NURS 600 Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Practice - Week 7 Quiz
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1. Which of the following is considered the primary goal of nursing theory?
A. To provide a basis for financial billing
B. To improve nursing practice and patient outcomes
C. To replace medical diagnoses
D. To standardize nursing education across all countries
Answer: B
Rationale: Nursing theory aims to describe, explain, predict, and prescribe nursing care,
ultimately leading to improved practice and patient care.
2. In the nursing metaparadigm, which component refers to the recipient of
care?
A. Person
B. Health
C. Environment
D. Nursing
Answer: A
Rationale: The ‘Person’ in the metaparadigm represents the individual, family, or
community receiving nursing care.
,3. Which nursing theorist is known for the ‘Theory of Culture Care Diversity and
Universality’?
A. Dorothea Orem
B. Jean Watson
C. Madeleine Leininger
D. Martha Rogers
Answer: C
Rationale: Madeleine Leininger developed the Transcultural Nursing theory focusing on
culturally congruent care.
4. Middle-range theories differ from grand theories because they are:
A. More abstract and broader in scope
B. More specific and have fewer concepts
C. Less applicable to clinical practice
D. Only used in academic research
Answer: B
Rationale: Middle-range theories have a narrower focus, are more concrete, and are more
easily tested in clinical research.
5. According to Benner’s Novice to Expert model, which stage describes a nurse
with 2-3 years of experience in the same field?
A. Advanced Beginner
B. Expert
C. Proficient
D. Competent
Answer: D
Rationale: The ‘Competent’ nurse has usually been in the same job or similar situations for
two to three years and develops a plan based on conscious, abstract, analytical thinking.
, 6. Dorothea Orem’s theory focuses primarily on which concept?
A. Interpersonal relations
B. Unitary human beings
C. Environmental adaptation
D. Self-care deficit
Answer: D
Rationale: Orem’s theory centers on the patient’s ability to perform self-care and the
nurse’s role when a self-care deficit exists.
7. Jean Watson’s theory emphasizes which aspect of nursing?
A. Transpersonal caring
B. Biological systems
C. Economic efficiency
D. Technical skills
Answer: A
Rationale: Watson’s Theory of Human Caring focuses on the transpersonal caring
relationship between the nurse and the patient.
8. Which theorist defined nursing as ‘the act of utilizing the environment of the
patient to assist him in his recovery’?
A. Hildegard Peplau
B. Callista Roy
C. Virginia Henderson
D. Florence Nightingale
Answer: D
Rationale: Florence Nightingale’s Environmental Theory focused on the manipulation of
the external environment to facilitate healing.
2026 |Maryville
1. Which of the following is considered the primary goal of nursing theory?
A. To provide a basis for financial billing
B. To improve nursing practice and patient outcomes
C. To replace medical diagnoses
D. To standardize nursing education across all countries
Answer: B
Rationale: Nursing theory aims to describe, explain, predict, and prescribe nursing care,
ultimately leading to improved practice and patient care.
2. In the nursing metaparadigm, which component refers to the recipient of
care?
A. Person
B. Health
C. Environment
D. Nursing
Answer: A
Rationale: The ‘Person’ in the metaparadigm represents the individual, family, or
community receiving nursing care.
,3. Which nursing theorist is known for the ‘Theory of Culture Care Diversity and
Universality’?
A. Dorothea Orem
B. Jean Watson
C. Madeleine Leininger
D. Martha Rogers
Answer: C
Rationale: Madeleine Leininger developed the Transcultural Nursing theory focusing on
culturally congruent care.
4. Middle-range theories differ from grand theories because they are:
A. More abstract and broader in scope
B. More specific and have fewer concepts
C. Less applicable to clinical practice
D. Only used in academic research
Answer: B
Rationale: Middle-range theories have a narrower focus, are more concrete, and are more
easily tested in clinical research.
5. According to Benner’s Novice to Expert model, which stage describes a nurse
with 2-3 years of experience in the same field?
A. Advanced Beginner
B. Expert
C. Proficient
D. Competent
Answer: D
Rationale: The ‘Competent’ nurse has usually been in the same job or similar situations for
two to three years and develops a plan based on conscious, abstract, analytical thinking.
, 6. Dorothea Orem’s theory focuses primarily on which concept?
A. Interpersonal relations
B. Unitary human beings
C. Environmental adaptation
D. Self-care deficit
Answer: D
Rationale: Orem’s theory centers on the patient’s ability to perform self-care and the
nurse’s role when a self-care deficit exists.
7. Jean Watson’s theory emphasizes which aspect of nursing?
A. Transpersonal caring
B. Biological systems
C. Economic efficiency
D. Technical skills
Answer: A
Rationale: Watson’s Theory of Human Caring focuses on the transpersonal caring
relationship between the nurse and the patient.
8. Which theorist defined nursing as ‘the act of utilizing the environment of the
patient to assist him in his recovery’?
A. Hildegard Peplau
B. Callista Roy
C. Virginia Henderson
D. Florence Nightingale
Answer: D
Rationale: Florence Nightingale’s Environmental Theory focused on the manipulation of
the external environment to facilitate healing.
