PPN 101 WEEK 4 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is a Paradigm - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- patterns of shared understanding; a world view
- theories are often based on paradigms
-paradigm shift
- nurses can communicate their world view
Whats the meta-paradigm - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- area of interest or concern to a discipline
-most global appreciation
Key Concepts of the Nursing meta-paradigm - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-person: client/patient
-health: the process of living and dying
-environment: physical and social
- nursing: anything you do on behave of the patient
What is a concept - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- a general idea or mental notion that represents some
aspect of our experience and our world
What is a theory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅sets of ideas (concepts) used to describe, explain or predict
the physical and social worlds
- contributes to body of knowledge
- concepts are the building blocks of a theory
Meta-paradigm Concept: Person - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Subject dynamic changes in understanding-
over time
- includes individuals, groups of people, families and communities
-Each person, family and community has distinct physical, psychological, social, spiritual, cultural and
development characteristics
Meta-paradigm Concept: Health - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- a subjective team that is determined by each
person or community
What is a Paradigm - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- patterns of shared understanding; a world view
- theories are often based on paradigms
-paradigm shift
- nurses can communicate their world view
Whats the meta-paradigm - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- area of interest or concern to a discipline
-most global appreciation
Key Concepts of the Nursing meta-paradigm - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-person: client/patient
-health: the process of living and dying
-environment: physical and social
- nursing: anything you do on behave of the patient
What is a concept - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- a general idea or mental notion that represents some
aspect of our experience and our world
What is a theory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅sets of ideas (concepts) used to describe, explain or predict
the physical and social worlds
- contributes to body of knowledge
- concepts are the building blocks of a theory
Meta-paradigm Concept: Person - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Subject dynamic changes in understanding-
over time
- includes individuals, groups of people, families and communities
-Each person, family and community has distinct physical, psychological, social, spiritual, cultural and
development characteristics
Meta-paradigm Concept: Health - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- a subjective team that is determined by each
person or community
