Author Question: The patient is terminally ill and is receiving hospice care. The nurse cares for the patient by ... (Read 127 times)

mia · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

The patient is terminally ill and is receiving hospice care. The nurse cares for the patient by bathing, shaving, and repositioning him. The patient would like a Catholic priest called to provide the Sacrament of the Sick.

The nurse places a call and arranges for the priest's visit. Which theory does this nurse's care represent?
a. Roy's theory
b. Watson's theory
c. Henderson's theory
d. Orem's self-care deficit theory

Question 2

The patient is newly diagnosed with diabetes and will be discharged in the next day or so. The nurse is teaching the patient how to draw up and self-administer insulin. Which nursing theory is the nurse utilizing?

a. Watson's theory
b. Orem's theory
c. Roger's theory
d. Henderson's theory

Kdiggy · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
Henderson defines nursing as assisting the patient with 14 activities (hygiene, positioning) until patients can meet these needs for themselvesor assist patients to have a peaceful death. Roy's model is to help the person adapt to changes in physiological needs, self-concept, role function, and interdependence domains. Watson's theory believes that the purpose of nursing is to understand the interrelationship between health, illness, and human behavior. The goal of Orem's theory is to help the patient perform self-care.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
The goal of Orem's theory is to help the patient perform self-care. In Watson's theory, the nurse is concerned with promoting and restoring health and preventing illness. Roger's theory considers caring as a fundamental component of professional nursing practice and is based upon 10 curative factors. Henderson defines nursing as assisting patients with 14 activities until patients can meet these needs for themselves.