All Free Nursing Management and Ethics MCQs with Answers
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- A. Completing physical care quickly before documenting findings
- B. Using a caring presence while supporting the patient's meaning and dignity
- C. Following the medical prescription without discussing personal concerns
- D. Limiting communication to questions about symptoms and vital signs
Explanation: Watson emphasizes a transpersonal caring relationship, respect for human dignity and attention to the person's meaning of the experience.
Correct answer: Using a caring presence while supporting the patient's meaning and dignity- A. Mutual goal setting through nurse-patient interaction
- B. Environmental control through improved ventilation
- C. Replacement of all self-care by the nurse
- D. Reduction of anxiety through free association
Explanation: King's theory focuses on interaction, communication and transactions that help the nurse and patient set mutually agreed goals.
Correct answer: Mutual goal setting through nurse-patient interaction- A. Nursing helps a person perform activities contributing to health or recovery
- B. Nursing mainly prevents stressors from reaching an open system
- C. Nursing is primarily a therapeutic interpersonal relationship
- D. Nursing focuses mainly on adaptation to internal and external stimuli
Explanation: Henderson described nursing as assisting individuals with activities they would perform independently if they had the strength, will or…
Correct answer: Nursing helps a person perform activities contributing to health or recovery- A. The person is viewed as an integrated, holistic system
- B. The person is viewed only as a collection of symptoms
- C. The environment is viewed as unrelated to health outcomes
- D. The nurse is viewed as the sole source of treatment decisions
Explanation: Major nursing theories commonly view the person as a whole whose physical, psychological, social and spiritual dimensions interact.
Correct answer: The person is viewed as an integrated, holistic system- A. Roy's adaptation model
- B. Nightingale's environmental theory
- C. Peplau's interpersonal relations theory
- D. Orem's self-care deficit theory
Explanation: Roy's model guides nursing toward promoting adaptation to health changes by assessing stimuli and adaptive responses.
Correct answer: Roy's adaptation model- A. It contains related concepts and statements explaining their relationships
- B. It gives one instruction for completing a clinical procedure
- C. It lists only the normal range of a laboratory value
- D. It describes one patient's response without broader meaning
Explanation: A nursing theory is an organized set of concepts and propositions that explains or predicts nursing-related phenomena.
Correct answer: It contains related concepts and statements explaining their relationships- A. To provide an organized framework for nursing practice
- B. To replace clinical judgment with fixed instructions
- C. To ensure every patient receives identical interventions
- D. To restrict assessment to physical findings only
Explanation: Nursing theories organize assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation around related concepts.
Correct answer: To provide an organized framework for nursing practice- A. The person as a behavioral system with organized subsystems
- B. The person as a collection of independent physical organs
- C. The person as a passive receiver of medical treatment
- D. The person as a set of separate environmental responses
Explanation: Johnson viewed the person as a behavioral system made up of interacting subsystems, such as attachment, dependency and achievement.
Correct answer: The person as a behavioral system with organized subsystems- A. Levine's conservation model
- B. Rogers' unitary human beings model
- C. Peplau's interpersonal relations theory
- D. Pender's health promotion model
Explanation: Levine's conservation model emphasizes conservation of energy, structural integrity, personal integrity and social integrity.
Correct answer: Levine's conservation model- A. An irreducible whole in continuous interaction with the environment
- B. A group of separate systems that function independently
- C. A passive recipient who depends on nursing direction
- D. A collection of behaviors controlled mainly by social rules
Explanation: Rogers described people and environments as irreducible energy fields that are continuously changing and interacting.
Correct answer: An irreducible whole in continuous interaction with the environment- A. Orlando's nursing process theory
- B. Levine's conservation model
- C. Johnson's behavioral system model
- D. Rogers' unitary human beings theory
Explanation: Orlando's theory requires the nurse to explore the patient's behavior, identify the nurse's immediate reaction and validate its meaning…
Correct answer: Orlando's nursing process theory- A. Factors that influence health-promoting behaviors
- B. Stages of adaptation after a stressful stimulus
- C. Protection from environmental stressors and instability
- D. The nurse's role in restoring physical independence
Explanation: Pender's model explains how personal experiences, perceived benefits, perceived barriers and self-efficacy influence health-promoting…
Correct answer: Factors that influence health-promoting behaviors- A. Meaning
- B. Homeostasis
- C. Dependency
- D. Environmental control
Explanation: Parse's theory emphasizes that people create meaning, pattern their relationships and transcend situations.
Correct answer: Meaning- A. Joyce Travelbee
- B. Dorothy Johnson
- C. Myra Levine
- D. Dorothea Orem
Explanation: Travelbee described nursing as a human-to-human relationship in which the nurse helps the person find meaning in illness and suffering.
Correct answer: Joyce Travelbee- A. Primary prevention
- B. Secondary prevention
- C. Tertiary prevention
- D. Rehabilitative prevention
Explanation: Primary prevention occurs before a stressor reaction develops and aims to strengthen the person's defenses.
Correct answer: Primary prevention- A. Henderson's basic needs approach
- B. Orem's wholly compensatory system
- C. Roy's cognator coping subsystem
- D. Peplau's resolution phase
Explanation: Henderson identified basic needs that support independence, including breathing, nutrition, movement and communication.
Correct answer: Henderson's basic needs approach- A. A theory is generally more specific and testable than a conceptual model
- B. A conceptual model always includes more measurable variables than a theory
- C. A theory is only a personal opinion and cannot guide nursing practice
- D. A conceptual model is limited to one patient and cannot organize nursing care
Explanation: Conceptual models provide broad, organized views of nursing phenomena, whereas theories usually state more specific relationships that can…
Correct answer: A theory is generally more specific and testable than a conceptual model- A. Novice
- B. Advanced beginner
- C. Competent
- D. Proficient
Explanation: A novice has little or no experience in the clinical situation and relies on rules and supervision.
Correct answer: Novice- A. Leininger's transcultural nursing theory
- B. Benner's skill acquisition model
- C. Hall's care, core and cure model
- D. Abdellah's nursing problems model
Explanation: Leininger's theory focuses on culturally congruent care that fits the patient's values, beliefs and lifeways.
Correct answer: Leininger's transcultural nursing theory- A. Orlando's nursing process theory
- B. Rogers' unitary human beings theory
- C. Levine's conservation model
- D. Pender's health promotion model
Explanation: Orlando's theory emphasises the nurse's reaction to patient behaviour, validation of its meaning and deliberate nursing action.
Correct answer: Orlando's nursing process theory