Deck 16: Margaret Newmans Theory of Health As Expanding Consciousness

Question 1

To understand the patient better,Newman suggests the nurse should use a series of:

A)Biometric tests.
B)Clarifying questions.
C)Surveys.
D)None of the above.

Answer 1

Clarifying questions.

Question 2

Patients faced with life-threatening events or terminal illness often reflect on their lives and find ways to change their priorities.This process is termed by Newman as:

A)Insight.
B)Retrenching.
C)Lifestyle change.
D)Self-healing.

Answer 2

Insight.

Question 3

In Newman's system,the decisions a patient makes as his or her consciousness expands are made at:

A)Turning points.
B)The point of no return.
C)Price points.
D)Choice points.

Answer 3

Choice points.

Question 4

According to Newman,during illness,both the patient and the caregiver encounter alterations in movement,space,time,and consciousness.

Question 5

Newman's basic philosophy is ______________________ rather than ___________________ the patient.

A)Being with,doing for
B)Hearing,calling
C)Being with,ignoring
D)Healing,doing for

Question 6

Which theorist was a major influence on Newman's theoretical perspective?

A)Helen Erickson
B)Barbara Dossey
C)Martha Rogers
D)Rosemarie Parse

Question 7

Newman's focus is on:

A)Healing the patient.
B)Doing research.
C)Partnering with the patient.
D)Partnering with the doctor to fix the patient.

Question 8

According to Newman,being in the present with a family and not being chained by linear time is an example of:

A)Resonating with the whole.
B)Attention to pattern and meaning.
C)Process of expanding consciousness.
D)Choice points for action potential.

Question 9

The nurse,through attention and partnership,should try to facilitate:

A)Healing.
B)Medical procedures.
C)Patient transformation.
D)Patient relaxation.

Question 10

Consciousness within the Theory of Health as Expanding Consciousness is limited to cognitive thought.

Question 11

In Newman's view,health is composed of:

A)Mental well-being.
B)Both disease and wellness.
C)Medical cure of disease.
D)A positive mental attitude.

Question 12

For Newman,________________ describes information that depicts the whole of a person's relationship with the environment and gives an understanding of the meaning of the relationships all at once.

A)Holistic
B)Pattern
C)Process
D)Mutuality

Question 13

The information that provides the patient's system the capacity to interact with the environment is called:

A)Consciousness.
B)Subconsciousness.
C)Caution.
D)Intuition.