Dimensions Exam 2 study guide

Chapter 3:

1. What can be expected of a system that has a high degree of nonsummativity?

A) There is a low degree of interdependence

of components.

B) The system goes from the complex to the

simple.

C) Little exchange takes place between the

system and the environment.

D) There is a high degree of interdependence

of components.

D

2. How can most living organisms be classified in general systems theory?

A) Open systems

B) Closed systems

C) Subsystems

D) Macrosystems

A

3. Identify the major component for the maintenance of health used in the Roy Adaptation

Model of nursing.

A) Systems

B) Lack of illness

C) Adaptation

D) Use of medicine

C

4. “Stimuli” in the Roy Adaptation Model is synonymous with which element in systems

theory?

A) Output

B) Feedback

C) Input

D) Coping

C

5. How is health described in the Roy Adaptation Model of nursing?

A) A continuum

B) A lack of illness

C) A state or process of being and becoming

an integrated, whole person

 1 / 3

D) A state of physical and mental well-being

C

6. Identify the two concepts upon which the framework for assessment is based in the Roy

Adaptation Model of nursing.

A) Cognator and regulator

B) Input and stimuli

C) Output and behavioral responses

D) Focal and contextual

A

7. In the Roy Adaptation Model of nursing, the second-level assessment modes are most

closely related to which part of the system?

A) Input

B) Output

C) Ventral system

D) Feedback loop

B

8. Why is it important for nurses to understand and use a nursing theory or model in

practice?

A) Nurses with this knowledge automatically

provide higher quality care.

B) Understanding models of theories

demonstrates a nurse’s knowledge level.

C) Keeping within the practice limits

provided by a model or theory protects

nurses from legal action because of failure

to follow the scope of nursing practice.

D) Using models or theories of nursing aids

practitioners in providing their care in an

organized manner.

D

9. Identify the four concepts that are common in most nursing theories.

A) Client, health, environment, nursing

B) Care, adaptation, system, cure

C) Nurse, physician, client, other providers

D) Hospital, nursing home, clinic,

physician’s office

A

10. What belief forms the basis for the Orem Self-Care Model?

A) The nurse helps the client adapt to his or

 2 / 3

her illness.

B) The primary goal of health care is cure of

the client.

C) Health care is the responsibility of each

individual.

D) Health-care goals must be established for

each client.

C

11. Identify the primary goal of nursing in the Orem Self-Care Model.

A) Reestablish the absolute state of health the

client had before his or her illness.

B) Help the client conduct self-care activities

to reach the highest level of functioning.

C) Prevent further injury to the client’s

biosystems.

D) Help balance technological care with

humanistic aspects of care.

B

12. Select a major contribution that King’s model made to the practice of nursing.

A) Formalization of the use of goals to guide

client care

B) Introduction of the concept of care as a

key element in nursing care

C) Use of the idea of adaptation as an

important client goal

D) Integration of systems theory into nursing

care

A

13. What aspect of Watson’s Model of Human Caring distinguishes it from most other

nursing models?

A) Understanding health as a dynamic state

rather than a static goal

B) Viewing nursing as a process to help

clients achieve their greatest potential

rather than as a curing profession

C) Use of a philosophical approach rather

than a systems theory approach

D) Defining environment as both internal and

external rather than just external

C

Powered by qwivy(www.qwivy.org)

 3 / 3