A client is hypertensive, and the doctor prescribes weight reduction
The client is excited about beginning the diet, but on arriving home the spouse states, "You have always been fat, and I am not going to starve because you can't control yourself." The client becomes anxious and is unable to participate in the diet plan, resulting in a weight gain of 5 pounds in 2 weeks. Which theorist could best be referred to for guidance regarding interventions in this situation?
a. Martha E. Rogers
b. Hildegard E. Peplau
c. Florence Nightingale
d. Myra Estrin Levine
ANS: B
Correct: Hildegard Peplau's theory describes interpersonal relations as a nursing process. Nursing intervention in Peplau's model focuses on reducing related incapacitating stressors through therapeutic interpersonal interaction.
Incorrect:
a. Martha Rogers' theory is based on humans as energy fields that interact constantly with the environment.
c. Florence Nightingale's theory of practice is based on environmental adaptation.
d. Myra Levine proposed the conservation model, which comprises four conservation principles of inpatient resources: energy, structural integrity, personal integrity, and social integrity.
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