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and Rationals
Nursing is defined as a profession because nurses:
a. Perform specific skills
b. Practice autonomy
c. Utilize knowledge from the medical discipline
d. Charge a fee for services rendered - ANSWER: b. Practice autonomy (independent nursing
interventions)
Primary Characteristics of Nursing - ANSWER: -Extended education as well as a basic liberal
foundation
-Theoretical body of knowledge leading to defined skills, abilities, and norms
-Provides a specific service
-Autonomy in decision making and practice
-Code of ethics for practice
Scope and Standards of Practice for the Nursing Profession
Six standards of practice - ANSWER: Assessment Diagnosis, Outcomes identification, Planning,
Implementation, and Evaluation
Practical Nursing Education - ANSWER: LPN- bedside care
Diploma - ANSWER: 3 years, hospital based
Associate Degree - ANSWER: 2 years, community college
Baccalaureate Degree - ANSWER: 4 years, IOM recommended
Masters Degree - ANSWER: Nurse practitioner, Nurse educator, Non-clinical degree, Clinical nurse
specialist
Doctorate Degree - ANSWER: PhD, DNP, DNS, etc.
The NLN and ANA are professional organizations that deal with:
a. Nursing issues of concern
b. Political and professional issues affecting health care
c. Financial issues affecting health care
d. All of the above - ANSWER: d. All of the above
Paradigm - ANSWER: Pattern of thought
Nursing's Paradigm - ANSWER: Person, Health, Environment, and Nursing
Nursing Process - ANSWER: Method of applying the theory of knowledge
**5 Steps of Nursing Process
Theory - ANSWER: Contains a set of concepts, definitions, and assumptions of propositions that
explain a phenomenon
Components of a Theory - ANSWER: Concepts: ideas of mental images that help describe phenomena
, Assumption: statements that describe concepts
Definition: convey the general meaning of the concepts
Phenomena: aspects of reality that can be consciously sensed of experienced
Types of Theories - ANSWER: Grand: Broad scope, complex, require specification
Middle-range: More limited in scope and less abstract
Descriptive: Describe phenomena, speculate on why phenomena occur, describe consequences of
phoenomena
Theories in the Nursing Practice - ANSWER: -Generates nursing knowledge for use in practice
-Can direct how to use nursing process
-Are adaptable to different patients and all care settings
Interdisciplinary Theories - ANSWER: Explain systematic views of phenomena specific to the discipline
of inquiry:
-Systems
-Basic human needs
-Developmental
-Psychosocial
Developmental Theories
Erikson's Psychosocial Stages
Stage 1 - ANSWER: Trust versus mistrust (baby to 1 year)
Stage 2 - ANSWER: Autonomy versus shame and doubt (1 to 3 years)
Stage 3 - ANSWER: Initiative versus guilt (3 to 6 years)
Stage 4 - ANSWER: Industry versus inferiority (6 to 11 years)
Stage 5 - ANSWER: Identify versus role confusion (puberty)
Stage 6 - ANSWER: Intimacy versus isolation (young adults)
Stage 7 - ANSWER: Generative versus self-absorption and stagnation (middle age)
Stage 8 - ANSWER: Integrity versus despair (old age)
Jean Piaget's Four Stages: Developmental Theory
Period I - ANSWER: Sensorimotor (birth to 2 years)
Period II - ANSWER: Preoperational (2 to 7 years)
Period III - ANSWER: Concrete operations (7 to 11 years)
Period IV - ANSWER: Formal operations (11 years to adulthood)
A theory is a set of concepts, definitions, relationships and assumptions that:
a. Measure nursing functions
b. Explain a phenomenon
c. Formulate legislation
d. Reflect the domain of nursing practice - ANSWER: b. Explain a phenomenon
Basic Human Needs (Maslow's Hierarchy) - ANSWER: Self Actualization
9780323776653 | Chapter 1-16 | All Chapters with Answers
and Rationals
Nursing is defined as a profession because nurses:
a. Perform specific skills
b. Practice autonomy
c. Utilize knowledge from the medical discipline
d. Charge a fee for services rendered - ANSWER: b. Practice autonomy (independent nursing
interventions)
Primary Characteristics of Nursing - ANSWER: -Extended education as well as a basic liberal
foundation
-Theoretical body of knowledge leading to defined skills, abilities, and norms
-Provides a specific service
-Autonomy in decision making and practice
-Code of ethics for practice
Scope and Standards of Practice for the Nursing Profession
Six standards of practice - ANSWER: Assessment Diagnosis, Outcomes identification, Planning,
Implementation, and Evaluation
Practical Nursing Education - ANSWER: LPN- bedside care
Diploma - ANSWER: 3 years, hospital based
Associate Degree - ANSWER: 2 years, community college
Baccalaureate Degree - ANSWER: 4 years, IOM recommended
Masters Degree - ANSWER: Nurse practitioner, Nurse educator, Non-clinical degree, Clinical nurse
specialist
Doctorate Degree - ANSWER: PhD, DNP, DNS, etc.
The NLN and ANA are professional organizations that deal with:
a. Nursing issues of concern
b. Political and professional issues affecting health care
c. Financial issues affecting health care
d. All of the above - ANSWER: d. All of the above
Paradigm - ANSWER: Pattern of thought
Nursing's Paradigm - ANSWER: Person, Health, Environment, and Nursing
Nursing Process - ANSWER: Method of applying the theory of knowledge
**5 Steps of Nursing Process
Theory - ANSWER: Contains a set of concepts, definitions, and assumptions of propositions that
explain a phenomenon
Components of a Theory - ANSWER: Concepts: ideas of mental images that help describe phenomena
, Assumption: statements that describe concepts
Definition: convey the general meaning of the concepts
Phenomena: aspects of reality that can be consciously sensed of experienced
Types of Theories - ANSWER: Grand: Broad scope, complex, require specification
Middle-range: More limited in scope and less abstract
Descriptive: Describe phenomena, speculate on why phenomena occur, describe consequences of
phoenomena
Theories in the Nursing Practice - ANSWER: -Generates nursing knowledge for use in practice
-Can direct how to use nursing process
-Are adaptable to different patients and all care settings
Interdisciplinary Theories - ANSWER: Explain systematic views of phenomena specific to the discipline
of inquiry:
-Systems
-Basic human needs
-Developmental
-Psychosocial
Developmental Theories
Erikson's Psychosocial Stages
Stage 1 - ANSWER: Trust versus mistrust (baby to 1 year)
Stage 2 - ANSWER: Autonomy versus shame and doubt (1 to 3 years)
Stage 3 - ANSWER: Initiative versus guilt (3 to 6 years)
Stage 4 - ANSWER: Industry versus inferiority (6 to 11 years)
Stage 5 - ANSWER: Identify versus role confusion (puberty)
Stage 6 - ANSWER: Intimacy versus isolation (young adults)
Stage 7 - ANSWER: Generative versus self-absorption and stagnation (middle age)
Stage 8 - ANSWER: Integrity versus despair (old age)
Jean Piaget's Four Stages: Developmental Theory
Period I - ANSWER: Sensorimotor (birth to 2 years)
Period II - ANSWER: Preoperational (2 to 7 years)
Period III - ANSWER: Concrete operations (7 to 11 years)
Period IV - ANSWER: Formal operations (11 years to adulthood)
A theory is a set of concepts, definitions, relationships and assumptions that:
a. Measure nursing functions
b. Explain a phenomenon
c. Formulate legislation
d. Reflect the domain of nursing practice - ANSWER: b. Explain a phenomenon
Basic Human Needs (Maslow's Hierarchy) - ANSWER: Self Actualization
