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schs14 · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

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.

shewald78 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
Nursing theory can direct how a nurse uses the nursing process. Integration of theory into practice serves as the basis for professional nursing. The nursing process provides a systematic process for the delivery of care, not the knowledge component of the discipline. Useful theories are adaptable to different patients and to all care settings.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
Orem's theory explains the factors within a patient's living situation that support or interfere with the patient's self-care ability. This theory has value in helping nursing design interventions with the patient that will help to promote the patient's self-care in managing an illness, such as diabetes or arthritis.