Wiedenbach Explains Her Prescriptive Theory in Her Book, Meeting the Realities

question 5

Multiple Choice

Wiedenbach explains her prescriptive theory in her book, Meeting the Realities in Clinical Teaching (1969) . Select the answer that represents the BEST explanation of her perspective theory.

• A) Nursing process allows the nurse to employ a standard process in selecting appropriate interventions.
• B) Account must be taken of the motivating factors that influence the nurse not only in doing what she does but also in doing it the way she does it with the realities that exist in the situation in which she is functioning.
• C) This theory proposes 14 functional components of basic nursing care.
• D) Nursing entails the diagnosis and treatment of illness.