The nurse is caring for a young Hispanic patient after surgery. The patient hesitates when the nurse asks about meal selections from the menu
When the parents return, the nurse asks them what foods are eaten when one is ill. The nurse could be basing care on the theory of
a.
Leininger.
b.
Neuman.
c.
Orlando.
d.
Peplau.
ANS: A
A
Leininger encouraged nurses to use creativity to discover cultural aspects of human needs and use these findings to make culturally congruent therapeutic decisions.
B
Neuman focused on the person and the environment as systems.
C
Orlando's theory proposes how nurses process their observations of patient behavior and how they react to patients on the basis of inferences from patients' behavior.
D
Peplau focused on what happens between the nurse and patient in a therapeutic relationship. It is through the relationship that the patient is helped to deal with health issues.
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