Chapter 82. Putting Caring Into Practice: Caring for Self ,
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The World Health Organization defines self-care as:
A. An important global activity for all health-care providers
B. A set of deliberate actions that all individuals, families, and communities should
engage in to maintain good health
C. Essential to efficacious advanced practice nursing practice
D. An awareness by the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) of their self-
care behaviors as related to diet, activity, and mental attitude
ANS: B PTS: 1
2. Nurse theorist Dorothea Orem defines self-care activities as:
A. Attainment of professional self-development goals
B. Ability to persevere through hardship
C. Striving to attain balance and harmony in one’s life
D. Comprising activities that are performed independently by an individual to
promote and maintain well-being throughout life
ANS: D PTS: 1
3. Self-care and personal development are built into the standards of practice of:
A. The American Holistic Nurses Association
B. The American Nurses Association
C. The American Association of Nurse Practitioners
D. The American Academy of Nursing
ANS: A PTS: 1
4. There are many pressures inherent in primary-care practice today for APRNs. These pressures
include all of the following:
A. Electronic medical record, the Affordable Care Act, and the implementation of
socialized medicine
B. Patient-care outcomes being tied to reimbursement, role diffusion with physicians
and physician assistants
C. Uncertainty, the team approach to care, and the need for patient-centered care
D. Availability of medical information on the Internet, educational programs for
patients, and Medicare drug benefits
ANS: B PTS: 1
5. A new era of health care leads to:
A. Greater opportunity for independent practice, yet increased legal risk in
accountability for patients
B. Lowered reimbursement for all health-care services and providers
C. Decrease in status for health-care providers
D. No ability to individualize care
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The World Health Organization defines self-care as:
A. An important global activity for all health-care providers
B. A set of deliberate actions that all individuals, families, and communities should
engage in to maintain good health
C. Essential to efficacious advanced practice nursing practice
D. An awareness by the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) of their self-
care behaviors as related to diet, activity, and mental attitude
ANS: B PTS: 1
2. Nurse theorist Dorothea Orem defines self-care activities as:
A. Attainment of professional self-development goals
B. Ability to persevere through hardship
C. Striving to attain balance and harmony in one’s life
D. Comprising activities that are performed independently by an individual to
promote and maintain well-being throughout life
ANS: D PTS: 1
3. Self-care and personal development are built into the standards of practice of:
A. The American Holistic Nurses Association
B. The American Nurses Association
C. The American Association of Nurse Practitioners
D. The American Academy of Nursing
ANS: A PTS: 1
4. There are many pressures inherent in primary-care practice today for APRNs. These pressures
include all of the following:
A. Electronic medical record, the Affordable Care Act, and the implementation of
socialized medicine
B. Patient-care outcomes being tied to reimbursement, role diffusion with physicians
and physician assistants
C. Uncertainty, the team approach to care, and the need for patient-centered care
D. Availability of medical information on the Internet, educational programs for
patients, and Medicare drug benefits
ANS: B PTS: 1
5. A new era of health care leads to:
A. Greater opportunity for independent practice, yet increased legal risk in
accountability for patients
B. Lowered reimbursement for all health-care services and providers
C. Decrease in status for health-care providers
D. No ability to individualize care
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