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A community health nurse has been visiting a diabetic client whose morning fasting glucose levels are constantly elevated. Upon further assessment, the nurse determines that the client's spouse does not understand how to prepare meals following the prescribed diabetic diet. Using Dorothea Orem's Self-Care Theory, how can the nurse help meet the needs of this client? Arrange an evaluation appointment with a dietitian. Set up diabetic home meal delivery for the client. Assist the spouse with online grocery shopping. Authorize an unlicensed nursing personnel to cook for the client.

Arrange an evaluation appointment with a dietitian

What is the central theme of Florence Nightingale's nursing theory? Humans are in a constant relationship with stressors in the environment. Meeting the personal needs of the client within the environment. Nursing is an art. Nursing is a therapeutic, interpersonal, and goal-oriented process.

Meeting the personal needs of the client within the environment. -Florence Nightingale believed in meeting the personal needs of the client within the environment. Hildegard Peplau believed nursing is a therapeutic, interpersonal, and goal-oriented process. Nursing is an art is the theory of Ernestine Wiedenbach, while Betty Neuman's nursing theory states that humans are in a constant relationship with stressors in the environment.

A nurse is planning to conduct a nursing research study and is seeking federal funding. Which institution would be most helpful for the nurse to contact regarding acquiring funding? National Institutes of Health National Institute of Nursing Research Institute of Medicine ANA Cabinet on Nursing Research

National Institute of Nursing Research

When a researcher begins to form plans for a research project, the researcher must decide on the method for conducting the research. The nurse researcher that plans to emphasize collection of narrative data and the analyses would select which of the following methods of research? Quantitative research Qualitative research Basic research Applied research

Qualitative research

A nurse is preparing to conduct a research study and uses the PICO format to develop the foreground question which is: "In adults, does reducing salt intake, compared to no change in salt intake, lower blood pressure?" The nurse identifies the "P" as: adults. reducing salt intake. no change in salt intake. lower blood pressure.

adults.

When the nurse researcher informs the participant that the participant's identity will not be linked with the information that is collected, the researcher is ensuring the participant's: anonymity. protection from harm. ability to withdraw. confidentiality.

confidentiality

The focus of nursing is always on which of the four common concepts in nursing theory? Person Environment Health Nursing

person

A group of nurses is planning to investigate the effectiveness of turning immobilized stroke clients more frequently in order to prevent skin breakdown. The team has begun by formulating a PICO question. Which element will the "O" in the team's PICO question refer to? Preventing skin breakdown Clients who have experienced a stroke Turning clients more frequently The currently used turning schedule

preventing skin breakdown

Evidence-based care emphasizes decision making based on the best available evidence and: use of outcome studies to guide decisions. evaluation by experts to direct care in specialty areas. care based on pathophysiologic factors. cost efficiency of treatment models.

use of outcome studies to guide decisions.

A nurse researcher must decide on the method for conducting the research. The researcher that plans to emphasize collection of numerical data and analysis would select which method of research? Quantitative research Qualitative research Basic research Applied research

quantitative research

The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) was established following a study in 1983. The center's purpose is to: advance the level of nursing research funding. investigate and expand nursing theory. promote research for health promotion. evaluate the effect of current researc

promote research for health promotion.

health

Four concepts common in nursing theory are the person, the environment, ______________, and nursing

A nursing theorist examines a hospital environment by studying each ward and how it works individually, and then relates this information to the hospital as a whole working entity. This is an example of the use of which theory? Adaptation theory Developmental theory General systems theory Psychosocial theory

General Systems Theory

In order for the nurse to be able to apply the knowledge that has been obtained in the formal education process, which theory would best break whole concepts into parts and then determine how the parts would work together as a whole? Adaptation theory General systems theory Developmental theory Theory of human needs

General systems theory

qualitative

Phenomenology is a type of ___________ research that describes experiences as they are lived by the subjects being studied

What type of research study would a hospital conduct to explore clients' and families' perceptions of receiving care? Quantitative Qualitative Ordinal Nonscientific

Qualitative

conceptual

A group of concepts that follow an understandable pattern makes up a _______________ framework or model

Knowledge gained from someone with a great deal of perceived experience is which type of knowledge? Traditional knowledge Authoritative knowledge Scientific knowledge Philosophy knowledge

Authoritative knowledge

Which is a focus of medical research rather than nursing research? Drug metabolism Health appraisal Prevention of trauma Promotion of recovery

Drug metabolism

A nurse who works in a pediatric practice assesses the developmental level of children of various ages to determine their psychosocial development. These assessments are based on the work of: Erikson. Maslow. Watson. Rogers.

Erikson

When looking at a model for evidence-based practice, what is the final step of the process? Evaluating practice change Searching the literature Appraising evidence Formulating a clinical question

Evaluating practice change - first you create your clinical question, then you search the literature, appraise the evidence in the given literature for strength and applicable, and then evaluate the practice change after it is tested

Which theory describes, explains, predicts, and controls outcomes in nursing practice? Nursing theory Systems theory Adaptation theory Developmental theory

Nursing Theory

theory

Nursing _______________differentiates nursing from other disciplines and activities in that it serves the purposes of describing, explaining, predicting, and controlling desired outcomes of nursing care practices

Nurses in an ICU noticed that their clients required fewer interventions for pain when the ICU was quiet. They then asked a researcher to design a study about the effects of noise on the pain levels of hospitalized clients. How does this demonstrate the ultimate goal of expanding the nursing body of knowledge? Nursing research involves clients in their care while hospitalized. Nursing research helps improve ways to promote and maintain health. Nursing research draws conclusions about the quality of client care. Nursing research explains ongoing medical studies to clients, and asks for participation.

Nursing research helps improve ways to promote and maintain health.

false

T or F: Adaptation theory outlines the process of growth and development of humans as orderly and predictable

true

T or F: Nursing care activities that are supported by valid and reliable research is known as evidence-based practice

true

T or F: Quantitative research involves the concepts of basic and applied research

true

T or F: The method by which one examines a general idea and then considers specific actions or ideas is known as deductive reasoning

Which statement best explains the importance of theoretic frameworks? Theoretic frameworks guide physiologic nursing care. Theoretic frameworks guide psychosocial nursing care. Theoretic frameworks advance nursing knowledge and practice. Theoretic frameworks advance the ethical aspects of practice.

Theoretic frameworks advance nursing knowledge and practice.

prescriptive

Theories that address nursing interventions and the consequences of those interventions are called ______________; they are designed to promote, control, and change clinical nursing practice

A group of concepts and the relationships among them is what? Theory Evidence-based practice Deductive reasoning Inductive reasoning

Theory

A nurse is discussing dietary issues with a Latino client in the clinic. The client states, "My grandmother always told me that I needed to include beans in my diet so that my muscles would grow." The information that the client is expressing is known as what? Traditional knowledge Authoritative knowledge Scientific knowledge Philosophical knowledge

Traditional knowledge

A nurse working in a long-established hospital learned a specific approach to administering intravenous injections from the previous generation of nurses at the hospital. This is an example of which type of knowledge? Traditional knowledge Authoritative knowledge Scientific knowledge Philosophy knowledge

Traditional knowledge

A nurse is reading a research article from a nursing journal. The nurse is aware that the opening paragraph summarizing the article and the research findings is a good place to start. What part of the article is the nurse reading? Abstract Review of the literature Results Conclusions

abstract

Which theory emphasizes the relationships between the whole and the parts, and describes how parts function and behave? General systems theory Nursing theory Adaptation theory Developmental theory

general systems theory

false

T or F: Traditional knowledge comes from an expert and is accepted as truth based on the person's perceived expertise

A nurse develops the following foreground question using the PICOT format in preparation for a research study: "In overweight clients, how do chromium supplements compared to no supplements help with weight loss?" Which part of the question reflects the intervention? Overweight clients Chromium supplements No supplements Weight loss

Chromium supplements