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A nursing unit subscribes to Orem's theory as an overarching conceptual framework for nursing care. A nurse on that unit would most likely include which intervention in a patient's plan of care?
 
  a. Address all questions and concerns to the eldest male relative present.
  b. Assist the patient to order nutritious, heart-healthy foods from the menu.
  c. Dress the patient's lower body and then have the patient dress his or her own upper body.
  d. Help the family understand the patient's lived experience of the illness.

Question 2

A student studying nursing theory recognizes that unique concepts in Martha Rogers' science of unitary human beings include
 
  a. carative factors.
  b. cognator subsystems.
  c. homeodynamics.
  d. open systems.



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Answer to Question 1

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In Orem's self-care deficit theory, nurses assist patients with self-care activities while helping them move toward self-care agency, which is the ability to meet one's own self-care needs.
Addressing questions and concerns to the eldest male relative present might be a topic addressed in Leininger's cultural care theory.
Nightingale was most concerned with manipulating certain environmental features, including nutritious food, to promote health via the restorative processes.
For Rosemarie Parse, illness is a lived experience, and nursing action is directed toward mobilizing family interrelationships.

Answer to Question 2

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For Rogers, homeodynamics are principles speculating about the nature and direction of unitary human development.
Carative factors are part of Jean Watson's theory of caring.
The cognator subsystem is a component of Roy's adaptation model.
Open systems are part of several nursing theories.





 

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