20 UNIT I FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING PRACTICE
Copyright © 2011 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Study Guide for Fundamentals of Nursing:a.b.c.4.List typical questions that should be part of a
family assessment.
a.b.c.APPLYING YOUR KNOWLEDGE
CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS
1.Volunteer some of your time at a local home-
less shelter or any other service-oriented
organization. Identify the individual
immediate and long-term needs of the indi-
viduals served. List each of these needs in
order of importance. What can be done to
help promote health in these individuals?
Explain how you could attempt to providethe following basic needs for the individuals
served:
a.Physiologic needs:
b.Safety and security needs:
c.Love and belonging needs:
d.Self-esteem needs:
e.Self-actualization needs:
2.Review the lifestyles of some of the characters
in your favorite TV dramas. Identify their risk
factors, and give an example of a character at
risk for each of the following:
a.Lifestyle
b.Social/psychological
c.Environmental
d.Biologic
Describe an appropriate nursing response for
each example noted above.REFLECTIVE PRACTICE USING CRITICAL
THINKING SKILLS
Use the following expanded scenario from
Chapter 4 in your textbook to answer the
questions below.
Scenario:Samuel Kaplan is an 80-year-old man
who walks with a cane after recent knee surgery.
His wife, aged 76 years, was diagnosed with
Alzheimer’s disease 1 year ago. The couple has
no family living nearby, but a son lives with his
wife and children about 200 miles away. After it
is suggested that his wife be admitted to a nurs-
ing home, Mr. Kaplan breaks into tears and says,
“I don’t think I can continue to care for my wife
at home anymore. But how can I even consider
putting her in a nursing home?”
1.What basic human needs should be addressed
by the nurse to provide individualized, holistic
care for Mr. Kaplan?2.What would a successful outcome be for this
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