MRCP UK EXAMINATIONS

NEUROLOGY

PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following is Virginia Henderson’s definition of nursing?
A
Nursing is an art and science that is humanistic and humanitarian.
B
Nursing is a participation in care, core and cure aspects of patient care, where CARE is the sole function of nurses
C
The unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual, sick or well, in the performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery (or to peaceful death).
D
Nursing is an interpersonal, therapeutic process that takes place when professionals, specifically educated to be nurses, engage in therapeutic relationships with people who are in need of health services.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Her major contribution was to define nursing as ‘assisting individuals to gain independence in relation to the performance of activities contributing to health or its recovery’.

Detailed explanation-2: -Which statement about Henderson’s theory of nursing care is correct? Henderson’s self-care deficit theory focuses on the client’s self-care needs. Henderson’s theory is based on stress and the client’s reaction to the stressor.

Detailed explanation-3: -She described the nurse’s role as substitutive (doing for the person), supplementary (helping the person), complementary (working with the person), with the goal of helping the person become as independent as possible. Henderson focused on individual care.

Detailed explanation-4: -The four major concepts addressed in the theory are the individual, the environment, health, and nursing. According to Henderson, individuals have basic needs that are components of health. They may require assistance to achieve health and independence, or assistance to achieve a peaceful death.

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