Chapter 4_ Theories and Models of Nursing 2024

Chapter 4: Theories and Models of
Nursing 2024

1. What can be expected of a system that has a high degree of nonsummativity?
a. There is a low degree of interdependence of components.
b. The system goes from the complex to the simple.
c. Little exchange takes place between the system and the environment. d. There is a
high degree of interdependence of components. - ANS-d. There is a high degree of
interdependence of components.

2. How can most living organisms be classified in general systems theory?
a. Open systems
b. Closed systems
c. Subsystems
d. Macrosystems - ANS-a. Open systems

3. Identify the major component for the maintenance of health used in the Roy
Adaptation Model of nursing.
a. Systems
b. Lack of illness
c. Adaptation
d. Use of medicine - ANS-c. Adaptation

4. "Stimuli" in the Roy Adaptation Model is synonymous with which element in systems
theory?
a. Output
b. Feedback
c. Input
d. Coping - ANS-c. Input

5. How is health described in the Roy Adaptation Model of nursing?
a. A continuum
b. A lack of illness
c. A state or process of being and becoming an integrated, whole person d. A state