deck 27: Marilyn Anne Rays Theory of Bureaucratic Caring

Question 1

Ray's Theory of Bureaucratic Caring defines ________ as social constructions,symbolically formed and reproduced through interaction.

A)Bureaucracies
B)Organizations
C)Complex cultures
D)Organizational cultures

Answer 1

Organizational cultures

Question 2

Ray describes _______ as the unifying focus of nursing.

A)Technological competence
B)Caring
C)Nursing research
D)Interconnectedness

Answer 2

Caring

Question 3

Which of the following are considered dimensions of the Theory of Bureaucratic Caring? Select all that apply:

A)Social cultural
B)Physiological
C)Educational
D)Spiritual
E)Technological

Answer 3

Social cultural
Educational
Technological

Question 4

The theory of bureaucratic caring has its roots in which of the following nursing paradigms?

A)Totality
B)Simultaneity
C)Unitary-transformative
D)All of the above

Question 5

Theories in nursing have collectively focused on the good of nursing-what nursing is and what it should do.

Question 6

Which dimension of the Theory of Bureaucratic Caring deals with formal and informal patterns of communication and dialogue to convey caring knowledge and information competently for the well-being of patients,caregivers,and administrators in complex systems?

A)Technological
B)Educational
C)Economic
D)Relational

Question 7

The theory of bureaucratic caring synthesizes caring and the organizational context.

Question 8

The synthesis that shows that everything is interconnected-humanistic and spiritual caring and the organizational system-is consistent with viewing the Theory of Bureaucratic Caring as a:

A)Grand theory.
B)Middle-range theory.
C)Chaos theory.
D)Holographic theory.

Question 9

The traditional work of nurses is defined as economic work.

Question 10

Spiritual-ethical caring is multidimensional,complex,holistic,and dynamic.

Question 11

The Theory of Bureaucratic Caring was originally developed as a:

A)Holographic theory.
B)Grounded theory.
C)Grand theory.
D)Derived theory.

Question 12

Although the Theory of Bureaucratic Caring model shows the caring dimensions as equal,research revealed ________ as the dominant dimension.

A)Caring as humanistic
B)Caring as economic
C)Caring as process
D)Caring as experiential

Question 13

The Theory of Bureaucratic Caring recognizes this dimension as the primacy of caring:

A)Humanistic
B)Social-cultural
C)Spiritual-ethical
D)Economic

Question 14

Illuminating the nature and creativity of science itself is defined by Ray as:

A)Holographic theory.
B)Complexity theory.
C)Nursing theory.
D)Caring theory.

Question 15

A crisis in nursing and health care organizations occurred as a result of a conflict between health care as a business and:

A)Caring as a human need.
B)The needs of nurses.
C)Accreditation standards.
D)All of the above