NSG 403 – Midterm Questions With Complete Solutions
As a student nurse on the medical unit, a nurse tells you that as a
registered nurse you will always have a job. You recognize that
this is: Correct Answers A common myth/misconception
believed by many nurses.
Describe Roy's model of practice Correct Answers Roy's
Adaptation Model presents the person as an adaptive system in
constant interaction with the internal and external environments.
The main task of the human system is to maintain integrity in
the face of environmental stimuli.
Describe Watson's theory. Specifically what is the theory guided
by? Correct Answers Watson's theory is that the goal of nursing
is to help person attain a higher level of harmony within the
mind-body-spirit. She believes that there are 10 carative factors
that provide the guidelines for nurse-patient interactions.
Describe what communication upon admission with a patient
should include. Correct Answers Individualized care that
includes the patients preferred name, the patients priorities for
care, the patients learning style preference, and the patients care
partner selection.
How is Watson's nursing theory goal pursued? Correct Answers
Through transpersonal caring guided by curative factors and
corresponding caritas processes.
Know the difference between burnout and compassion fatigue.
There is a distinct difference: What is it? Correct Answers
, Burnout can affect a person physically with symptoms such as
headaches, feelings of constant tiredness, and lack of
compassion for the patients and their families. Burnout is
progressive and involves disengagement and withdrawal.
Compassion fatigue is usually acute and due to being too
involved in your patients. The nurse is depleted physically,
emotionally, and spiritually.
The IOM report that we talked about in the beginning of class ---
what were some of the recommendations? Correct Answers
Remove scope of practice barriers, expand opportunities for
nurses to lead and diffuse collaborative improvement efforts,
implement nurse residency programs, increase proportion of
nurses with BSN's to 80% by 2020, double the number of nurses
with doctorates by 2020, ensure that nurses engage in lifelong
learning, prepare and enable nurses to lead change to advance
health, and build an infrastructure for the collection and analysis
of interprofessional healthcare workforce data.
What are societal trends that affect/impact professional nursing?
Correct Answers Violence in the workplace, global aging,
consumerism, complementary and alternative approaches,
disaster preparedness, and incivility(bullying).
What are some alternative therapies? Correct Answers
Alternative medical systems (homeopathic or naturopathic
medicine), mind-body interventions (enhancing the mind's
capacity to affect bodily function), biologically base therapies
(use of substances found in nature - herbs, foods, vitamins),
manipulative and body-based methods (chiropractic
As a student nurse on the medical unit, a nurse tells you that as a
registered nurse you will always have a job. You recognize that
this is: Correct Answers A common myth/misconception
believed by many nurses.
Describe Roy's model of practice Correct Answers Roy's
Adaptation Model presents the person as an adaptive system in
constant interaction with the internal and external environments.
The main task of the human system is to maintain integrity in
the face of environmental stimuli.
Describe Watson's theory. Specifically what is the theory guided
by? Correct Answers Watson's theory is that the goal of nursing
is to help person attain a higher level of harmony within the
mind-body-spirit. She believes that there are 10 carative factors
that provide the guidelines for nurse-patient interactions.
Describe what communication upon admission with a patient
should include. Correct Answers Individualized care that
includes the patients preferred name, the patients priorities for
care, the patients learning style preference, and the patients care
partner selection.
How is Watson's nursing theory goal pursued? Correct Answers
Through transpersonal caring guided by curative factors and
corresponding caritas processes.
Know the difference between burnout and compassion fatigue.
There is a distinct difference: What is it? Correct Answers
, Burnout can affect a person physically with symptoms such as
headaches, feelings of constant tiredness, and lack of
compassion for the patients and their families. Burnout is
progressive and involves disengagement and withdrawal.
Compassion fatigue is usually acute and due to being too
involved in your patients. The nurse is depleted physically,
emotionally, and spiritually.
The IOM report that we talked about in the beginning of class ---
what were some of the recommendations? Correct Answers
Remove scope of practice barriers, expand opportunities for
nurses to lead and diffuse collaborative improvement efforts,
implement nurse residency programs, increase proportion of
nurses with BSN's to 80% by 2020, double the number of nurses
with doctorates by 2020, ensure that nurses engage in lifelong
learning, prepare and enable nurses to lead change to advance
health, and build an infrastructure for the collection and analysis
of interprofessional healthcare workforce data.
What are societal trends that affect/impact professional nursing?
Correct Answers Violence in the workplace, global aging,
consumerism, complementary and alternative approaches,
disaster preparedness, and incivility(bullying).
What are some alternative therapies? Correct Answers
Alternative medical systems (homeopathic or naturopathic
medicine), mind-body interventions (enhancing the mind's
capacity to affect bodily function), biologically base therapies
(use of substances found in nature - herbs, foods, vitamins),
manipulative and body-based methods (chiropractic
