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Florence Nightingale had a nursing theory model that is still in practice today. What are the concepts of this nursing theory?
 
  A) Nature alone cures. Nursing assists the person to an improved condition for nature to take its course.
  B) Mind and body are one. Nursing's role is to assist clients to perform functions they would perform unaided if they had the necessary strength, will, or knowledge.
  C) Building on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, nursing assists clients to meet self-care needs necessary to maintain life, health, and well-being.
  D) An individual's state of health/illness moves back and forth on a continuum.

Question 2

The meninges, which cover the brain and spinal cord, include the dura mater, arachnoid, and pia mater. A student nurse is preparing a chart for a postclinical conference on the meninges.
 
  Based on this information, what should the student nurse include in the chart on the pia mater?
  1 . Tough fibrous covering that adheres to the bones of the skull
  2 . Middle layer of a delicate web of tissue
  3 . Lies closely over the brain and spinal cord
  4 . Contains many blood vessels that bring oxygen and nutrients to the nervous tissue
  A) 1, 3
  B) 1, 4
  C) 2, 4
  D) 3, 4



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Answer to Question 1

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Florence Nightingale's concepts include that nature alone cures. Nursing assists the person to an improved condition for nature to take its course. Virginia Henderson believes that mind and body are one. Nursing's role is to assist clients to perform functions they would perform unaided if they had the necessary strength, will, or knowledge. Dorethea Orem's theory builds on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, nursing assists clients to meet self-care needs necessary to maintain life, health, and well-being.
Sister Callista Roy believes an individual's state of health/illness moves back and forth on a continuum.

Answer to Question 2

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The pia mater, the inner layer, lies closely over the brain and spinal cord. It is thin and vascular, containing many blood vessels that bring oxygen and nutrients to the nervous tissue. The dura mater, the outer layer, is a tough fibrous covering that adheres to the bones of the skull. The middle layer is a delicate web of tissue called the arachnoid membrane.



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