Deck 1: Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Dynamics

Question 1

Which of the following statements about communication theory is true?

A) Primates are able to learn new languages to share ideas and feelings.
B) Concepts include only verbal communication.
C) Perceptions are clarified through feedback.
D) Past experience does not influence communication.

Answer 1

Perceptions are clarified through feedback.

Question 2

When describing nursing to a group of nursing students, the nursing instructor lists all of the following characteristics of nursing except

A) historically nursing is as old as mankind.
B) nursing was originally practiced informally by religious orders dedicated to care of the sick.
C) nursing was later practiced in the home by female caregivers with no formal education.
D) nursing has always been identifiable as a distinct occupation.

Answer 2

historically nursing is as old as mankind.

Question 3

The nursing profession's first nurse researcher, who served as an early advocate for high-quality care and used statistical data to document the need for hand washing in preventing infection, was

A) Abraham Maslow.
B) Martha Rogers.
C) Hildegard Peplau.
D) Florence Nightingale.

Answer 3

Florence Nightingale.

Question 4

Which of the following statements best represents therapeutic communication when a student discovers a patient crying in bed?

A) "I am the nurse who will be doing your treatments today."
B) "Will you listen to me so I can help you get better?"
C) "This is what is going to happen during surgery."
D) "Can we talk about what seems to be bothering you?"

Question 5

When admitting a patient to the medical-surgical unit, the nurse asks the patient about cultural issues. The nurse is demonstrating use of the concept of

A) person.
B) environment.
C) health.
D) nursing.

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT a specific way interpersonal health communication impacts health care service quality?

A) More effective diagnosis and earlier recognition of health changes.
B) Better understanding of the patient's condition.
C) Development of a workable treatment partnership.
D) Each communicator constructs a mental picture of the other during the conversation.

Question 7

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?

A) Environment
B) Caring
C) Health
D) Person

Question 8

Today, professional nursing education begins at the

A) undergraduate level.
B) graduate level.
C) advanced practice level.
D) administrative level.

Question 9

Nursing's metaparadigm, or worldview, distinguishes the nursing profession from other disciplines and emphasizes its unique functional characteristics. The four key concepts that form the foundation for all nursing theories are

A) caring, compassion, health promotion, and education.
B) respect, integrity, honesty, and advocacy.
C) person, environment, health, and nursing.
D) nursing, teaching, caring, and health promotion.

Question 10

In the circular transactional model of communication,

A) questions are framed in order to recognize the context of the message.
B) people take only complementary roles in the communication.
C) the context of the communication is unimportant.
D) the purpose of communication is to influence the receiver.

Question 11

The identification phase of the nurse-patient relationship

A) sets the stage for the rest of the relationship.
B) correlates with the assessment phase of the nursing process.
C) focuses on therapeutic goals to enhance patient and family well-being.
D) uses community resources to help resolve health care issues.

Question 12

The nurse recognizes that feedback loops

A) do not allow for correction of original information.
B) are solely based on the General Systems Theory.
C) do not allow for validation of information.
D) allow the human system to correct its original information.

Question 13

The central constructs of person, environment, health, and nursing are found in all nursing theories and models and are referred to as

A) telehealth.
B) the medical model.
C) nursing's metaparadigm.
D) five core areas of competency.

Question 14

The nurse-patient relationship as described by Hildegard Peplau

A) would not be useful in a short-stay unit.
B) allows personal and social growth to occur only for the patient.
C) facilitates the identification and accomplishment of therapeutic goals.
D) focuses on maintaining a personal relationship between the nurse and the patient.

Question 15

The nurse performs a dressing change using sterile technique. This is an example of which pattern of knowledge?

A) Empirical
B) Personal
C) Aesthetic
D) Ethical