2025/2026 NR 222 EXAM 1 NEWEST
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED CORRECT
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) | A+
GRADE
Nurses at a community hospital are in an education
program to learn how to use a new pressure-relieving
device for patients at risk for pressure ulcers. This is which
type of education?
A. Continuing education
B. Graduate education
C. In-service education
D. Professional Registered Nurse Education Correct
Answer C. In-service education
In-service education programs are instruction or
training provided by a health care agency or
institution. An in-service program is held in the
institution and is designed to increase the knowledge,
skills, and competencies of nurses and other health
care professionals employed by the institution.
Which of the following are components of the paradigm of
nursing?
A. The person, health, environment, and theory
, B. Health, theory, concepts, and environment
C. Nurses, physicians, health, and patient needs
D. The person, health, environment/situation, and nursing
Correct Answer D. The person, health,
environment/situation, and nursing
The nursing paradigm focuses on person, health,
environment/situation, and nursing. All the elements
interact with one another, with the patient being
central.
A theory is a set of concepts, definitions, relationships,
and assumptions that:
A. Formulate legislation.
B. Explain a phenomenon.
C. Measure nursing functions.
D. Reflect the domain of nursing practice. Correct Answer
B. Explain a phenomenon.
Theories are designed to explain a phenomenon such
as self-care or caring. A theory is a way of seeing
through a "set of relatively concrete and specific
concepts" and the propositions that describe or link
the concepts.
A patient with diabetes is controlling the disease with
insulin and diet. The nursing health care provider is
focusing efforts to teach the patient self-management.
Which of the following nursing theories is useful in
promoting self management?
,A. Neuman
B. Orem
C. Roy
D. Peplau Correct Answer B. Orem
Orem's theory of self-care provides a solid theoretical
background for self-management for a variety of
diseases. This theory shows the nurse how to direct
the patient toward self-management to promote health
and/or sustain wellness.
While working in a community health clinic, it is important
to obtain nursing histories and get to know the patients.
Part of history taking is to develop the nurse-patient
relationship. Which of the following apply to Peplau's
theory when establishing the nurse-patient relationship?
(Select all that apply.)
A. An interaction between the nurse and patient must
develop.
B. The patient's needs must be clarified and described.
C. The nurse-patient relationship is influenced by patient
and nurse preconceptions.
D. The nurse-patient relationship is influenced only by the
nurse's preconceptions. Correct Answer A. An interaction
between the nurse and patient must develop.
B. The patient's needs must be clarified and described.
C. The nurse-patient relationship is influenced by patient
and nurse preconceptions.
, The nurse-patient relationship is influenced only by
the nurse preconceptions; is incorrect because the
focus is only on the nurse.
Theory-based nursing practice uses a theoretical
approach for nursing care. This approach moves nursing
forward as a science. This suggests that:
A. One theory will guide nursing practice.
B. Scientists will decide nursing decisions.
C. Nursing will only base patient care on the practice of
other sciences.
D. Theories will be tested to describe or predict patient
outcomes Correct Answer D. Theories will be tested to
describe or predict patient outcomes
There are multiple theories for the practice of nursing;
these theories are tested to develop the evidence to
describe or predict patient outcomes.
To practice in today's health care environment, nurses
need a strong scientific knowledge base from nursing and
other disciplines such as the physical, social, and
behavioral sciences. This statement identifies the need for
which of the following?
A. Systems theories
B. Developmental theories
C. Interdisciplinary theories
D. Health and wellness models Correct Answer C.
Interdisciplinary theories
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED CORRECT
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) | A+
GRADE
Nurses at a community hospital are in an education
program to learn how to use a new pressure-relieving
device for patients at risk for pressure ulcers. This is which
type of education?
A. Continuing education
B. Graduate education
C. In-service education
D. Professional Registered Nurse Education Correct
Answer C. In-service education
In-service education programs are instruction or
training provided by a health care agency or
institution. An in-service program is held in the
institution and is designed to increase the knowledge,
skills, and competencies of nurses and other health
care professionals employed by the institution.
Which of the following are components of the paradigm of
nursing?
A. The person, health, environment, and theory
, B. Health, theory, concepts, and environment
C. Nurses, physicians, health, and patient needs
D. The person, health, environment/situation, and nursing
Correct Answer D. The person, health,
environment/situation, and nursing
The nursing paradigm focuses on person, health,
environment/situation, and nursing. All the elements
interact with one another, with the patient being
central.
A theory is a set of concepts, definitions, relationships,
and assumptions that:
A. Formulate legislation.
B. Explain a phenomenon.
C. Measure nursing functions.
D. Reflect the domain of nursing practice. Correct Answer
B. Explain a phenomenon.
Theories are designed to explain a phenomenon such
as self-care or caring. A theory is a way of seeing
through a "set of relatively concrete and specific
concepts" and the propositions that describe or link
the concepts.
A patient with diabetes is controlling the disease with
insulin and diet. The nursing health care provider is
focusing efforts to teach the patient self-management.
Which of the following nursing theories is useful in
promoting self management?
,A. Neuman
B. Orem
C. Roy
D. Peplau Correct Answer B. Orem
Orem's theory of self-care provides a solid theoretical
background for self-management for a variety of
diseases. This theory shows the nurse how to direct
the patient toward self-management to promote health
and/or sustain wellness.
While working in a community health clinic, it is important
to obtain nursing histories and get to know the patients.
Part of history taking is to develop the nurse-patient
relationship. Which of the following apply to Peplau's
theory when establishing the nurse-patient relationship?
(Select all that apply.)
A. An interaction between the nurse and patient must
develop.
B. The patient's needs must be clarified and described.
C. The nurse-patient relationship is influenced by patient
and nurse preconceptions.
D. The nurse-patient relationship is influenced only by the
nurse's preconceptions. Correct Answer A. An interaction
between the nurse and patient must develop.
B. The patient's needs must be clarified and described.
C. The nurse-patient relationship is influenced by patient
and nurse preconceptions.
, The nurse-patient relationship is influenced only by
the nurse preconceptions; is incorrect because the
focus is only on the nurse.
Theory-based nursing practice uses a theoretical
approach for nursing care. This approach moves nursing
forward as a science. This suggests that:
A. One theory will guide nursing practice.
B. Scientists will decide nursing decisions.
C. Nursing will only base patient care on the practice of
other sciences.
D. Theories will be tested to describe or predict patient
outcomes Correct Answer D. Theories will be tested to
describe or predict patient outcomes
There are multiple theories for the practice of nursing;
these theories are tested to develop the evidence to
describe or predict patient outcomes.
To practice in today's health care environment, nurses
need a strong scientific knowledge base from nursing and
other disciplines such as the physical, social, and
behavioral sciences. This statement identifies the need for
which of the following?
A. Systems theories
B. Developmental theories
C. Interdisciplinary theories
D. Health and wellness models Correct Answer C.
Interdisciplinary theories
