Nursing as a Science and an Art

Question 1

_________ and ___________ are so intertwined that nursing would not be nursing without the act of caring.

Answer 1

Caring and Nursing

Question 2

_________is sharing deep and genuine concern about the welfare of another person.

Answer 2

Caring

Question 3

The purpose of the _________ and ___________ of nursing is to know people and nurture them as individuals living and growing in caring.

Answer 3

discipline and profession

Question 4

_________ and ___________ are assumptions underlying the theory of nursing as caring.

Answer 4

Respect for people as caring individuals and respect for what matters to them

Question 5

The Six C’s of Nursing

Answer 5

Compassion
Competence
Confidence
Conscience
Commitment
Comportment

Question 6

Awareness of one’s relationship to others, sharing their joys, sorrows, pain, and accomplishments. Participation in the experience of another.

Answer 6

Compassion

Question 7

Having the “knowledge, judgment, skills, energy, experience and motivation required to respond adequately to the demands of one’s professional responsibilities” (Roach, 2013, p. 172).

Answer 7

Competence

Question 8

Comfort with self, client, and others that allows one to build trusting relationships.

Answer 8

Confidence

Question 9

Morals, ethics, and an informed sense of right and wrong. Aware- ness of personal responsibility.

Answer 9

Conscience

Question 10

The deliberate choice to act in accordance with one’s desires as well as obligations, resulting in investment of self in a task or cause.

Answer 10

Commitment

Question 11

Appropriate bearing, demeanor, dress, and language that are in harmony with a caring presence. Presenting oneself as someone who respects others and demands respect.

Answer 11

Comportment

Question 12

means taking the time to nurture oneself.

This involves initiating and maintaining behaviors that promote healthy living and well-being.

A healthy lifestyle (e.g., nutrition, activity and exercise, recreation)
Mind–body therapies (e.g., guided imagery, meditation, yoga)

Answer 12

Caring for self

Question 13

focuses on care of the self in the deepest sense.

Each person is unique and possesses individual strengths and weaknesses.

Answer 13

Self-care

Question 14

Any deliberate activity that we do in an effort to provide for our physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. It is important for workers in every field, but especially for nurses, who spend their working hours caring for others.

Reduces stress, replenishes a nurse’s capacity to provide compassion and empathy, and improves the quality of care.

Answer 14

Self-care

Question 15

The moral respect that nurses extend to all human beings “extends to oneself as well: the same duties that we owe to others we owe to ourselves.”

These duties include the responsibility to:
- Promote health and safety
- Preserve wholeness of character and integrity.
- Maintain competence
- Continue personal and professional growth

Answer 15

Self-Care is mandated by the ANA CODE OF ETHICS

Question 16

_________ is the basic element of human interactions that allows people to establish, maintain and improve contacts with others.

Nursing is a communicative intervention and is founded on effective communication.

Answer 16

Communication

Question 17

The word communication originates from _________ , a Greek word, meaning _________ .

Answer 17

‘communis’; ‘to make common’

Question 18

It is the transmission and receiving information, feelings and or attitudes with the overall purpose of having understood producing a response.

Answer 18

Communication

Question 19

“Communication is a means of persuasion to influence the other so that the desired effect is achieved.” is stated by?

Answer 19

Aristotle

Question 20

Communication is “a process by which two or more people exchange ideas, facts, feelings or impressions in ways that each gains a ‘common understanding’ of meaning, intent and use of a message.” is stated by?

Answer 20

Paul Leagens

Question 21

The Communication Process

Answer 21

Main components:

Sender (source)
Message (content)
Channel (s) (medium)
Receiver (audience)
Feedback (effect)

Question 22

_________ is the originator of the message.

• formulates, encodes and transmits the information which he/she wants to communicate.

Answer 22

Sender

Question 23

_________ is the information/desired behaviour in physical form which the communicator transmits to his audience to receive, understand, accept and act upon. May be in the form of words, pictures or signs.

Answer 23

Message

Question 24

_________ is implied the “physical bridge” or the media of communication between sender and the receiver.

Answer 24

Channels of Communication

Question 25

Channels can be:

Answer 25

• Interpersonal (face to face communication) may be
  verbal or non-verbal.
• Mass media TV, radio, printed media etc.

Question 26

_________ who receives messages from the sender, decoding, interprets the meaning and giving feedback.

Answer 26

Receiver

Question 27

_________ is the flow of information from receiver to the sender, the reaction to the message.

Answer 27

Response (Feedback)

Question 28

the traditional way of communication by mouth.

Answer 28

Verbal Communication

Question 29

_________ is the chief vehicle of communication

Answer 29

Language

Question 30

Verbal communication also involves _________

Answer 30

written words.

Question 31

communication occur other than words.
facial expression, gesture, touch and vocal tone

Answer 31

Non-verbal communication

Question 32

_________ is a collection of techniques that prioritize the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of patients. Nurses provide patients with support and information while maintaining a level of professional distance and objectivity.

Answer 32

therapeutic communication

Question 33

_________ is a system of activities intended to produce learning. The Nursing process is intentionally designed to produce specific learning.

Answer 33

teaching

Question 34

TThe teaching learning process involves _________ between teacher and learner.

Answer 34

dynamic interaction