Study Guide for Fundamentals of Nursing The Art and Science of Nursing Care

5.List one example from your experience as a

nurse that exemplifies the use of the following

strategies for developing self-esteem into your

practice.

a.Dispel the myth that it is necessary to

know all there is to know about nursing to

be a good nurse:

b.Realistically evaluate strengths and weak-

nesses:

c. Accentuate the positive:

d.Develop a conscious plan for changing

weaknesses into strengths:

e.Work to develop team self-esteem:

f. Actively demonstrate your commitment to

nursing and concern about the nursing

profession’s public image:

6.Describe how you would record a self-concept

assessment, using your own personal

strengths as an example.

7.Give an example of an interview question

you could use to assess self-concept in the

following areas.

a.Personal identity:

b.Patient strengths:

c. Body image:

d.Self-esteem:

e.Role performance:

8.Write a sample nursing diagnosis and goal for

the following disturbances in self-concept.

a.A 42-year-old woman is anxious about dis-

figurement from her mastectomy.

Diagnosis:

Patient goal:

b.A teen is anxious about being able to cope

with pregnancy.

Diagnosis:

Patient goal:

c. A 76-year-old man stops taking care of his

physical needs because he doesn’t want

to go on with life without his recently

deceased spouse.

Diagnosis:

Patient goal:

d.A parent doesn’t know how to teach a

child who is being ridiculed by his peers

in school how to establish self-esteem.

Diagnosis:

Patient goal:

e.A battered woman feels her situation is

hopeless and believes she deserves to be

abused because she is so weak.

Diagnosis:

Patient goal:

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