Test Bank for Fundamentals of Nursing Theory Concepts and
Applications 4th Edition | 9780803676862 | All Chapters with
Answers and Rationals
Explain the purpose of Maslows hierarchy - ANSWER: It is useful for understanding relationships
among basic human needs and for establishing priorities of care. It provides a framework for nursing
assessment and for understanding the needs of patients at all levels
list the 5 levels of Maslows hierarchy - ANSWER: physiologic needs, safety and security needs, love
and belonging needs, self-esteem needs, self-actualization.
list the needs most basic in the hierarchy - ANSWER: oxygen, water, food, elimination, temperature,
sexuality, physical activity, rest
list activities that nurses can so to meet the patients love and belonging needs - ANSWER:
understanding and acceptance of others in both giving and receiving love, and the feeling of
belonging to groups such as families, peers, friends, a neighborhood, and a community.
list activities that nurses can do to meet the patients self-esteem needs - ANSWER: respecting their
values and beliefs, encouraging patients to set attainable goals, and facilitating support from family or
significant others.
list activities that nurses can do to meet the patients self-actualization needs - ANSWER: focuses on
the persons strengths and possibilities rather than on problems. provide sense of direction, hope, and
providing teaching that is aimed at maximizing potentials.
nuclear family structure - ANSWER: composed of two parents and their children. can be biological
parents and children, adaptive parents and children, surrogate parents and children, or stepparents
and children.
extended family structure - ANSWER: aunt, uncles, grandparents who live in close geographic
proximity.
Blended family structure - ANSWER: formed when parents bring unrelated children from previous
relationships together to form a new family.
single parent family structure - ANSWER: may be separated, divorced, widowed, or never married.
many are headed by women. they often have special problems and needs: financial, role shifts,
becoming remarried, having new relationships
cohabitation family structure - ANSWER: individuals who choose to live together. reasons include:
relationships, financial need, changing values.
list and describe functions, stages, developmental tasks and risk factors of the family - ANSWER:
Lifestyle: dependent on drugs, alcohol, no dental care, teenage pregnancy, sexual infections
Psychosocial: conflict between members, childcare, not enough money to provide safe housing or
food
environmental: lack of knowledge, work or social pressures, air and water contaminated
developmental: older adults, babies, unmarried teenage mothers
Biologic: Birth defects, mental retardation, genetics
describe the nurse's role in providing family-centered nursing care - ANSWER: providing teaching that
is honest, open, and respectful;using therapeutic communication skills; applying knowledge of family
, dynamics; and making referrals to community healthcare and financial resources to support realistic
hope. its important to involve family members in planning and implementing care.
Define community - ANSWER: specific population or group of people living in the same geographic
area under similar regulations and having common values, interests, and needs
list 4 community factors that affect the health of individuals - ANSWER: social support systems,
community health care structure, economic resources, environmental factors
define nursing - ANSWER: a person who nourishes, fosters, and protects and who is prepared to take
care of sick, injured, and aged people, strong serviced orientation, well-defined profession based on
specific knowledge
describe the role of the nurse from early civilization to the present - ANSWER: Nurses viewed as
slaves, prison inmates, not valued by society
after Christ nursing began to have a more defined role-women become deaconesses (public health
nursing feeding the hungry, clothing the poor)
warfare replaced religion
exploration of knowledge gave a new vice to medicine
list accomplishments of Florence Nightingale - ANSWER: defined nur as both an art and science (skill
and knowledge)
differentiated nur from medicine
created free standing nur education
published books about nur and health care, regarded as the founder of modern nur
recognized nutrition as important to health
instituted occupational and recreational therapy for sick people
stressed the need for continuing education
maintained records and began research
Clara Barton - ANSWER: civil war nurse who created the american red cross
Dorothea Dix - ANSWER: A reformer and pioneer in the movement to treat the insane as mentally ill,
She succeeded in persuading many states to assume responsibility for the care of the mentally ill.
She served as the superintendent of Nurses for the Union Army during the Civil War
Linda Richards - ANSWER: America's first trained nurse
record keeping and writing orders
Lillian Wald - ANSWER: Founder of public health nursing
Mary Elizabeth Mahoney - ANSWER: Graduated from the New England Hospital for Women and
Children in 1879 as America's first African American nurse
Isabel Hampton Robb - ANSWER: organized the nur school at Johns Hopkins
limited the number of hours in a day a nur can work
first president of the nur associated alumnae of the USA and Canada 9
describe the effect of WWII of nursing - ANSWER: Large numbers of women worked outside of the
home
Increase knowledge in medicine and technology caused increase of hospitals and medical degrees,
and broadened the roles of nursing
list the 4 broad aims of nursing - ANSWER: 1. Promote health
2. Prevent illness
3. Restore health
4. Facilitate coping with disability and death 10
Applications 4th Edition | 9780803676862 | All Chapters with
Answers and Rationals
Explain the purpose of Maslows hierarchy - ANSWER: It is useful for understanding relationships
among basic human needs and for establishing priorities of care. It provides a framework for nursing
assessment and for understanding the needs of patients at all levels
list the 5 levels of Maslows hierarchy - ANSWER: physiologic needs, safety and security needs, love
and belonging needs, self-esteem needs, self-actualization.
list the needs most basic in the hierarchy - ANSWER: oxygen, water, food, elimination, temperature,
sexuality, physical activity, rest
list activities that nurses can so to meet the patients love and belonging needs - ANSWER:
understanding and acceptance of others in both giving and receiving love, and the feeling of
belonging to groups such as families, peers, friends, a neighborhood, and a community.
list activities that nurses can do to meet the patients self-esteem needs - ANSWER: respecting their
values and beliefs, encouraging patients to set attainable goals, and facilitating support from family or
significant others.
list activities that nurses can do to meet the patients self-actualization needs - ANSWER: focuses on
the persons strengths and possibilities rather than on problems. provide sense of direction, hope, and
providing teaching that is aimed at maximizing potentials.
nuclear family structure - ANSWER: composed of two parents and their children. can be biological
parents and children, adaptive parents and children, surrogate parents and children, or stepparents
and children.
extended family structure - ANSWER: aunt, uncles, grandparents who live in close geographic
proximity.
Blended family structure - ANSWER: formed when parents bring unrelated children from previous
relationships together to form a new family.
single parent family structure - ANSWER: may be separated, divorced, widowed, or never married.
many are headed by women. they often have special problems and needs: financial, role shifts,
becoming remarried, having new relationships
cohabitation family structure - ANSWER: individuals who choose to live together. reasons include:
relationships, financial need, changing values.
list and describe functions, stages, developmental tasks and risk factors of the family - ANSWER:
Lifestyle: dependent on drugs, alcohol, no dental care, teenage pregnancy, sexual infections
Psychosocial: conflict between members, childcare, not enough money to provide safe housing or
food
environmental: lack of knowledge, work or social pressures, air and water contaminated
developmental: older adults, babies, unmarried teenage mothers
Biologic: Birth defects, mental retardation, genetics
describe the nurse's role in providing family-centered nursing care - ANSWER: providing teaching that
is honest, open, and respectful;using therapeutic communication skills; applying knowledge of family
, dynamics; and making referrals to community healthcare and financial resources to support realistic
hope. its important to involve family members in planning and implementing care.
Define community - ANSWER: specific population or group of people living in the same geographic
area under similar regulations and having common values, interests, and needs
list 4 community factors that affect the health of individuals - ANSWER: social support systems,
community health care structure, economic resources, environmental factors
define nursing - ANSWER: a person who nourishes, fosters, and protects and who is prepared to take
care of sick, injured, and aged people, strong serviced orientation, well-defined profession based on
specific knowledge
describe the role of the nurse from early civilization to the present - ANSWER: Nurses viewed as
slaves, prison inmates, not valued by society
after Christ nursing began to have a more defined role-women become deaconesses (public health
nursing feeding the hungry, clothing the poor)
warfare replaced religion
exploration of knowledge gave a new vice to medicine
list accomplishments of Florence Nightingale - ANSWER: defined nur as both an art and science (skill
and knowledge)
differentiated nur from medicine
created free standing nur education
published books about nur and health care, regarded as the founder of modern nur
recognized nutrition as important to health
instituted occupational and recreational therapy for sick people
stressed the need for continuing education
maintained records and began research
Clara Barton - ANSWER: civil war nurse who created the american red cross
Dorothea Dix - ANSWER: A reformer and pioneer in the movement to treat the insane as mentally ill,
She succeeded in persuading many states to assume responsibility for the care of the mentally ill.
She served as the superintendent of Nurses for the Union Army during the Civil War
Linda Richards - ANSWER: America's first trained nurse
record keeping and writing orders
Lillian Wald - ANSWER: Founder of public health nursing
Mary Elizabeth Mahoney - ANSWER: Graduated from the New England Hospital for Women and
Children in 1879 as America's first African American nurse
Isabel Hampton Robb - ANSWER: organized the nur school at Johns Hopkins
limited the number of hours in a day a nur can work
first president of the nur associated alumnae of the USA and Canada 9
describe the effect of WWII of nursing - ANSWER: Large numbers of women worked outside of the
home
Increase knowledge in medicine and technology caused increase of hospitals and medical degrees,
and broadened the roles of nursing
list the 4 broad aims of nursing - ANSWER: 1. Promote health
2. Prevent illness
3. Restore health
4. Facilitate coping with disability and death 10
