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Starlight · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

A labor and delivery nurse wants to conduct research focused on the response of new parents toward their babies. The approach the nurse would like to use suggests that caring is a nurturing process.

The nurse should review the ideas of which theorist because they are best in line with this research?
1. Swanson
2. Watson
3. Roach
4. Benner

Question 2

A nurse has been working a 12-hour shift in a labor and delivery unit. A client was admitted early in the shift and is now ready to deliver.

The client had a difficult labor experience, was worried and anxious throughout, and had physiological problems with blood pressure as well as pain management. The nurse decides to stay until the delivery is over, after having it approved by her manager. What is this nurse demonstrating?
1. Compassion
2. Competence
3. Confidence
4. Conscience

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

Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 1
Rationale 1: Swanson defines caring as a nurturing way of relating to a valued other toward whom one feels a personal sense of commitment and responsibility.
Rationale 2: Watson views caring as the essence and moral ideal of nursing.
Rationale 3: Roach identifies caring as a philosophical concept and proposes that caring is the human mode of being.
Rationale 4: Benner describes caring as the essence of excellence in nursing.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 1
Rationale 1: Compassion is being aware of one's relationship to others; sharing their joys, sorrows, pain, and accomplishments; and participating in the experience of another. The nurse exemplifies this by staying until the delivery is over and the birth is accomplished.
Rationale 2: Competence is having the knowledge, skills, energy, experience, and motivation to respond adequately to others, within the demands of the professional responsibilities.
Rationale 3: Confidence is the quality that fosters trusting relationships. It is comfort with self, patient, and family.
Rationale 4: Conscience is focused on morals, ethics, and an informed sense of right and wrong. Awareness of personal responsibility is part of conscience.