| Question | Answer |
| Which characteristic describes the classification of a practice theory? | Guides nursing care of specific populations. |
| Which concepts are included in Hildegard Peplau’s Theory of Interpersonal Relations? | Therapeutic interactions,Interpersonal roles |
| The nurse is discussing with a student the importance of caring for patients to promote health and healing. Principles of which contributor’s theory would be part of this discussion? | Jean Watson |
| The nurse is implementing concepts from which theorist when facilitating a patient’s independence? | Virginia Henderson |
| The nurse recognizes that the staff seems apprehensive when discussing a new electronic medical record that will be placed on each unit and will require staff training. Based on Lewin’s Change Theory, which stage does the staff apprehension represent? | Unfreeze |
| A 16-year-old patient who is physically stable and healing is acting withdrawn. At various times during interactions with the patient, the nurse observes the patient sucking his thumb. Which contributor’s theory would be beneficial if applied to this pati | Erikson |
| Which theory predicts general health behaviors of an individual? | Rosenstock’s Health Belief Model |
| The nurse implemented strict infection control procedures for an immunocompromised patient. Whose theory did the nurse apply when caring for this patient? | |
| Match the theory or conceptual framework with the theorist who developed it.
Madeline Leininger
Martha Rogers
Rosemarie Rizzo Parse
Hildegard Peplau | Madeline Leininger-cultural care theory
Martha Rogers-science of unitary human beings model
Rosemarie Rizzo Parse-human becoming theory
Hildegard Peplau=theory of interpersonal relations |
| Which terms are components of critical thinking as listed in Paul's Critical Thinking Theory?
Select all that apply.
Experience
Reasoning
Proficiency
Observation
Caring | Experience
Reasoning
Observation |
| The nurse is teaching a patient recently diagnosed with diabetes how to administer insulin injections. Whose theory is the nurse demonstrating?
Betty Newman
Sister Callista Roy
Dorothea Orem
Florence Nightingale | Dorothea Orem |
| Which characteristics are associated with grand theories?
Select all that apply.
Define a broad perspective for nursing practice
Focus on a specific condition or population
Are the most abstract
Narrow focus and may be generalized
Difficult to tes | Define a broad perspective for nursing practice
Are the most abstract
Difficult to test in practice |
| Match the theory or model with its description.
Three-step process in which individuals encounter the unknown
Skills like conceptualizing and reasoning help guide nursing actions
Resolution of a developmental stage results in age-appropriate behavior | Lewin's Change Theory
Paul's Critical Thinking Theory
Erickson's Psychosocial Theory
Rosenstocks Health Belief Model |
| Which concept is included in Martha Rogers’ Science of Unitary Human Beings? | Each being is unique and needs to be looked at as a whole |
| The nursing student understands that which concepts are tiers in Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs? | Safety
Physiologic
Esteem |
| Which characteristic describes the classification of a practice theory? | Guides nursing care of specific populations. |
| Which concepts are included in Hildegard Peplau’s Theory of Interpersonal Relations? | Therapeutic interactions,Interpersonal roles |
| The nurse is discussing with a student the importance of caring for patients to promote health and healing. Principles of which contributor’s theory would be part of this discussion? | Jean Watson |
| The nurse is implementing concepts from which theorist when facilitating a patient’s independence? | Virginia Henderson |
| The nurse recognizes that the staff seems apprehensive when discussing a new electronic medical record that will be placed on each unit and will require staff training. Based on Lewin’s Change Theory, which stage does the staff apprehension represent? | Unfreeze |
| A 16-year-old patient who is physically stable and healing is acting withdrawn. At various times during interactions with the patient, the nurse observes the patient sucking his thumb. Which contributor’s theory would be beneficial if applied to this pati | Erikson |
| Which theory predicts general health behaviors of an individual? | Rosenstock’s Health Belief Model |
| The nurse implemented strict infection control procedures for an immunocompromised patient. Whose theory did the nurse apply when caring for this patient? | |
| Match the theory or conceptual framework with the theorist who developed it.
Madeline Leininger
Martha Rogers
Rosemarie Rizzo Parse
Hildegard Peplau | Madeline Leininger-cultural care theory
Martha Rogers-science of unitary human beings model
Rosemarie Rizzo Parse-human becoming theory
Hildegard Peplau=theory of interpersonal relations |
| Which terms are components of critical thinking as listed in Paul's Critical Thinking Theory?
Select all that apply.
Experience
Reasoning
Proficiency
Observation
Caring | Experience
Reasoning
Observation |
| The nurse is teaching a patient recently diagnosed with diabetes how to administer insulin injections. Whose theory is the nurse demonstrating?
Betty Newman
Sister Callista Roy
Dorothea Orem
Florence Nightingale | Dorothea Orem |
| Which characteristics are associated with grand theories?
Select all that apply.
Define a broad perspective for nursing practice
Focus on a specific condition or population
Are the most abstract
Narrow focus and may be generalized
Difficult to tes | Define a broad perspective for nursing practice
Are the most abstract
Difficult to test in practice |
| Match the theory or model with its description.
Three-step process in which individuals encounter the unknown
Skills like conceptualizing and reasoning help guide nursing actions
Resolution of a developmental stage results in age-appropriate behavior | Lewin's Change Theory
Paul's Critical Thinking Theory
Erickson's Psychosocial Theory
Rosenstocks Health Belief Model |
| Which concept is included in Martha Rogers’ Science of Unitary Human Beings? | Each being is unique and needs to be looked at as a whole |
| The nursing student understands that which concepts are tiers in Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs? | Safety
Physiologic
Esteem |
| Which non-nursing theory do nurses use to plan care for their patients at different stages in life?
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Lewin’s Change Theory
Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory of Development and Socialization
Rosenstock’s Health Belief Model | Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory of Development and Socialization |