Nursing 203: Exam 2 --> Worldviews Questions and Answers 100% Solved correctly

__________ are the most fundamental views shared by people in a culture. - Answer-Worldviews A worldview incorporates making __________ about the nature of things -- about the "givens" of reality. - Answer-assumptions - Basic assumptions that underlie our system of thought Worldviews can be made up of several __________. - Answer-theories What are James Sire's 7 Basic Worldview Questions? - Answer-1.) What is prime reality? 2.) What is the nature of the world around us? 3.) What is a human being? 4.) What happens to a person at death? 5.) What is the nature of knowledge? 6.) How do we know what is right or wrong? 7.) What is the meaning of human history? What are the 3 worldviews discussed in the Called to Care text? - Answer-1.) Modern Western 2.) Postmodern 3.) Pagan/non-Christian Religions The Modern Western worldview primarily focuses on __________ thinking (good/evil). - Answerdualistic - We use dualistic thinking today to categorize in opposites: good/bad, big/small, success/failure Modern Western: Newly developing science caused people to begin thinking of God as __________. - Answer-distant- There is essentially God on one side and man on the other Modern Western: This particular worldview causes alienation of the __________ from the world. - Answer-spirit Our version of nursing grew out of a __________ worldview, where Jesus taught about caring for the sick, and he also healed them. - Answer-Christian The beginnings of organized Christian nursing began in Norway with __________ __________. - AnswerCathinka Guldberg - Pursued nursing after discovering a homeless women had frozen to death - Studied at the Kaiserswerth Training Program for Deaconesses What are the 4 components of the Nursing Metaparadigm defined in the Called to Care text? - Answer- 1.) Person - "the recipient of nursing" 2.) Environment - "refers to person's significant others and surroundings" 3.) Health 4.) Nursing Nursing Metaparadigm in Modern Worldview: Describe the "person" - Answer-(1) Most important aspect of a person is their ability to reason (2) Body and soul are opposing forces (dualism) (3) If considered, God is viewed as distant Healthcare in the modern worldview is focused on __________ and __________. - Answer-technology, surgery In the postmodern worldview, however, the person is viewed as a __________ __________. - Answercongealed energy- Healthcare involves manipulating the energy Nursing Metaparadigm in Modern Worldview: Describe the "environment" - Answer-(1) Humans control the physical world and the environment through REASON and SCIENCE - In other words, we use our own intellect to figure things out Nursing Metaparadigm in Modern Worldview: Describe "health" - Answer-(1) Simply the absence of disease (2) Get rid of the disease -- you're healthy In the postmodern worldview, health is seen as... - Answer-something you must define for yourself The movement toward assisted suicide grows out of a __________ definition of health. - Answerpostmodern Nursing Metaparadigm in Modern Worldview: Describe "nursing" - Answer-(1) Scientific intervention based on the nursing process and often the medical model Nursing from a Christian Worldview: What we believe about __________ shapes our understanding of human persons. - Answer-God