Questions and Answers
Who is the first nurse theorist? - answerFlorence Nightingale
Suitable Characteristics for Nurses - answerladylike behavior, submissive to authority,
sensitivity, intelligence
Who is eligible to write the NCLEX exams? - answergraduates of a BSN or ASN
program
Autonomy - answerprofessionally and legally responsible for care provided
Nursing Theory - answerAssessing, Diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating
Metaparidgm of Nursing - answerHealth, Person, Nursing, and Environment
Code of Ethics - answerAssessment, Diagnosis, Outcomes Identification, Planning,
Implementation, Coordination of Care, Health teaching and promotion, Consultation,
Prescriptive Authority and Treatment, Evaluation, Ethics, Education, Evidence- based
Practice and Research, Quality of Practice, Communication, Leadership, Collaboration,
Professional Practice Evaluation, Resource Utilization, and Environmental Health
Evidence- based practice - answeruse of evidence in making decisions about patient
care
Characteristics of a Profession - answerspecialized body of knowledge and skill,
specific service to society, self governed and autonomy of practice, has Code of Ethics
Hildegard Peplau - answerInterpersonal Relations; relationship between nurse and
patient is the focus of attention; four pronged process for growth; six roles of nurse
Dorthea Orem - answerSelf Care Model; self care, self care deficit, nursing system
theories;
Pat Benner - answerStages of Nursing Proficiency;
Stage 1: Novice
Stage 2: Advanced beginner period
Stage 3: Competent Practitioner
Stage 4: Proficient Practitioner
Stage 5: Expert Practitioner