Deck 6: Nurse-Patient Relationship Theories: Peplau, Travelbee and Orlando

Question 1

The nursing tasks of hope and motivation are key assumptions to which of the following theorists?

A) Peplau
B) Orlando
C) Travelbee
D) Forchuk

Answer 1

Travelbee

Question 2

Peplau required her students to engage in unflinching self-scrutiny, examining their own verbal and nonverbal communication and its effect on the nurse-patient relationship.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT one of Travelbee's stages of nursing care?

A) Observation
B) Implementation
C) Interpretation
D) Appraisal

Answer 3

Implementation

Question 4

What factors are involved in the implementation of the human-to-human relationship model according to Travelbee?

A) Establishing
B) Maintaining
C) Terminating
D) All of the above

Question 5

According to Orlando, professional nurses function in an independent role from physicians and other health care providers.

Question 6

Travelbee's model uses the word "patient" to describe the individual in need of nursing care.

Question 7

Peplau's 1952 publication, Interpersonal Relations in Nursing, presented her framework for the practice of psychiatric nursing. The publication:

A) Resulted in a paradigm shift in this field of nursing.
B) Presented revolutionary ideas.
C) Was not well received when it was first published.
D) All of the above

Question 8

Forchuk's research of Peplau's nurse-patient relationship was focused on which phase of the nurse-patient relationship?

A) Orientation Phase
B) Working Phase
C) Resolution Phase
D) Revolution Phase

Question 9

Which of the following statements best describes Peplau's Working Phase?

A) Establishment of trust between the nurse and the patient
B) Continual movement from dependence to independence
C) Balance between dependence and independence
D) Development of future sources of support

Question 10

One of the most important contributions of Orlando's work is:

A) The values of the human transaction.
B) The enormous research based on her theory.
C) The phases of the nurse-patient relationship.
D) The instillation of hope and motivation.

Question 11

Peplau viewed nursing interventions as those that:

A) Supported the implementation of physician medical orders.
B) Reflected the wants and desires of the patient.
C) Are soundly based on biomedical knowledge.
D) Assisted patients in gaining interpersonal and intellectual competencies evolved through the nurse-patient relationship.

Question 12

According to Travelbee, dehumanization occurs when:

A) The ill person is left alone to find meaning to his illness experience.
B) The term patient is used to label or categorize a person.
C) One treats the ill person with an emotional detachment.
D) All of the above

Question 13

All of the following were identified as components of the nurse-patient relationship by Peplau EXCEPT:

A) Professional expertise.
B) Socialization skills.
C) Patient need.
D) Individuals (nurse & patient).