Chapter 13 ‘Doing For’ Versus ‘Being With’

Chapter 13  ‘Doing For’ Versus ‘Being With’

Complete Chapter Questions And Answers
 

Sample Questions

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Which of the following represents an intrinsic barrier to caring and learning ways to provide family care?
1.
Understaffing
2.
Fear of not knowing what to say to a family
3.
Advances in technology
4.
Cultural upbringing

ANS: 2

Feedback
1
Understaffing is an extrinsic barrier to caring.
2
Fear is a good example of an intrinsic barrier, or one that originates from within the nurse.
3
Technological advances are extrinsic barriers to caring.
4
Culture represents an outside force, or extrinsic barrier to caring.

PTS: 1
KEY: Content Area: Analyze perceived barriers to cultivating caring relationships | Integrated Process: Caring | Client Need: Psychosocial Integrity | Cognitive Level: Comprehension | Question Type: Multiple Choice

2. Which of the following represents an extrinsic barrier to caring and learning ways to provide family care?
1.
An attitude that caring is innate and cannot be learned
2.
An assumption that family care takes too much time
3.
Fear of becoming too involved with the individual or family
4.
An expectation to meet workplace outcomes

ANS: 4

Feedback
1
Nurse attitudes represent intrinsic barriers to caring.
2
Assumptions made by the nurse represent intrinsic barriers to caring.
3
The nurses fears represent intrinsic barriers to caring.
4
Expectations from others in the workplace are extrinsic to the nurse but can act as barriers to caring.

PTS: 1
KEY: Content Area: Analyze perceived barriers to cultivating caring relationships | Integrated Process: Caring | Client Need: Psychosocial Integrity | Cognitive Level: Comprehension | Question Type: Multiple Choice

3. What can the nurse do to overcome extrinsic barriers to caring?
1.
Employ active listening skills with individuals and families.
2.
Ask the family to identify their most important goal for well-being.
3.
Sign up for the hospital committee on obtaining Magnet status.
4.
Maintain a journal on personal insights about family interactions.

ANS: 3

Feedback
1
Active listening skills can be used to overcome intrinsic barriers to caring.
2
Setting family goals is one way a nurse cares for patients and families.
3
Working on a hospital committee to create change in the workplace could help overcome extrinsic barriers to caring.
4
Maintaining a journal would be one way a nurse might work to overcome intrinsic barriers to caring.

PTS: 1
KEY: Content Area: Analyze perceived barriers to cultivating caring relationships | Integrated Process: Caring | Client Need: Psychosocial Integrity | Cognitive Level: Comprehension | Question Type: Multiple Choice

4. Which of the following personal strengths enhance caring relationships?
1.
Willingness to engage in regular self-reflection
2.
Being an early adopter of technology
3.
Efficiency in completing a variety of nursing tasks
4.
Paying attention to finishing tasks in a timely manner

ANS: 1

Feedback
1
Regular self-reflection helps the nurse to identify personal strengths and limitations that can enhance or detract from establishing caring relationships.
2
Adopting technology does not represent a personal strength that could enhance caring relationships.
3
Being efficient is not a personal strength that could be used to enhance caring relationships.
4
Finishing tasks in a timely manner does not represent a personal strength that could be used to enhance caring relationships.

PTS: 1
KEY: Content Area: Examine personal strengths and limitations that enhance or threaten caring relationships | Integrated Process: Caring | Client Need: Psychosocial Integrity | Cognitive Level: Comprehension | Question Type: Multiple Choice