NFDN 1100 - Nursing Theory, Ethics, and Practice Final Exam Questions Answered Correctly
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What are the four main components of the nursing metaparadigm? - Answers Client, Nurse,
Health, Environment
What are the eight subcomponents of the nursing metaparadigm? - Answers Competence,
Nursing process, Leadership, Communication, Safety, Professionalism, Critical Thinking,
Reflection
What is critical thinking? - Answers Purposeful & reflective reasoning examining ideas,
assumptions, beliefs, principles, conclusions, and actions
What is the function of the Canada Health Act? - Answers Sets the rules the province must
follow
What are the principles of the Canada Health Act? - Answers Public Administration,
Comprehensiveness, Accessibility, Portability, Universality
Define Public Administration in the context of the Canada Health Act. - Answers Health care
must be administered and operated on a nonprofit basis
Define Comprehensiveness in the context of the Canada Health Act. - Answers Health care
must cover all medically necessary hospital and physician services
Define Accessibility in the context of the Canada Health Act. - Answers Insured residents must
have reasonable access to medically necessary services regardless of income, age, health
status, gender, or location
Define Portability in the context of the Canada Health Act. - Answers Coverage for insured
services must be maintained when an insured person moves or travels within or outside Canada
Define Universality in the context of the Canada Health Act. - Answers Every permanent resident
is entitled to receive insured health care services on uniform terms
What are the five strategies of The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion? - Answers Building
healthy public policy, Creating supportive environments, Strengthening community action,
Developing personal skills, Reorienting health services
What did The Epp Report focus on? - Answers Reducing inequities, Increasing prevention,
Enhancing coping mechanisms
What are the 14 determinants of health? - Answers Income and income distribution, Education,
Unemployment and job security, Employment and working conditions, Early childhood
development, Food insecurity, Housing, Social exclusion, Social safety network, Health services,
Indigenous status, Gender, Race, Disability
, What are the three levels of health care? - Answers Primary, Secondary, Tertiary
What is primary health care? - Answers First contact of a client with the health care system,
including physicians and NPs
What is secondary health care? - Answers Specialized care provided by a physician related to
diagnosis
What is tertiary health care? - Answers Specialized, technical care for diagnosis and treatment
How is nursing defined? - Answers A profession committed to public service requiring
specialized knowledge and high responsibility
Who is known as the founder of professional nursing? - Answers Florence Nightingale
Where was the first nursing school in Canada? - Answers St. Catherine's, 1874
Who was responsible for educational reform of nursing in Canada? - Answers Mary Agnes
Snively
What is nursing theory? - Answers A conceptualization of some aspect of nursing that describes,
predicts, explains, and prescribes nursing care
What are the four components of nursing theory? - Answers Phenomenon, Concepts,
Operational definition, Assumptions
What are the five different types of nursing theories? - Answers Practice-based, Needs,
Interactionist, Simultaneity, Systems
What does growth encompass? - Answers Physical changes across a person's lifespan
What does development include? - Answers Biological, cognitive, and socio-emotional factors
What is moral reasoning? - Answers How individuals view the rules of ethical or moral conduct
What is moral development? - Answers The ability to distinguish between right and wrong
What is theory? - Answers That which explains a phenomenon.
What are the 4 components of nursing theory? - Answers Phenomenon, concepts, operational
definition, assumptions.
What is a phenomenon in nursing theory? - Answers An aspect of reality that can be consciously
sensed or experienced.
What are concepts in nursing theory? - Answers Something formed in the mind.
What is an operational definition in nursing theory? - Answers Concepts applied to decision
Latest Update 2026/2027
What are the four main components of the nursing metaparadigm? - Answers Client, Nurse,
Health, Environment
What are the eight subcomponents of the nursing metaparadigm? - Answers Competence,
Nursing process, Leadership, Communication, Safety, Professionalism, Critical Thinking,
Reflection
What is critical thinking? - Answers Purposeful & reflective reasoning examining ideas,
assumptions, beliefs, principles, conclusions, and actions
What is the function of the Canada Health Act? - Answers Sets the rules the province must
follow
What are the principles of the Canada Health Act? - Answers Public Administration,
Comprehensiveness, Accessibility, Portability, Universality
Define Public Administration in the context of the Canada Health Act. - Answers Health care
must be administered and operated on a nonprofit basis
Define Comprehensiveness in the context of the Canada Health Act. - Answers Health care
must cover all medically necessary hospital and physician services
Define Accessibility in the context of the Canada Health Act. - Answers Insured residents must
have reasonable access to medically necessary services regardless of income, age, health
status, gender, or location
Define Portability in the context of the Canada Health Act. - Answers Coverage for insured
services must be maintained when an insured person moves or travels within or outside Canada
Define Universality in the context of the Canada Health Act. - Answers Every permanent resident
is entitled to receive insured health care services on uniform terms
What are the five strategies of The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion? - Answers Building
healthy public policy, Creating supportive environments, Strengthening community action,
Developing personal skills, Reorienting health services
What did The Epp Report focus on? - Answers Reducing inequities, Increasing prevention,
Enhancing coping mechanisms
What are the 14 determinants of health? - Answers Income and income distribution, Education,
Unemployment and job security, Employment and working conditions, Early childhood
development, Food insecurity, Housing, Social exclusion, Social safety network, Health services,
Indigenous status, Gender, Race, Disability
, What are the three levels of health care? - Answers Primary, Secondary, Tertiary
What is primary health care? - Answers First contact of a client with the health care system,
including physicians and NPs
What is secondary health care? - Answers Specialized care provided by a physician related to
diagnosis
What is tertiary health care? - Answers Specialized, technical care for diagnosis and treatment
How is nursing defined? - Answers A profession committed to public service requiring
specialized knowledge and high responsibility
Who is known as the founder of professional nursing? - Answers Florence Nightingale
Where was the first nursing school in Canada? - Answers St. Catherine's, 1874
Who was responsible for educational reform of nursing in Canada? - Answers Mary Agnes
Snively
What is nursing theory? - Answers A conceptualization of some aspect of nursing that describes,
predicts, explains, and prescribes nursing care
What are the four components of nursing theory? - Answers Phenomenon, Concepts,
Operational definition, Assumptions
What are the five different types of nursing theories? - Answers Practice-based, Needs,
Interactionist, Simultaneity, Systems
What does growth encompass? - Answers Physical changes across a person's lifespan
What does development include? - Answers Biological, cognitive, and socio-emotional factors
What is moral reasoning? - Answers How individuals view the rules of ethical or moral conduct
What is moral development? - Answers The ability to distinguish between right and wrong
What is theory? - Answers That which explains a phenomenon.
What are the 4 components of nursing theory? - Answers Phenomenon, concepts, operational
definition, assumptions.
What is a phenomenon in nursing theory? - Answers An aspect of reality that can be consciously
sensed or experienced.
What are concepts in nursing theory? - Answers Something formed in the mind.
What is an operational definition in nursing theory? - Answers Concepts applied to decision
