The nurse adjusts the patient's room to allow the patient to see the sunlight out the window and checks the patient's diet tray to ensure a balanced diet. The nurse could be basing care on the philosophy of
a. Henderson.
b. Nightingale.
c. Roy.
d. Watson.
ANS: B
A
Henderson identified 14 basic needs as a general focus for patient care. She proposed that these needs shaped the fundamental elements of nursing care.
B
Nightingale believed that the health of patients was related to their environment. She recognized the importance of clean air and water, adequate ventilation and sunlight, a balanced diet, and cleanliness.
C
Roy focused on the individual as a biopsychosocial adaptive system and described nursing as a humanistic discipline that emphasized the person's adaptive abilities.
D
Watson's carative factors guide nurses who use transpersonal caring in practice. She believes that nurses have the responsibility for creating and maintaining an environment supporting human caring while recognizing and providing for patients' primary human requirements.
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