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Nursing is considered a practice discipline. What should the nurse be aware is the main difference between this and a research/theory discipline? A. Nursing uses theory and research to help understand its focus. B. Nursing is not considered a practice discipline, and therefore does not utiliz...

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Nursing is considered a practice discipline. What should the nurse be aware is the main difference
between this and a research/theory discipline?



A. Nursing uses theory and research to help understand its focus.

B. Nursing is not considered a practice discipline, and therefore does not utilize research.

C. Nonpractice disciplines do not utilize theory in development of their focus.

D. Nonpractice disciplines have a central focus of performance of a professional role. - Answer A.
Nursing uses theory and research to help understand its focus




A practice discipline, such as nursing, utilizes theory as a means of providing new possibilities for
understanding the discipline's focus. Other disciplines have research and theory development as their
central focus.



Nursing theory articulates the relationship among person, environment, health, and nursing. What term
would a nurse use when referring to these four concepts collectively?



A. Paradigm

B. Conceptual model

C. Grand theories

D. Metaparadigm - Answer D. Metaparadigm



The term metaparadigm originated from the Greek words meta (with) and paradigm (pattern). The four
concepts are collectively referred to as a metaparadigm. The others are simply terms used in nursing and
other disciplines.

, What central theory was the basis for Florence Nightingale's definition of nursing, and is integrated in all
aspects of nursing as we know it today?



A. Goal Attainment Theory

B. Unitary Human Beings

C. Environmental Theory

D. Interpersonal Relations Model - Answer C. Environmental Theory



Over 100 years ago, Florence Nightingale defined nursing utilizing the environment of the recovery of the
patient. Her concepts about ventilation, cleanliness, quiet, warmth, and diet remain integral parts of
nursing and health care today. The interpersonal relations model is Peplau's. The Science of Unitary
Human Beings is Rogers's. Goal Attainment is King's.



Which statement by the client would indicate to the nurse that the client is utilizing Orem's universal
self-care requisites (needs)?



A. "I am slowly adjusting to the loss of my leg."

B. "When my spouse died in the car accident, I thought I would go crazy."

C. "I will not allow my mastectomy to stop me from living life fully."

D. "Sometimes I prefer to just be alone in my room and meditate." - Answer D. "Sometimes I prefer to
just be alone in my room and meditate."




According to Orem, self-care requisites (needs) are measures or actions taken that provide self-care.
Universal requisites are common to all people (air, water, food, solitude, etc.); developmental requisites
result from maturation (body image changes, loss of spouse); and health deviation requisites result from
illness, injury, or disease/treatment (seeking health assistance, performing prescribed therapies, and
adjusting to effects of illness/treatment).



Using Betty Neuman's Systems Model, the nurse assesses the client's stressors. Which stressor would
the nurse indicate as intrapersonal?

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