1. Which role does a nurse play when helping clients to identify and clarify

health problems and to choose appropriate courses of action to solve those

problems?:

Answer:

Counselor

As a counselor, the nurse helps clients identify and clarify health problems and

choose appropriate courses of action to solve those problems. As an educator,

the nurse teaches clients and their families to assume responsibility for their own

health care. A nurse acts as a change agent within a family system or as a mediator

for problems within a client's community; this involves identifying and

implementing new and more effective approaches to problems. As a case manager,

the nurse establishes an appropriate plan of care on the basis of assessment

findings and coordinates needed resources and services for the client's well-being

along a continuum of care.

2. The nurse is caring for a client who is in pain following surgery. The nurse

informs the primary health care provider about the client's request for pain

medication. What is the role of the nurse in this situation?:

Answer:

Advocate

The nurse acts as a client advocate by speaking to the primary health care provider

on behalf of the client. The nurse acts as an educator while teaching the client

facts about health and the need for routine care activities. The nurse manager uses

appropriate leadership styles to create a nursing environment for client-centered

care. The nurse administrator manages client care and delivery of specific nursing

services within a health care agency.

3. Which definition is involved in the caring process called knowing according

to Swanson's theory of caring?:

Answer:

Striving to understand an event as it has meaning in the life of the other

In Swanson's theory of caring process, knowing involves striving to understand an

event as it has meaning in the life of another. The definition of being emotionally

present for the other is related to the caring process called being with. The

definition of sustaining faith in the other's capacity to get through an event or