MRCP UK EXAMINATIONS

NEUROLOGY

PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The most important impact of Abdellah’s theory to the nursing practice is that it helped transform the focus of the profession from being ____ to ____
A
disease-centered; client-centered
B
client-centered; disease-centered
C
disease-centered; nursing-centered
D
nursing-centered; client-centered
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The most important impact of Abdellah’s theory to the nursing practice is that it helped transform the focus of the profession from being ‘disease-centered’ to ‘patient-centered’. The steps of the nursing process are assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation.

Detailed explanation-2: -The most important impact of this theory to the nursing practice is that it helped transform the focus from being “disease-centered” to “patient-cenetered". Abdellah involves the Typology of 21 Nursing Problems in the Nursing Process: assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.

Detailed explanation-3: -This theory is a conceptual model mainly concerned with patient’s needs and the role of nurses in problem identification using a problem analysis approach.

Detailed explanation-4: -She uses the term ‘she’ for nurses, ‘he’ for doctors and patients, and refers to the object of nursing as ‘patient’ rather than client or consumer. She referred to Nursing diagnosis during a time when nurses were taught that diagnosis was not a nurses’ prerogative.

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