Theorist Quiz

The five stages of skill acquisition identified by Benner include which of the following?

• Novice

• Proficient

• Expert

• All of the above

Nightingale’s philosophy focuses primarily on which of the following domains?

• Health and environment

• Nursing and environment

• Environment and person

• Person and health

Benner’s original domains and competencies of nursing practice were derived inductively from which of the following?

• Logic

• Clinical situation interviews

• Observations of nurses

• B & C only

• All of the above

The expert nurse relies on rules to connect his or her understanding of the situation to the appropriate action.

• True

• False

According to Watson, the goal of nursing is:

• to facilitate individuals in gaining a higher degree of harmony within the mind–body–spirit

• to help patients achieve to their goals

• to promote adaptation

• to provide safe passage through healthcare system

According to Watson, both the nurse and the patient enter into a relationship as persons who participate and grow from the nurse–patient encounter.

• True

• False

According to Watson, illness is disease within the spheres of the person.

• True

• False

Evaluation using Nightingale’s model is based on:

• the effects of changes in nursing care on the patient’s health

• the effects of changes in the environment on the patient’s health

• the effects of changes in the environment on nursing care

• all of the above

According to Roy, the subsystems that apply to individuals include which of the following?

• regulator

• cognator

• stabilizer

• initiator

Roy defines nursing as art and __________.