Potter: Fundamentals of Nursing, 11th Edition
Chapter 07: Caring in Nursing Practice
Case Study
Mrs. Walters is a 43-year-old woman admitted to the psychiatric unit for major
depressive disorder. She has voiced a suicidal plan in detail to her husband, which
prompted Mr. Walters to seek help for her.
Monica is the nursing student assigned to Mrs. Walters. Mrs. Walters tells Monica, “I’m
so overwhelmed at home…three children and no help. My husband travels for work and
is rarely around. I’m basically a single parent. I just can’t take it anymore. I want to go to
sleep and never wake up again.”
1. Monica reflects on Mrs. Walters’ situation and what she can do to help. Which
theoretical view on caring raises the nurse’s consciousness about what it means
to be a nurse?
A. Watson’s Transpersonal Caring
B. Swanson’s Theory of Caring
C. Leininger’s Transcultural Caring
D. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
2. To listen effectively, Monica must silence her mouth and her ___________ to
provide Mrs. Walters with the best care possible.
3. Monica explores Mrs. Walters’ spiritual health. Spiritual health occurs when a
person finds a balance between his or her own self-actualization, needs, and
priorities and those of others.
A. True
B. False
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