The student nurse is learning nursing theories but fails to see how they relate to the nursing process. The professional nurse realizes that nursing theory
a. Has a minor role in professional nursing.
b. Requires the nursing process to develop knowledge.
c. Can direct how a nurse uses the nursing process.
d. is specific to certain patients only.
Question 2
The nurse is caring for a patient who is known as a frequent flyer, and who has been labeled as noncompliant by most of the staff because she does not follow her prescribed regimen for diabetes management.
As a prescriber to Orem's theory, the nurse interviews the patient in an attempt to identify the cause of the patient's noncompliance. This is because Orem's theory
a. Is useful in designing interventions to promote self-care.
b. Does not allow for environmental influences on care.
c. Allows for development of a plan of care that the patient must follow.
d. Is not useful in promoting self-care regimens.
The nurse conducts the health history as the first step in the nursing assessment
Domains of nursing practice
Nursing history for head assessment
An Overview of Perceptual, Stimulus–Response (S-R), and Motor Learning
Collage of Student Faces
A sample of work by a Grade 4 student with a specific learning disorder