Nursing Chapter 25 Page Number 399 Question Type While

Kozier & Erb’s Fundamentals of Nursing, 10/E

Chapter 25

Question 1

Type: MCSA

The student nurse is following a preceptor on the assigned clinical shift. Which behavior of the nurse should the

student interpret as caring?

1. Making sure that all medications and treatments are done on time

2. Using aseptic technique when performing a dressing change

3. Advising the physician that the client wants to speak to him or her prior to a procedure

4. Explaining an invasive procedure to the client, then asking if it is all right to begin the procedure

Question 2

Type: MCSA

The nurse is reviewing Mayeroff’s philosophy of caring prior to providing care to a client. What should the nurse

include to demonstrate caring to the client?

1. Honesty

2. Trust

3. Humility

4. Professionalism

5. Courtesy

Question 3

Type: MCSA

The nurse is emulating the characteristics of caring, as described by Mayeroff. Which action demonstrates

knowing, in relationship to caring?

1. Seeing that a client is withdrawn and sullen, and spending extra time when providing cares or treatments

2. Understanding the reason a client’s lab values are elevated

3. Seeing the connection between the pathophysiology of the cardiac condition and treatment and giving the

rationale for certain medications when the client asks

4. Getting an extra blanket when the client says he is cold

Question 4

Type: MCSA

A nurse manager has been dealing with staffing problems and high patient acuity on the unit. The director of

nursing unit has been sensitive to other issues in the past, so the nurse manager decides to approach her with these

new concerns. Which aspect of caring is the nurse manager demonstrating?

2. Trust

3. Humility

4. Courage

Question 5

Type: MCSA

A new nurse has just started work on an oncology unit. One of the clients has decided to discontinue treatment,

even though he understands that his life will be shortened extensively if he does. The nurse is having difficulty

with this situation and decides to approach a seasoned nurse for insight and a way to help support this particular

client. The nurse is exemplifying which aspect of caring?

1. Hope

2. Humility

3. Honesty

4. Patience

Question 6

Type: MCSA

The nurse is researching the concept of caring as it relates to specific situations in the clinical area. More

specifically, the nurse is interested in caring as it relates to cultural differences. Of the following theorists, which

would be of the most help to this nurse researcher?

1. Florence Nightingale

2. Jean Watson

3. Dorothea Orem

4. Madeline Leininger

Question 7

Type: MCMA

The nurse is planning to provide care according to Leininger’s theory of culturally congruent care. What should

the nurse include when providing care to the client?

1. Care should be influenced by the organizational structure.

2. The client’s familiar lifeways are preserved.

3. Accommodations should be satisfying to clients.

4. Nursing care must be repatterned to help the client move toward wellness.

5. Care should be structured to fit the nurse’s needs

Question 8

Type: MCSA

While evaluating how care is delivered at various hospitals, the nurse identifies a facility where caring in the

emergency department is perceived differently than caring in the rehabilitation unit. Whose theory of caring is the

nurse observing in action?

1. Leininger

2. Ray

3. Roach

4. Boykin and Schoenhofer

Question 9

Type: MCSA

The nurse is working in a busy intensive care unit. A client is admitted with extensive medical problems and

requires a ventilator. Because the nurse already has two other clients assigned to his care, he requests that the

nurse manager change assignments so that appropriate attention can be given to this new admission. According to

Roach’s six C’s of caring, which one is the nurse emulating?

1. Compassion

2. Confidence

3. Commitment

4. Conscience

Question 10

Type: MCSA

A nurse has been working a 12-hour shift in a labor and delivery unit. A client was admitted early in the shift and

is now ready to deliver. The client had a difficult labor experience, was worried and anxious throughout, and had

physiological problems with blood pressure as well as pain management. The nurse decides to stay until the

delivery is over, after having it approved by her manager. What is this nurse demonstrating?

1. Compassion

2. Competence

3. Confidence

4. Conscience

Global Rationale:

Cognitive Level: Analyzing

Client Need: Psychosocial Integrity

Client Need Sub:

QSEN Competencies: I.A. 1. Integrate understanding of multiple dimensions of patient centered care:

AACN Essentials Competencies: IX. 21. Engage in caring and healing techniques that promote a therapeutic

nurse-patient relationship

Question 11

Type: MCSA

A nurse educator is teaching students about the philosophy of caring in nursing and states that nurses can only be

truly caring if they are true to themselves first. This action then emphasizes the importance of nurses knowing

themselves, which brings about a process that allows the nurse to be with another person. Whose theory is the

educator using to teach the concept of caring?

1. Roach

2. Ray

3. Boykin and Schoenhofer

4. Watson

Question 12

Type: MCSA

A labor and delivery nurse wants to conduct research focused on the response of new parents toward their babies.

The approach the nurse would like to use suggests that caring is a nurturing process. The nurse should review the

ideas of which theorist because they are best in line with this research?

1. Swanson

2. Watson

3. Roach

4. Benner

Question 13

Type: MCSA

The nurse working with students on a medical unit describes the pathophysiology of a client with a respiratory

acidosis condition as well as specific assessment findings. Which type of knowledge is the nurse demonstrating?

1. Aesthetic

2. Empirical

3. Personal

4. Creative

Question 14

Type: MCSA

During a midterm evaluation, the nurse educator tells the students they need to work on improving their aesthetic

knowledge. How should the students plan to accomplish this recommendation?

1. Study harder.

2. Take better notes.

3. Read about the same topic from a variety of sources.

4. Spend time in the clinical area with seasoned nurses.

Question 15

Type: MCSA

A nurse has been asked to be a member of a hospital’s internal review board and evaluate research studies. Which

characteristic does this nurse most likely possess?

1. Sound empirical knowledge

2. Sound personal knowledge

3. Sound aesthetic knowledge

4. Sound ethical knowledge