Joanne Duffy Was Inspired to Create the Quality-Caring Model by What

question 9

Multiple Choice

Joanne Duffy was inspired to create the quality-caring model by what she saw as:

• A) the marginalization of caring behaviors as greater emphasis began to be placed on procedures, tasks, technology, and cost containment.
• B) a measurable drop in the quality of patient outcomes as nurses focused more on caring than on clinical competency.
• C) the complete disconnect between caring behaviors and the quality of patient outcomes.
• D) the lack of a one-size-fits-all approach to caring for patients of all types.

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Definitions:

Basic Needs

Fundamental requirements that serve as the foundation for survival, including physiological needs such as food, water, shelter, and safety.

Hierarchy

A system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.

Maslow

Abraham Maslow, a psychologist known for creating Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which is a theory of psychological health predicated on fulfilling innate human needs in priority, culminating in self-actualization.

Unconscious Fixations

Deeply held impulses or patterns of thought rooted in one's subconscious mind, influencing behavior or attitudes.