FREE RPNCE Nursing Theories Questions and Answers

Question 1

What is the primary focus of Jean Watson's Transpersonal Caring Model?

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Conscious intention to care by using one’s "authentic presence" for healing

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Implementing evidence-based therapeutic interventions

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Emphasizing medical treatments and procedures

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Developing community health programs

Question 2

What is the primary focus of the Adaptation Model in nursing?

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Promoting a person’s adaptation to environmental stressors and focusing on how people cope and respond to these stressors

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Providing holistic care through the nurse-client relationship

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Implementing evidence-based medical treatments

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Developing preventive health programs

Question 3

Who is the founder of the Interpersonal Nursing Theory, which emphasizes the nurse-client relationship and the nurse's healing role?

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Hildegard Peplau

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Jean Watson

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Virginia Henderson

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Madeleine Leininger

Question 4

Which nursing theory includes the "identification stage," involving the development of a nursing care plan based on the client's situation and goals?

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Hildegard Peplau's Interpersonal Theory

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Orem's Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory

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Nightingale's Environmental Theory

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Betty Neuman's Systems Model

Question 5

In Peplau's developmental theory, what does "self-identification" primarily refer to?

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Acquiring appropriate roles and behaviors through perception of others' expectations of self, typically occurring during early childhood

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Recognizing personal strengths and weaknesses

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Developing self-esteem and self-confidence

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Forming intimate relationships and connections with others

Question 6

Which nursing theory emphasizes the significance of environmental factors in restoring health?

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Florence Nightingale's Environmental Nursing Theory

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Orem's Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory

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Hildegard Peplau's Interpersonal Theory

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Betty Neuman's Systems Model

Question 7

What was Dorothea Dix's contribution to psychiatric nursing?

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Advocating for deinstitutionalization and the treatment of the mentally ill as patients rather than inmates

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Developing the concept of therapeutic communication

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Pioneering the use of psychoanalysis in mental health care

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Introducing the use of psychiatric medications in the treatment of mental illness

Question 8

Which statement best describes Erik Erikson's Psychosocial Theory?

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It is based on individuals' interactions and learning about their world, with each stage building on tasks of the previous stage

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It focuses on the conflict between individual desires and societal norms

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It emphasizes the importance of unconscious desires and conflicts in shaping behavior

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It centers on the development of self-esteem through successful completion of developmental tasks

Question 9

Which statement best describes Piaget's Cognitive Developmental Theory?

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Children actively construct knowledge as they manipulate and explore their world, based on new experiences

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Children passively absorb knowledge from their environment

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Children learn through reinforcement and punishment

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Children's cognitive development is solely determined by genetic factors

Question 10

Which stage of Piaget's Cognitive Developmental Theory is characterized by the child exploring the world through interaction of their mouth and hands with the environment, and understanding is based on motor activity without symbols?

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Sensorimotor stage

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Pre-operational stage

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Concrete operational stage

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Formal operational stage