Question 1

According to the Neuman health-care systems model, which type of stressors occur within the client and include physiological responses, psychological reactions, and internal thought processes?

Accepted Answer

A)   Extrapersonal stressors
B)   Interpersonal stressors
C)   Intrapersonal stressors
D)   Transpersonal stressors C

Question 2

Select from the following the model in which the client-system's boundaries are called lines of defense and resistance and may be represented graphically as a series of concentric circles that surround the basic core of the individual.

Accepted Answer

A)   Orem self-care model
B)   Neuman health-care systems model
C)   King model of goal attainment
D)   Watson model of human caring B

Question 3

According to the Neuman health-care system model, teaching clients about stress management, giving immunizations, and encouraging aerobic exercise to prevent heart disease are examples of which type of intervention?

Accepted Answer

A)   Primary intervention
B)   Secondary intervention
C)   Tertiary intervention
D)   Quaternary intervention A

Question 4

Which of the following is a very important element in the Roy adaptation model because it provides baseline data about the client that the nurse obtains through assessment techniques?

Accepted Answer

A)   Input
B)   Output
C)   Feedback
D)   Throughput

Question 5

In which model is nursing is an activity that helps the individual achieve and maintain an optimal level of behavior through the manipulation and regulation of the environment?

Accepted Answer

A)   Parse model
B)   Johnson behavioral system model
C)   Swanson's theory of caring
D)   Orem self-care model

Question 6

Factors in the client's past, such as personality characteristics, past experiences, religious beliefs, and social norms, that have an indirect effect on the client's health status are referred to as which type of stimuli?

Accepted Answer

A)   Focal stimuli
B)   Contextual stimuli
C)   Residual stimuli
D)   Factual stimuli

Question 7

According to which model, illness is the client's inability to integrate life experiences and the failure to achieve full potential or inner harmony?

Accepted Answer

A)   Roy adaptation model
B)   Orem self-care model
C)   King model of goal attainment
D)   Watson model of human caring

Question 8

The main concern in the development of which model was to balance the impersonal aspects of nursing care that are found in the technological and scientific aspects of practice with the personal and interpersonal elements that grow from a humanistic belief in life?

Accepted Answer

A)   Watson model of human caring
B)   Johnson behavioral system model
C)   Swanson's theory of caring
D)   Orem self-care model

Question 9

Teaching a client how to care for a colostomy bag at home after discharge from the hospital is an example of a nursing activity at which level?

Accepted Answer

A)   Primary level
B)   Secondary level
C)   Tertiary level
D)   Quaternary level

Question 10

According to the Johnson behavioral system model, nurturing and promoting self-image is the primary type of activity of which behavioral subsystem?

Accepted Answer

A)   Security
B)   Dependency
C)   Taking in
D)   Eliminative behavior

Question 11

The nursing profession tends to use which term when attempting to explain apparent relationships between observed behaviors and their effects on a client's health?

Accepted Answer

A)   Model
B)   Theory
C)   Hypothesis
D)   Evidence

Question 12

The current widely accepted practice of establishing health-care goals for clients and directing client care to meet these goals has its origins in which model?

Accepted Answer

A)   Roy adaptation model
B)   Orem self-care model
C)   King model of goal attainment
D)   Watson model of human caring

Question 13

Which element of the King model of goal attainment refers to a life situation in which perceivers and things perceived are encountered and entered into as active participants?

Accepted Answer

A)   Action
B)   Reaction
C)   Interaction
D)   Transaction

Question 14

Although originally studied in the perinatal setting, which of the following has been adopted into many other health-care settings, including critical care, mental health, public health, hospice, gerontology, and oncology?

Accepted Answer

A)   Parse model
B)   Pender's health promotion model
C)   Swanson's theory of caring
D)   Orem self-care model

Question 15

Formulated in 1987, which model is widely used as the theoretical framework for research on prenatal care and pregnancy?

Accepted Answer

A)   Parse model
B)   Pender's health promotion model
C)   Swanson's theory of caring
D)   Orem self-care model

Exam 3: Theories and Models of Nursing

According to the Neuman health-care systems model, which type of stressors occur within the client and include physiological responses, psychological reactions, and internal thought processes?

Select from the following the model in which the client-system's boundaries are called lines of defense and resistance and may be represented graphically as a series of concentric circles that surround the basic core of the individual.

According to the Neuman health-care system model, teaching clients about stress management, giving immunizations, and encouraging aerobic exercise to prevent heart disease are examples of which type of intervention?

Which of the following is a very important element in the Roy adaptation model because it provides baseline data about the client that the nurse obtains through assessment techniques?

In which model is nursing is an activity that helps the individual achieve and maintain an optimal level of behavior through the manipulation and regulation of the environment?

Factors in the client's past, such as personality characteristics, past experiences, religious beliefs, and social norms, that have an indirect effect on the client's health status are referred to as which type of stimuli?

According to which model, illness is the client's inability to integrate life experiences and the failure to achieve full potential or inner harmony?

The main concern in the development of which model was to balance the impersonal aspects of nursing care that are found in the technological and scientific aspects of practice with the personal and interpersonal elements that grow from a humanistic belief in life?

Teaching a client how to care for a colostomy bag at home after discharge from the hospital is an example of a nursing activity at which level?

According to the Johnson behavioral system model, nurturing and promoting self-image is the primary type of activity of which behavioral subsystem?

The nursing profession tends to use which term when attempting to explain apparent relationships between observed behaviors and their effects on a client's health?

The current widely accepted practice of establishing health-care goals for clients and directing client care to meet these goals has its origins in which model?

Which element of the King model of goal attainment refers to a life situation in which perceivers and things perceived are encountered and entered into as active participants?

Although originally studied in the perinatal setting, which of the following has been adopted into many other health-care settings, including critical care, mental health, public health, hospice, gerontology, and oncology?

Formulated in 1987, which model is widely used as the theoretical framework for research on prenatal care and pregnancy?