ATI CAPSTONE QUIZ WITH ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS/A+
GRADE
Knowledge - ANSWER-Refers to awareness or perception of reality acquired
through insight, learning, or investigation.
knowledge - ANSWER-within a discipline, it is what we collectively see as a
reasonably accurate understanding of the world as envisioned by that DISCIPLINE
knowledge - ANSWER---tentative and can be expanded/refined over time.
Epistemology - ANSWER-Study of knowledge
Questions we ask for epistemology (study of knowledge) - ANSWER-what do we
know?
what is the extent of our knowledge?
how do we decide whether we know?
what are the criteria for knowledge?
ways we know-- - ANSWER-we need to know how we know- different kinds of
knowledge (hunch- intuitive knowledge, science- empiric knowledge, etc)
Empirics - ANSWER-Scientific knowledge coming from observation, testing, and
replication. (ex- helps is take accurate BP)
Personal knowledge - ANSWER-Knowledge gained through thought alone
(association/reflection, etc.)
Esthetic knowledge - ANSWER-Harmony, beauty, expression. Incorporates art,
creativity, and values (look at one piece of art, some think ugly, some think
beautiful)
,Intuitive knowledge - ANSWER-Feeling and hunches not guessing, but relies on
unconscious pattern recognition and experience. (gained over time and experience)
Moral and Ethical knowledge - ANSWER-What is right versus wrong. Values,
social and cultural norms.
(diff societies have different values and ethics, some other countries may even
have different ethical issues than US)
Somatic knowledge - ANSWER-Knowing the body in relation to physical
movement. Balance to perform task.
ex- knowing that is we move from one position to another we may fall
Theory - ANSWER-Set of interrelated concepts, statements, propositions, and
definitions, which have been derived from philosophical beliefs of scientific data
and from which questions and hypotheses can be deduced, tested, and verified
Theory - ANSWER-attempt to account for or characterize some phenomenon.
Imogene King's Theory of Goal Attainment and Transactional Process -
ANSWER-Grand theory.
Assumptions-
- Individuals are social beings, sentiment, rational and reacting (need alert and
oriented individuals who are capable of reacting effectively with nurse-- coma or
decrease neuro pt could not have this theory apply).
- Individuals are controlling, purposeful, actions and time-oriented in their
behavior.
King's Theory of Goal Attainment - ANSWER-Relationship statements:
Nurses and clients perceptions, judgments, and actions if congruent lead to goal
directed transactions if conflict is present they do not.
If nurse and client make transactions, goals will be attained.
,If role conflict is experienced by nurse or client or both, the stress in nurse-client
interactions will occur.
If transactions are made in nurse-client relationships, growth and development will
be enhanced.
King's Theory of Goal Attainment - ANSWER-concepts-
nursing, health, individuals, environment, perception, communication, interaction,
transaction, stress
- began simply and evolved over time-- testing occurs, research, continued building
of theory (another important ingredient to theory)
King's Theory of Goal Attainment - ANSWER-Overview: Individual is an open
system, one component of a nurse-client interpersonal system whose interactions
lead to the attainment of mutually agreed-upon goals
Key concept: The nurse and the client communicate, set goals, and explore means
to achieve these goals
Theory - ANSWER-- different types according to scope (different levels)
- disciplines tend to take ownership of theories considered unique to them
- nursing and non nursing theories used to guide our practice
- may have SHARED THEORIES (have a-lot of utility to make useful decisions)
Non nursing theory = general adaptation syndrome - ANSWER-social cognitive
theory
theory of planned behavior
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
Paradigm - ANSWER-Organizing framework that contains concept, theories,
assumptions, beliefs, values, principals, and affects the way a discipline interpreter
the subject matter or phenomenon of concern.
grand theories - ANSWER-theories that are all encompassing so large, hard to
handle, very broad, need to make smaller more concrete to use in practice)
, an attempt to explain large-scale relationships and answer fundamental questions
such as why societies form and why they change
Nursing Paradigm - ANSWER-Person, Health, Nursing, Environment (back and
forth between these 4)
Research - ANSWER-has multiple meanings
1) actual process of systemic inquiry to answer a research question (scientific
process)
2) outcomes of systemic inquiry (eg "research revealed..."
3) study of the process of systematic inquiry (eg take a research course)
need to be clear when looking at literature (what perspective, systemic inquiry,
outcomes of systemic inquiry)
Research - ANSWER-*** used to investigate speculative theory , refine and test,
the reliability and validity of established theory and ultimately generate new theory
Clinical reasoning - ANSWER-A cognitive process that allows us to think, identify
relationships, and form judgments about information.
Clinical reasoning - ANSWER-taking science/evidence and making determination
of (is it good for practice? is it providing quality care? was research performed
with pop. Similar? Astutely different?
Clinical reasoning - ANSWER-provides us with the basis for justification of our
actions
Clinical reasoning - ANSWER-important nursing skill that can intentionally be
developed as we develop more knowledge and its interrelationships to other
situations
Clinical reasoning - ANSWER-ex of _________