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SH P&P 7
P&P Ch 7
Question | Answer |
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A nurse hears a colleague tell a student nuse she never touches the clients unless she is performing a procedure or doing an assessment. The nurse tells the colleague that: | Touch is a form of relating that leads to a connection between nurse & client |
One of the 5 caring processes is "knowing" the client. This concept is best described as: | Avoiding assumptions & focusing on the client. |
A nurse is overheard saying there is no place in nursing for spiritual carsing. A nursing colleague replies with: | There is a link between spirit, mind, & body that can have a direct effect on a client's health. |
A nurse is overheard complaining about a client's family being "too involved" in the client's care. A colleague replies: | The family is an important resource. |
A number of strategies have potential for creating work enviroments that enables nurses to demonstrate more caring behaviors. Some of these include: | Flexibility, autonomy, & improved staffing. |
As professionals, nurses play an important roles in making care an integral part of health care delivery. This begins by nurses: | Making caring a part of the philosophy & envrioment in the workplace. |
A nurse can demonstrate caring by helping family members: | Become active participants in care. |
Listening is not only "taking in" what a client says, it also includes: | Interpreting & understanding of what is said & giving back that understanding to the person talking. |
Presence involves a person-to-person encounter that: | Conveys a closeness & a sense of caring. |
The study of clients' perceptions is important because health care is: | Placing greater emphasis on client satisfaction. |
Caring | Universal phenomenon that influences the ways in which people think, feel, & behave in relation to one another. |
Comforting | Nurse reaches out to clients to communicate concern & support (ie: touching). |
Ethic of Care | Concerned with relationship between people & with a nurse's character & attitude toward others. |
Presence | Have a person-to-person encounter that conveys a closeness & sense of caring. |
Transcultural | Concept of care as the essence & central, unifying, & dominant domain that distinguishes nursing from other health disciplines. |
Transformative | Both the nurse & client are influenced by the relationship, for better or for worse. |
Leininger's care theory states that the client's caring values & behaviors are derived largely from: | Culture |
The central common theme of the caring theories is: | The nurse-client relationship & psychosocial aspects of care. |
In order for the nurse to effectively listen to the client, he or she needs to: | Maintain good eye contact. |
The nurse demonstrates caring by: | Helping family members become active participants in the care of the client. |
According to Benner, the major characteristic that separates a "proficient" nurse from a "novice" nurse is: | The ability to understand situations holistically. |