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Chapter 1: Nursing Science and Theory: Scientific Underpinnings for Practice
Multiple Choice
1. Which metaparadigm concept is generally accepted as part of the body of knowledge in
nursing?
a. Illness
b. Environment
c. Chronicity
d. Patient
Answer: b
2. Which type of approach is translational science?
a. Laissez-faire
b. Intellectual
c. Intraprofessional
d. Multidisciplinary
Answer: d
3. Which factors are essential to scientific advancement?
a. Abstract thought, intuition, judgement, and experience
b. Scientific process, assessment, life-long learning, empathy
c. Clinical reasoning, intuition, technology, government funding
d. Critical thinking, practice, scientific knowledge, theoretical process
Answer: a
4. Which are the foci of the scientific foundation of nursing practice?
a. Natural and social sciences
b. Illness and recovery phenomena
c. Health processes and environment
d. Observation and measurement processes
Answer: a
5. Which category of nursing theories best supports advanced practice?
a. Grand theories
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b. Middle-range theories
c. Post-positivistic theories
d. Practice inquiry theories
Answer: b
6. Which option best describes theory-guided practice?
a. Using theoretical boundaries to guide nursing practice within the philosophy of nursing
b. Using ethics-based theories to guide advanced nursing practice in independent practice
c. Using models, concepts, and theories from nursing and other disciplines for practice
d. Using evidence and developing research to support advanced practice nursing roles
Answer: c
7. The American Nurses Association (ANA) Code for Nurses is grounded in which model of
ethical decision-making?
a. Empathy-based model
b. Principle-based model
c. Paternalism-based model
d. Values-based model
Answer: b
8. Which differentiates the DNP nurse’s practice from a physician’s practice?
a. Nursing theory
b. Analytical reasoning
c. Diagnostic approach
d. Organizational structure
Answer: a
9. Which role does the doctorally prepared nurse assume with regard to ethical dilemmas?
a. Seeking clarification of ethical decisions
b. Reporting ethical dilemmas for review
c. Actively addressing ethical decisions
d. Recognizing ethical dilemmas in practice
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10. The DNP nurse feels his survey research study is exempt from review. Who will make the
final determination about the status of the study?
a. The research team
b. The DNP nurse
c. The hospital ethics committee
d. The IRB chairperson
Answer: d
True/False
11. True or False? Myra Levine’s Conservation theory indicates that nursing’s role is to support
the human process of adaptation to achieve the goal of conservation.
Answer: True
12. True or False? Johnson’s behavioral systems approach indicates that people and groups use
coping processes to adapt to, interact with, transform, and be transformed by their environment.
Answer: False
13. True or False? Nursing theory helps to organize nursing knowledge.
Answer: True
14. True or False? One model of transcultural nursing is Leininger’s Sunrise Model.
Answer: True
15. True or False? Nursing is an applied science concerned with using concepts learned in related
disciplines.
Answer: False
16. True or False? Organizational structure plays an important role in nursing practice.
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