The nurse observes a patient pacing around the room. The patient expresses concern that being hospitalized will cause lost wages and create economic problems. The nurse infers that the patient is anxious, which the patient confirms
The nurse could be basing care on the theory of
a.
Leininger
b.
Neuman
c.
Orlando
d.
Peplau
ANS: C
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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