WorksheetsNUR 310 Topic 1
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Nursing’s metaparadigm, or worldview, distinguishes the nursing profession from other disciplines and emphasizes its unique functional characteristics. What are the four key concepts that form the foundation for all nursing theories?
Respect, integrity, honesty, and advocacy
Person, environment, health, and nursing
Nursing, teaching, caring, and health promotion
Caring, compassion, health promotion, and education
When admitting a patient to the medical-surgical unit, the nurse is demonstrating use of which core concept when asking the patient about cultural issues?
Nursing
Health
Person
Environment
A young mother tells the nurse, “I’m worried because my son needs a blood transfusion. I don’t know what to do because blood transfusions cause AIDS.” Which central nursing construct is represented in this situation?
Person
Caring
Health
Environment
What makes the nurse-patient relationship is unique?
It is most useful in a short-stay unit.
It requires a special form of communication.
It focuses on maintaining a personal relationship between the nurse and the patient.
It allows personal and social growth to occur primarily for the patient.
What is the primary focus of the initial phase of a therapeutic nurse-patient relationship?
Identifying community resources to help resolve health care issues
Identifying expected goals
Providing information related to the assessment phase of the nursing process
Exploring concerns
Which statement best represents therapeutic communication when a student discovers a patient crying in bed?
“I am the nurse who will be doing your treatments today.”
“This is what is going to happen during surgery.”
“Can we talk about what seems to be bothering you?”
“Will you listen to me so I can help you get better?”
The nurse educator is presenting a lecture on the contributions of Florence Nightingale. Which statement by a student indicates that the teaching has been effective?
“Nightingale was often referred to as a physician or doctress.”
“Nightingale was a Jamaican nurse and business woman.”
“Nightingale established a hotel for sick and injured soldiers.”
“Nightingale founded the first school of nursing.”
The nurse educator is presenting a lecture on the contributions of Dorothy L. Dix. Which statement by a student indicates that the teaching has been effective?
“Dix was a Jamaican and a business woman.”
“Dix sold food and drinks to officers and spectators during the Crimean war.”
“Dix was a long-time advocate for the mentally ill in the prewar years.”
“Dix founded the first school of nursing in London.”
The nurse is attending a lecture on Susie King Taylor. Which statement by the nurse indicates that the teaching has been effective?
“Taylor founded the first school of nursing in London.”
“Taylor was a long-time advocate for the mentally ill in the prewar years.”
“Taylor worked as a herbalist, creating alternative treatments with plants and herbs.”
“Taylor taught soldiers, both African American and White, how to read.”
The nurse professor is presenting a lecture on Clara Barton. Which statement by the nurse indicates that the teaching has been effective?
“Barton founded the American Red Cross.”
“Barton was a famous abolitionist who took care of injured union soldiers.”
“Barton created the ‘underground railroad’ to help slaves escape to freedom.”
“Barton was referred to as a physician or doctress.”
