Test Bank - Philosophies and Theories for
Advanced Nursing Practice 5th Edition (Butts,
2026) Chapter 1-26 | All Chapters
The components of the nursing metaparadigm include:
1. Person, health, environment, and theory
2. Health, theory, concepts, and environment
3. Nurses, physicians, health, and patient needs
4. Person, health, environment, and nursing - answers-4
Theory is essential to nursing practice because it: (Select all that apply)
1. Contributes to nursing knowledge
2. Predicts patient behaviors in situations
3. Provides a means of assessing patient vital signs
4. Guides nursing practice
5. Formulates health care legislation
6. Explains relationships between concepts - answers-1, 2, 4, 6
A nurse ensures that each patient's room is clean; well ventilated; and free from clutter,
excessive noise, and extremes in temperature. Which theorist's work is the nurse practicing in
this example?
1
, 1. Henderson
2. Orem
3. King
4. Nightingale - answers-4
The nurse is caring for a patient admitted to the neurological unit with the diagnosis of a stroke
and right-sided weakness. The nurse assumes responsibility for bathing and feeding the patient
until the patient is able to begin performing these activities. The nurse in this situation is
applying the theory developed by:
1. Neuman
2. Orem
3. Roy
4. Peplau - answers-2
Match the following types of theory with the appropriate description.
1. Middle Range Theory
2. Shared Theory
3. Grand Theory
4. Practice Theory
a. very abstract; attempts to describe nursing in a global context.
b. Specific to a particular situation; brings theory to bedside.
c. Applies theory from other disciplines to nursing practice
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Advanced Nursing Practice 5th Edition (Butts,
2026) Chapter 1-26 | All Chapters
The components of the nursing metaparadigm include:
1. Person, health, environment, and theory
2. Health, theory, concepts, and environment
3. Nurses, physicians, health, and patient needs
4. Person, health, environment, and nursing - answers-4
Theory is essential to nursing practice because it: (Select all that apply)
1. Contributes to nursing knowledge
2. Predicts patient behaviors in situations
3. Provides a means of assessing patient vital signs
4. Guides nursing practice
5. Formulates health care legislation
6. Explains relationships between concepts - answers-1, 2, 4, 6
A nurse ensures that each patient's room is clean; well ventilated; and free from clutter,
excessive noise, and extremes in temperature. Which theorist's work is the nurse practicing in
this example?
1
, 1. Henderson
2. Orem
3. King
4. Nightingale - answers-4
The nurse is caring for a patient admitted to the neurological unit with the diagnosis of a stroke
and right-sided weakness. The nurse assumes responsibility for bathing and feeding the patient
until the patient is able to begin performing these activities. The nurse in this situation is
applying the theory developed by:
1. Neuman
2. Orem
3. Roy
4. Peplau - answers-2
Match the following types of theory with the appropriate description.
1. Middle Range Theory
2. Shared Theory
3. Grand Theory
4. Practice Theory
a. very abstract; attempts to describe nursing in a global context.
b. Specific to a particular situation; brings theory to bedside.
c. Applies theory from other disciplines to nursing practice
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