HESI Practice

Which nursing theory focuses on the client's self-care needs?

Orem's theory

Which theory focuses on developing the interpersonal relationships between the nurse, client, and the client's family?

Peplau's theory

Which theory provides a basis for identifying and testing nursing care behaviors to determine if caring improves client health outcomes?

Swanson's theory of caring

Roy's theory of nursing

The Roy adaptation model views the client as an adaptive system. The need for nursing care occurs when a client cannot adapt to internal and external environmental demands. Roy's model believes the goal of nursing is to help a client adapt to changes in physiological needs, self-concept, role function, and interdependent relations during health and illness. All individuals must adapt to the following demands: meeting basic physiological needs, developing a positive self-concept, performing social roles, and achieving a balance between dependence and independence.

How many levels of critical thinking exist for nursing judgment?

3

Which point needs correction regarding descriptive theories?

Descriptive theories do not direct specific nursing activities. Instead, they help explain client assessments. Descriptive theories are the first level of theory development. Descriptive theories explain, relate, and in some situations predict nursing phenomena. Descriptive theories describe phenomena, speculate on why they occur, and describe their consequences.

The nurse is helping a client and her or his family to set and meet goals. Which professional role is the nurse displaying?

caregiver

Which describes the purpose of the Nurse Practice Acts?

describe and define the legal boundaries of nursing practice within each state.

Which theory describes the phenomenon of grief or caring?

descriptive theories

Which legal complication might the nurse face for using a restraint without a legal warrant on a client?

false imprisonment

which therapeutic communication technique is used when the nurse and a client have a conversation and the client begins to repeat the conversation to her- or himself?

focusing

Which does the nurse understand the term in-service education to mean?

helps the nurse achieve an organization's required competencies

Which of these is a part of the health belief model?

individual's perception of susceptibility to an illness

The nurse changing the dressing on the client's perineum would fall into which zone?

intimate zone

Which action relates with the relevance strategy of the motivational learning model proposed by Keller?

linking the person's needs, interests, and motives for learning.

Who has the authority to decide if a postmortem will be conducted if a client dies 2 hours after being admitted to the hospital?

medical examiner

which program would the nurse suggest for the 70-year-old client who needs to undergo heart surgery but cannot afford it?

medicare

Which nurse participates in the development of nursing policies and procedures?

nurse educator

Which feature, according to Benner, is observed in the nurse at the "proficient" level?

nurse focuses on managing care rather than managing and performing skills.

Which kind of health service would the nurse offer in a health promotion or primary care program?

nutrition couseling

Which concept refers to respecting the rights of others?

open-mindedness

The Magnet Recognition Program® for health care organizations is based on 14 forces of magnetism related to five magnet model components. Which force of magnetism is assessed to review the structural empowerment of the organization?

personell polices and programs

Which is the goal of nursing according to Watson's theory?

promote health, restore the client to health, and prevent illness.

Which statement accurately describes a health care policy as it relates to health care economics?

provides overarching goals and helps in setting priorities and values for the distribution of health resources

which programs are likely to focus on medication delivery process modification?

quality evaluation performance

Which nursing practice is associated with a self-regulation skill?

reflecting on one's experience

Which is the most important nursing intervention when working with an older adult client?

reinforce client's strength and promote reminicsing

Which developmental changes require the nurse's assessment in a 12-year-old female?

skeletal growth b/c scholiosis

Which level of care is the nurse providing when preparing to discharge a client who is learning to walk again after a stroke to a rehabilitation center?

tertiary care

Which point listed by the nursing student is accurate regarding the loss of a client's medication records?

the care provided to the client was negligent

Which definition of assault would the nurse include in teaching a group of parents about child abuse?

threat to do bodily harm to another person

Which does the nurse understand by the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competency called informatics?

use information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate errors, and support decision-making.