The student nurse is planning care for a patient who believes that Western medicine is effective but not always accurate. Nursing theory would best explain the patient's health practices?
a. Nursing: Human Science and Human Care
b. Cultural Care Theory
c. Human-to-Human Relationship Model
d. Five Caring Processes
ANS: B
Leininger describes patient care and its relationship to cultural diversity. Swanson's five caring processes include maintaining belief, knowing, being with, doing for, and enabling. Travelbee's Human-to-Human Relationship Model describes steps toward compassionate and empathetic care. Watson's theory of Human Science and Human Care impacts both the person and the universe and is built upon 10 carative factors.
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