Professional Nursing Exam 1 2025
. You are invited to attend the weekly unit patient care conference. The staff discusses patient care issues. This type of communication is:
A. public.
B. intrapersonal.
C. transpersonal.
D. small group. - ansD. small group
4. Helping relationships serve as...
Professional Nursing Exam 1 2025
. You are invited to attend the weekly unit patient care conference. The staff discusses patient care issues. This
type of communication is:
A. public.
B. intrapersonal.
C. transpersonal.
D. small group. - ansD. small group
4. Helping relationships serve as the foundation of clinical nursing practice. Contracts for a therapeutic helping
relationship are formed during the:
A. orientation stage.
B. working stage.
C. termination stage.
D. preinteraction stage. - ansA. orientation phase
Accountability - ansyou are responsible for the type and quality of nursing care that you provide professionally
and legally
-keep current EBP to defend your decisions
Assertiveness - ansallows you to express feelings and ideas without judging or hurting others. Behavior includes
intermittent eye contact; nonverbal communication that reflects interest, honesty, and active listening;
spontaneous verbal responses with a confident voice; and culturally sensitive use of touch and space.
Autonomy - ansis being self-directed and independent in accomplishing goals and advocating for others.
Professional nurses make choices and accept responsibility for the outcomes of their actions.
Betty Neuman - ansSystems model (grand theory
Goal: stress reduction
Based on the stressor and the reaction to the stressor
, Roal of the nurse: stabilize patient or situation (do assessment and intervene
channels - ansare means of sending and receiving messages through visual, auditory, and tactile senses. Facial
expressions send visual messages; spoken words travel through auditory channels. Touch uses tactile channels.
Individuals usually understand a message more clearly when the sender uses more channels to send it.
circular transactional model - ansincludes several elements: the referent, sender and receiver, message,
channels, context or environment in which the communication process occurs, feedback, and interpersonal
variables.
Describe the historical highlights of 21st century Nursing - ans-Advances in technology and informatics
-acuity level: patients are more sick, but are living longer with the sickness
- early discharge- more revenue to get people in and out quickly
- evolving nursing practice and education (culture, ethics, end of life care, safety, quality)
descriptive theories - ansdescribe phenomena and identify circumstances in which phenomena occur
Developmental theories - ansPropose ways to account to how and why people grow as they do
-provide a framework for examining, describing, and appreciating human development
-help nurses assess and treat a patient's response to illness
Dorothea Orem - ansSelf-care deficit theory
-Goal: help the client perform self-care, a patient who participates in self care are more likely to improve
overall health outcomes
-evaluate if patient can independently meet needs
Electronic communication - ansis the use of technology to create ongoing relationships with patients and their
health care team. Secure messaging provides an opportunity for frequent and timely communication with a
patient's physician or nurse via a patient portal.
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