Question 1

According to Johnson's conceptual model of nursing which of the following does a nurse examine to determine the existence of a problem?&#10;A) Information to the degree the behavior is purposeful, orderly, and predictable&#10;B) Past and present family and patient behavioral system histories&#10;C) Information on structural components of a subsystem&#10;D) All of the above

Accepted Answer

The nurse obtains:
·	Past and present family and individual behavioral system histories
·	Data about the nature of behavioral system functioning in terms of the efficiency and effectiveness
·	Information to determine the degree to which the behavior is purposeful,orderly,and predictable
·	Information on the condition of the subsystem structural components

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a subsystem of a behavioral system model?&#10;A) Despondency&#10;B) Attachment&#10;C) Ingestive&#10;D) Sexual

Accepted Answer

In Johnson's conceptual model of nursing,the behavioral system model includes the subsystem of dependency.Dependency is the succoring behavior that calls for a response of nurturance as well as approval,attention or recognition,and physical assistance.

Question 3

Henderson maintained that the function of nursing is to help individuals,sick or well; to perform those activities contributing to health or recovery (or to peaceful death)that they would perform unaided if they had the necessary strength,will,or knowledge; and to do so in such a way as to help those individuals gain independence as soon as possible.

Accepted Answer

Henderson put his statements forth more than 100 years after Nightingale's (1859)book,Notes on Nursing: What It Is,and What It Is Not.

Question 4

In Johnson's behavioral system model,&#34;affiliative&#34; refers to the security needed for survival as well as social inclusion,intimacy,and formation and maintenance of social bonds.

Accepted Answer

The term "attachment" can be used as an alternative to "affiliative."

Question 5

Roy's adaptation model,Johnson's behavioral system model,and Levine's conceptual model are just some of the conceptual models of nursing recognized by the profession.

Accepted Answer

There are also other conceptual models,including King's conceptual system,Levine's conservation model,and Ormem's self-care framework.

Question 6

Protection,medical diagnosis,and stimulation are the functional requirements necessary for each subsystem.

Accepted Answer

The three functional requirements are protection,nurturance,and stimulation.

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT an element of a subsystem?&#10;A) Choice&#10;B) Action&#10;C) Drive or goal&#10;D) Diagnostic plan

Accepted Answer

Instead of diagnostic plan,the fourth element of a subsystem is set,which is the individual's predisposition to act in certain ways to fulfill the function of the subsystem.

Question 8

Which of the following systems is NOT part of King's conceptual model that concentrates on individuals?&#10;A) Interpersonal system&#10;B) Personal system&#10;C) Coping system&#10;D) Social system

Accepted Answer

King's conceptual model concentrates on individuals' interactions within three open,dynamic,interacting systems-the personal system,the interpersonal system,and the social system.

Question 9

The components of the interaction-transaction process are:&#10;A) Reaction&#10;B) Judgment&#10;C) Perception&#10;D) All of the above

Accepted Answer

The interaction-transaction process also includes action,disturbance,mutual goal setting,exploration of meansto achieve goals,agreement on meansto achieve goals,attainment of goals,and transaction.

Question 10

Conceptual models of nursing clarify the realm of nursing responsibilities and accountability.

Accepted Answer

A conceptual model is defined as a set of relatively abstract and general concepts that address the phenomena of central interest to a discipline,the statements that broadly describe those concepts,and the statements that assert relatively abstract and general relations between two or more of the concepts.

Question 11

When nurses select a conceptual model or nursing theory for their professional practice,it is important for them to compare their own beliefs and values to the philosophical claims underlying the conceptual model they select.

Accepted Answer

The answer of When nurses select a conceptual model or...

Question 12

The author who wrote about the first ideas of what formal nursing knowledge consisted of was:&#10;A) Parse&#10;B) Neuman&#10;C) Henderson&#10;D) Nightingale

Accepted Answer

The answer of The author who wrote about the first...

Question 13

The two diagnostic classifications of problems are intersystem problems and internal subsystem problems.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The two diagnostic classifications of problems are...

Question 14

Which of the following can be interchanged with the term conceptual model?&#10;A) Paradigm&#10;B) Conceptual system&#10;C) Conceptual framework&#10;D) All of the above

Accepted Answer

The answer of Which of the following can be interchanged...

Question 15

Trophicognosis is a formulation of nursing care judgment arrived at by the deductive reasoning process.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Trophicognosis is a formulation of nursing care...

Deck 3: Evolution and Use of Formal Nursing Knowledge