NR501 Week 8: Nursing Theory Quiz
Week 8: Nursing Theory Quiz
Question 1
A statement of beliefs and values about human beings and their world is:
An assumption
A concept
A hypothesis
A philosophy
Question 2
A set of logically interrelated concepts, statements, propositions, and definitions ...
NR501-61509
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Week 8: Nursing Theory Quiz Chamberlain University
Question 1
A statement of beliefs and values about human beings and their world is:
A philosophy
Definition of the term philosophy from McEwen & Wills textbook (5th ed) pg 28.
Question 2
A set of logically interrelated concepts, statements, propositions, and definitions supported by data, testing, and verification to account for or characterize some phenomena is called: A theory
Definition of the term theory from McEwen & Wills textbook (5th ed) pg. 28
Question 3
__________ is a theory that has been developed by another discipline (not nursing) but may be adapted to use in nursing and other fields
Borrowed theory
Definition of a borrowed theory from McEwen & Wills text books (5th ed) pg. 27A Borrowed theory is a theory developed in another discipline but applied to the practice of nursing.
Question 4
The most abstract and general component of the structural hierarchy of nursing knowledge is called:
A metaparadigm
Definition of metaparadigm from the McEwen & Wills 5th ed pg. 27
Question 5
A theory that has been developed by a nurse to account for a phenomenon or concern related to nursing is: A nursing theory McEwan & Wills pg. 40 NR501-61509
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Week 8: Nursing Theory Quiz Chamberlain University
Question 6
The nursing paradigm identifies four concepts of interest to the nursing profession. These four concepts are: The person, health, environment/situation, and nursing
Description, explanation, prediction, and prescription of an interrelationship of nursing McEwen & Wills (5th ed) pgs. 41-44 Question 7
A group of theories that are broad in scope, complex, and provide broad and abstract views about nursing are called: A grand theory
McEwen & Wills 5 th ed pg. 37 & chap. 6 Question 8
A group of theories that are more limited in scope, less abstract, reflect practice, and addresses a specific phenomenon are called: A middle range theory
McEwen & Wills (5th ed) pgs. 37-38 & Chap. 10
Question 9
A central construct in nursing would be:
Caring
Question 10
What do the following theories written by Watson, Swanson, Duffy, Boykin & Schoenhofer, and Hall have in common?
They focus on care and caring
Question 11
An example of a nursing theory would be: Benner's Novice to Expert theory
Question 12
True or False: Concepts are words or phrases that refer to or describe a phenomenon. True
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