Dimensions Exam 2: Study Guide
Chapter 3:
1. What can be expected of a system that has a high degree of nonsummativity?
A) There is a low degree of interdependence
of components.
B) The system goes from the complex to the
simple.
C) Little exchange takes place between the
system and the environment.
D) There is a high degree of interdependence
of components.
D
2. How can most living organisms be classified in general systems theory?
A) Open systems
B) Closed systems
C) Subsystems
D) Macrosystems
A
3. Identify the major component for the maintenance of health used in the Roy Adaptation
Model of nursing.
A) Systems
B) Lack of illness
C) Adaptation
D) Use of medicine
C
4. “Stimuli” in the Roy Adaptation Model is synonymous with which element in systems
theory?
A) Output
B) Feedback
C) Input
D) Coping
C
5. How is health described in the Roy Adaptation Model of nursing?
, A) A continuum
B) A lack of illness
C) A state or process of being and becoming
an integrated, whole person
D) A state of physical and mental well-being
C
6. Identify the two concepts upon which the framework for assessment is based in the Roy
Adaptation Model of nursing.
A) Cognator and regulator
B) Input and stimuli
C) Output and behavioral responses
D) Focal and contextual
A
7. In the Roy Adaptation Model of nursing, the second-level assessment modes are most
closely related to which part of the system?
A) Input
B) Output
C) Ventral system
D) Feedback loop
B
8. Why is it important for nurses to understand and use a nursing theory or model in
practice?
A) Nurses with this knowledge automatically
provide higher quality care.
B) Understanding models of theories
demonstrates a nurse’s knowledge level.
C) Keeping within the practice limits
provided by a model or theory protects
nurses from legal action because of failure
to follow the scope of nursing practice.
D) Using models or theories of nursing aids
practitioners in providing their care in an
organized manner.
D
9. Identify the four concepts that are common in most nursing theories.
, A) Client, health, environment, nursing
B) Care, adaptation, system, cure
C) Nurse, physician, client, other providers
D) Hospital, nursing home, clinic, physician’s
office
A
10. What belief forms the basis for the Orem Self-Care Model?
A) The nurse helps the client adapt to his or
her illness.
B) The primary goal of health care is cure of
the client.
C) Health care is the responsibility of each
individual.
D) Health-care goals must be established for
each client.
C
11. Identify the primary goal of nursing in the Orem Self-Care Model.
A) Reestablish the absolute state of health the
client had before his or her illness.
B) Help the client conduct self-care activities
to reach the highest level of functioning.
C) Prevent further injury to the client’s
biosystems.
D) Help balance technological care with
humanistic aspects of care.
B
12. Select a major contribution that King’s model made to the practice of nursing.
A) Formalization of the use of goals to guide
client care
B) Introduction of the concept of care as a
key element in nursing care
C) Use of the idea of adaptation as an
important client goal
D) Integration of systems theory into nursing
care
Chapter 3:
1. What can be expected of a system that has a high degree of nonsummativity?
A) There is a low degree of interdependence
of components.
B) The system goes from the complex to the
simple.
C) Little exchange takes place between the
system and the environment.
D) There is a high degree of interdependence
of components.
D
2. How can most living organisms be classified in general systems theory?
A) Open systems
B) Closed systems
C) Subsystems
D) Macrosystems
A
3. Identify the major component for the maintenance of health used in the Roy Adaptation
Model of nursing.
A) Systems
B) Lack of illness
C) Adaptation
D) Use of medicine
C
4. “Stimuli” in the Roy Adaptation Model is synonymous with which element in systems
theory?
A) Output
B) Feedback
C) Input
D) Coping
C
5. How is health described in the Roy Adaptation Model of nursing?
, A) A continuum
B) A lack of illness
C) A state or process of being and becoming
an integrated, whole person
D) A state of physical and mental well-being
C
6. Identify the two concepts upon which the framework for assessment is based in the Roy
Adaptation Model of nursing.
A) Cognator and regulator
B) Input and stimuli
C) Output and behavioral responses
D) Focal and contextual
A
7. In the Roy Adaptation Model of nursing, the second-level assessment modes are most
closely related to which part of the system?
A) Input
B) Output
C) Ventral system
D) Feedback loop
B
8. Why is it important for nurses to understand and use a nursing theory or model in
practice?
A) Nurses with this knowledge automatically
provide higher quality care.
B) Understanding models of theories
demonstrates a nurse’s knowledge level.
C) Keeping within the practice limits
provided by a model or theory protects
nurses from legal action because of failure
to follow the scope of nursing practice.
D) Using models or theories of nursing aids
practitioners in providing their care in an
organized manner.
D
9. Identify the four concepts that are common in most nursing theories.
, A) Client, health, environment, nursing
B) Care, adaptation, system, cure
C) Nurse, physician, client, other providers
D) Hospital, nursing home, clinic, physician’s
office
A
10. What belief forms the basis for the Orem Self-Care Model?
A) The nurse helps the client adapt to his or
her illness.
B) The primary goal of health care is cure of
the client.
C) Health care is the responsibility of each
individual.
D) Health-care goals must be established for
each client.
C
11. Identify the primary goal of nursing in the Orem Self-Care Model.
A) Reestablish the absolute state of health the
client had before his or her illness.
B) Help the client conduct self-care activities
to reach the highest level of functioning.
C) Prevent further injury to the client’s
biosystems.
D) Help balance technological care with
humanistic aspects of care.
B
12. Select a major contribution that King’s model made to the practice of nursing.
A) Formalization of the use of goals to guide
client care
B) Introduction of the concept of care as a
key element in nursing care
C) Use of the idea of adaptation as an
important client goal
D) Integration of systems theory into nursing
care
