NURS 165 | PROFESSIONALISM IN NURSING, NURSING
THEORIES & NEUMAN SYSTEM MODEL, COMPLETE STUDY
GUIDE WITH SOLVED QUESTIONS & A+ SUCCESS (2025)
HEALTH - ☑️CORRECT ANSWER
● an individual's physical, mental, spiritual, and social well-being; a continuum, but
a constant state
● "is reflected in the level of wellness.
when system needs are met, a state of optimal wellness exists; conversely,
unmet needs reduce the wellness state" (Neuman, 1989, p. 71)
HEALTH BEHAVIORS - ☑️
CORRECT ANSWER choices and habitual actions that
promote or diminish health
HOLISM - ☑️ CORRECT ANSWER A school of health care thought that espouses
treating the whole patient — body, mind, and spirit
HOLISTIC NURSING CARE - ☑️
CORRECT ANSWER nursing care that nourishes the
whole person — that is, the body, mind, and spirit
HOMEOSTASIS - ☑️ CORRECT ANSWER: a relative constancy in the internal
environment of the body
HUMAN NEEDS - ☑️CORRECT ANSWER needs that are required for a person's
well-being, e.g., physiological needs, safety needs, social needs, esteem needs, and
self-actualization, are included in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.
☑️CORRECT ANSWER: the information, energy, or matter that enters a
INPUT -
system
METAPARADIGM - ☑️CORRECT ANSWER: the most abstract aspect of the structure
of knowledge; the global concepts that identify the phenomena of interest for a
discipline
MIDDLE-RANGE THEORY - ☑️
CORRECT ANSWER: theory that makes connections
between grand theories and nursing practice
NUCLEAR FAMILY - ☑️ CORRECT ANSWER: term used to describe a couple, parent,
or parents, and their children; as opposed to extended family
, OPEN SYSTEM - ☑️CORRECT ANSWER: a system that promotes the exchange of
matter, energy, and information with other systems and the environment
OUTPUT - ☑️CORRECT ANSWER: the result or product of a system
PERSON - ☑️CORRECT ANSWER an individual — man, woman, or child
PHENOMENA - ☑️CORRECT ANSWER occurrences or circumstances that are
observable
PHILOSOPHY - ☑️CORRECT ANSWER: the study of the truths and principles of
being, knowledge, conduct, or nature of the universe
PRIMARY SOURCE - ☑️CORRECT ANSWER The patient is considered the primary
source of data about himself or herself; in a literature review, a primary source is the
original writing of a theorist or author
SELF-ACTUALIZATION - ☑️
CORRECT ANSWER: a process of realizing one's
maximum potential and using one's capabilities to the fullest extent possible
SELF-EFFICACY -☑️ CORRECT ANSWER: A belief in self as possessing the ability to
perform an activity, such as administering daily insulin
SUBSYSTEMS - ☑️CORRECT ANSWER: the parts that make up a system
SUPRASYSTEM - ☑️CORRECT ANSWER: the larger environment outside a system
SYNERGY - ☑️CORRECT ANSWER: combined action that is greater than that of the
individual parts
1+1=4
THEORY - ☑️ CORRECT ANSWER: a general explanation scholars use to explain,
predict, control, and understand commonly occurring events
THROUGHPUT - ☑️
CORRECT ANSWER: the processes a system uses to convert raw
materials into a form that can be used, either by the system itself or by the environment
" PRIMARY PREVENTION - ☑️ CORRECT ANSWER relates to general knowledge
that is applied to individual patient assessment in an attempt to identify and allay the
possible risk factors associated with environmental stressors.
decreases the possibility of an encounter with stressors and strengthens the flexible line
of defense in the system to protect the integrity of the normal line of defense."
THEORIES & NEUMAN SYSTEM MODEL, COMPLETE STUDY
GUIDE WITH SOLVED QUESTIONS & A+ SUCCESS (2025)
HEALTH - ☑️CORRECT ANSWER
● an individual's physical, mental, spiritual, and social well-being; a continuum, but
a constant state
● "is reflected in the level of wellness.
when system needs are met, a state of optimal wellness exists; conversely,
unmet needs reduce the wellness state" (Neuman, 1989, p. 71)
HEALTH BEHAVIORS - ☑️
CORRECT ANSWER choices and habitual actions that
promote or diminish health
HOLISM - ☑️ CORRECT ANSWER A school of health care thought that espouses
treating the whole patient — body, mind, and spirit
HOLISTIC NURSING CARE - ☑️
CORRECT ANSWER nursing care that nourishes the
whole person — that is, the body, mind, and spirit
HOMEOSTASIS - ☑️ CORRECT ANSWER: a relative constancy in the internal
environment of the body
HUMAN NEEDS - ☑️CORRECT ANSWER needs that are required for a person's
well-being, e.g., physiological needs, safety needs, social needs, esteem needs, and
self-actualization, are included in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.
☑️CORRECT ANSWER: the information, energy, or matter that enters a
INPUT -
system
METAPARADIGM - ☑️CORRECT ANSWER: the most abstract aspect of the structure
of knowledge; the global concepts that identify the phenomena of interest for a
discipline
MIDDLE-RANGE THEORY - ☑️
CORRECT ANSWER: theory that makes connections
between grand theories and nursing practice
NUCLEAR FAMILY - ☑️ CORRECT ANSWER: term used to describe a couple, parent,
or parents, and their children; as opposed to extended family
, OPEN SYSTEM - ☑️CORRECT ANSWER: a system that promotes the exchange of
matter, energy, and information with other systems and the environment
OUTPUT - ☑️CORRECT ANSWER: the result or product of a system
PERSON - ☑️CORRECT ANSWER an individual — man, woman, or child
PHENOMENA - ☑️CORRECT ANSWER occurrences or circumstances that are
observable
PHILOSOPHY - ☑️CORRECT ANSWER: the study of the truths and principles of
being, knowledge, conduct, or nature of the universe
PRIMARY SOURCE - ☑️CORRECT ANSWER The patient is considered the primary
source of data about himself or herself; in a literature review, a primary source is the
original writing of a theorist or author
SELF-ACTUALIZATION - ☑️
CORRECT ANSWER: a process of realizing one's
maximum potential and using one's capabilities to the fullest extent possible
SELF-EFFICACY -☑️ CORRECT ANSWER: A belief in self as possessing the ability to
perform an activity, such as administering daily insulin
SUBSYSTEMS - ☑️CORRECT ANSWER: the parts that make up a system
SUPRASYSTEM - ☑️CORRECT ANSWER: the larger environment outside a system
SYNERGY - ☑️CORRECT ANSWER: combined action that is greater than that of the
individual parts
1+1=4
THEORY - ☑️ CORRECT ANSWER: a general explanation scholars use to explain,
predict, control, and understand commonly occurring events
THROUGHPUT - ☑️
CORRECT ANSWER: the processes a system uses to convert raw
materials into a form that can be used, either by the system itself or by the environment
" PRIMARY PREVENTION - ☑️ CORRECT ANSWER relates to general knowledge
that is applied to individual patient assessment in an attempt to identify and allay the
possible risk factors associated with environmental stressors.
decreases the possibility of an encounter with stressors and strengthens the flexible line
of defense in the system to protect the integrity of the normal line of defense."
