The nurse is going to use a theory for planning client care that supports the simultaneity paradigm. This type of paradigm views the person as:
a. a combination of biological, psychological, social, and spiritual features.
b. being in constant interaction with the environment to accomplish goals and maintain balance.
c. needing nursing goals that focus on health promotion, care and cure of the sick, and prevention of illness.
d. more than, and different from, the sum of the parts.
Question 2
The nurse is studying the history of Florence Nightingale and realizes that which of the following statements is true about Nightingale as a nursing theorist?
a. She believed that formal education was not needed for nurses.
b. She developed principles of nursing that fit the modern definition of a theory.
c. She considered nursing to be a calling.
d. She stressed the importance of caring for the ill person rather than caring for the illness.
Examples of indirect care
When the United States gets stuck over a controversial issue—usually something a divided Congress ca
Patients of all socioeconomic backgrounds should be given equal care.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Managed Care
Positioning the client
Set-Point Theory