The novice nurse is learning about the contributions of ...

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The novice nurse is learning about the contributions of philosophy to understanding the concept of self. When learning about Patricia Benner's theory of the concept of self, what will the nurse recognize as the definition of a novice nurse?
 
  1. Any nurse who is unfamiliar with both the patients and the tools required to provide patient care.
  2. Any nurse who is unfamiliar with both the disease process and treatment plan required to provide patient care.
  3. Any nurse who is unfamiliar with both the assessment and planning required to provide patient care.
  4. Any nurse who is unfamiliar with both the pharmacologic and the nonpharmacologic therapies required to provide patient care.

Question 2

The novice nurse is learning how different nursing theorists developed philosophies on the concept of self. Which theorist will the nurse be emulating when the nurse reflects on the revolving self and evaluating
 
  the suffering of a patient with mental illness?
  1. Hildegard Peplau
  2. Martha Rogers
  3. Ida Jean Orlando
  4. Patricia Benner

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: 1
Explanation: According to Patricia's Benner's theory of the concept of self, any nurse who is unfamiliar with both the patients and the tools required to provide patient care will be considered a novice and will remain so until those conditions change. Benner refers to the concept of self as a tool that the nurse must learn to use in order to gain more experience. While the other answer choices may indicate a nurse who lacks experience, these are not the definition of novice nurse according to Benner.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: 2
Explanation: Martha Rogers stated that the student of psychiatric nursing will reflect on an endlessly evolving self. This evolution will occur while the nurse is participating in a therapeutic interpersonal relationship with the patient who lives with a psychiatric illness. The student will evaluate the patient's suffering, as it is both witnessed and reflected upon. Hildegard Peplau introduced the idea of the concept of self as a tool as important to the nurse as a stethoscope. Ida Jean Orlando stated that the nurse uses self as a reaction of perceptions, thoughts, and feelings in response to the patient's behavior. Patricia Benner also discussed nurse's using self as a tool to care for patients with mental illness.