Deck 18: Models and Theories Focused on Nursing Goals and Functions

Question 1

Which area of patient health is not directly addressed in Nightingale's 13 canons for nursing practice?

A) Observing and recording patient behavior
B) Ensuring patient comfort and continuity of care
C) Caring for the holistic, spiritual aspects of the patient
D) Providing appropriate food and stimulation for the patient

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which selection most closely matches the definition of the health metaparadigm according to the concepts outlined by Nightingale?

A) Independence
B) Psychological, social, biological, and physiological interactions
C) A positive high-level state that is personally defined
D) Being well and using one's talents well

Answer 2

D

Question 3

According to Nightingale's model, what is the impetus for the cooperation of the nurse, nature, and the patient in the reparative process?

A) The nurse's devotion to his or her calling
B) The patient's desire for health
C) The tendency of biological systems to seek balance
D) The human tendency to alleviate the suffering of others

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which statement is not one of the 14 basic patient needs as outlined by Henderson?

A) To develop adequate self-care habits
B) To worship according to one's faith
C) To move and maintain desirable postures
D) To participate in various forms of recreation

Question 5

According to Henderson, which phrase is not one of the four inseparable components of the person?

A) The sociological components
B) The spiritual component
C) The biological component
D) The intrapersonal component

Question 6

Francisco is a nurse who works with elderly individuals. Many of his patients are bed-ridden and Francisco does his utmost to help them avoid the formation of pressure ulcers and treat those ulcers appropriately when they do occur. Which of the 14 basic patient needs outline by Henderson is Francisco tending to when he engages in these activities?

A) Avoiding dangers in the environment
B) Selecting suitable clothing
C) Moving and maintaining desirable postures
D) Keeping the body cleaned and well groomed to protect the integument

Question 7

According to Johnson's model, if a patient is experiencing a problem with the eliminative subsystem, what is the theoretical cause of that problem?

A) Emotional factors
B) Disease-causing agents
C) Environmental factors
D) Imbalance in a secondary subsystem

Question 8

Which statement does not describe one of the three notions Johnson's model uses to describe the relationship between the person as a behavioral system and the environment?

A) Systems impact the environment more than the environment impacts systems.
B) Balance is essential for effective and efficient functions.
C) Nursing is an external regulatory force that acts to restore balance.
D) The system manages its relationship with the environment.

Question 9

A statement that describes an aspect of Pender's model would be:

A) an external regulatory force that acts to preserve patient behavior at an optimal level.
B) the act of raising consciousness of health-promoting behaviors and promoting self-efficacy.
C) management of the environment to put patients in the best possible situation for the natural laws of health to act upon them.
D) the act of assisting an individual in the performance of activities contributing to health to help him or her gain independence.

Question 10

Which statement is not one of the seven assumptions upon which Pender based her model?

A) Health professionals are part of a patient's interpersonal environment.
B) Self-initiated pattern reconfiguration leads to behavior change.
C) Persons seek to express their unique human potential.
D) Behavior is the sum of a person's physical, biological, and social factors.