Author Question: A nurse is working in an acute psychiatric unit. The nurse makes this statement to a co-worker after ... (Read 28 times)

TFauchery · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

A nurse is working in an acute psychiatric unit. The nurse makes this statement to a co-worker after reviewing a newly admitted client's medical record: Another client with bipolar disorder. We better be ready for a busy night.

This nurse is exemplifying which process of Swanson's theory of caring?
1. Knowing
2. Being with
3. Doing for
4. Enabling

Question 2

During a midterm evaluation, the nurse educator tells the students they need to work on improving their aesthetic knowledge. A good way for the students to accomplish this is to:

1. Study harder.
2. Take better notes.
3. Read about the same topic from a variety of sources.
4. Spend time in the clinical area with seasoned nurses.

HandsomeMarc · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 1
Rationale: Knowing, according to Swanson, is striving to understand an event as it has meaning in the life of the other. A subdimension of this process is avoiding assumptions. The nurse in this situation made an assumption about clients with bipolar disorder. Being with is being emotionally present to another person. Doing for is providing for others as they would do for themselves if it were at all possible. Enabling is facilitating the other's passage through life transitions and unfamiliar events.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 4
Rationale: Aesthetic knowing is the art of nursing and is expressed by the individual nurse through his or her creativity and style in meeting the needs of clients. Understanding how other nurses meet the needs of their clients and seeing a variety of methods to provide the same care will help improve this type of knowledge for the students. The other options are ways to improve empirical knowing.