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Access the Marlaine Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice, 4th Edition Test Bank – converted, fully updated for 2026/2027. This resource provides comprehensive NCLEX-style questions with verified answers and detailed rationales, covering all major nursing theories, models of care, application to clinical practice, and integration into nursing interventions and patient care planning. Designed for nursing students and educators, this test bank enhances understanding of nursing theory, reinforces practical application, and ensures readiness for exams and assessments.

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Marlaine:
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Edition Test
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Chapter 1: Nursing Theory and the Discipline of Nursing

Multiple Choice

1. The purpose of theory is to:___________________________

A. Explain experience.
B. Describe relationships.
C. Project outcomes.
D. All of the above
CORRECT ANSWER: D

2. Members of a community of scholars share a commitment to all of the following except:_____
A. Values.
B. Knowledge.
C. Geographic location.
D. Processes.
CORRECT ANSWER: C

3. and structures are essential to any

discipline and are inherent in nursing theories.

A. Paradigm and metaparadigm
B. Syntactical and conceptual
C. Middle and grand
D. Language and symbol

CORRECT ANSWER: B

4. Books and periodicals are examples of:

A. Communication networks.
B. Heritage of literature.
C. Nursing organizations.
D. Nursing discipline.
CORRECT ANSWER: B

5. The basic building blocks of theories are:

A. Concepts and their definitions.
B. Statements of relationships.
C. Concepts and statements of relationships.
D. Empirical indicators.
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CORRECT ANSWER: C

6. Nursing theories:
A. Are discovered in nature.
B. Serve as exact representations of reality.
C. Are invented by humans.
D. Cannot be modified.

CORRECT ANSWER: C

7. A paradigm is defined as a:

A. Worldview.
B. General framework.
C. Set of shared perspectives held by members of a discipline.
D. All of the above

CORRECT ANSWER: D

8. The dependence of nursing theory development on human imagination is an attribute of nursing as a(n):
A. Occupation.
B. Discipline.
C. Vocation.
D. Profession.

CORRECT ANSWER: B

9. The primary purpose of nursing theory is to:

A. Structure nursing knowledge.
B. Demonstrate creativity in nursing.
C. Guide the thinking about, being, and doing of nursing.
D. Organize nursing curricula.

CORRECT ANSWER: C

10. The first nursing theorist who identified the importance of theory in nursing was:

A. Virginia Henderson.
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C. Lydia Hall.
D. Florence Nightingale.

CORRECT ANSWER: D

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