NURS 8002 LATEST EXAMINERS 2026 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Moral or ethical knowledge - ✔✔This the the type of knowledge of what is right and
wrong; components include values and social and cultural norms of behavior
✔✔Intuitive knowledge - ✔✔_______ theory Includes feelings and hunches; not
guessing but relies on nonconscious pattern of recognition and experience
✔✔Somatic knowledge - ✔✔What type of knowlege is the knowledge of the body in
relation to physical movement; includes experimental use of muscles and balance to
perform a physical task
✔✔· Carper's four fundamental patterns for nursing knowledge - ✔✔o 1. empirics: the
science of nursing
o 2. esthetics: the art of nursing
o 3. personal knowledge in nursing
o 4. ethics: moral knowledge in nursing
✔✔Theory - ✔✔_________ refers to a set of logical 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 tempts to account for or characterize some phenomenon
, ✔✔Model - ✔✔a _______ is a graphic or symbolic representations of phenomena that
objectify and present certain perspectives or points of view about nature, function, or
both; presents concepts
✔✔Conceptual framework - ✔✔set of interrelated concepts that symbolically represents
and conveys a mental image of a phenomenon; more broad
✔✔Phenomena - ✔✔______ is a designation of an aspect of reality or subject matter
that is primary concern of a discipline
✔✔Assumptions - ✔✔beliefs about phenomena one must accept as true to accept a
theory about the phenomena as true; may not be testable
✔✔Concept - ✔✔elements or components of a phenomenon; building blocks of theories
and propositions
✔✔Conceptual definition - ✔✔Word definition
✔✔Operational definition - ✔✔how it's measured (Ex. 0-10 pain scale)
✔✔Constructs - ✔✔______ is a complex type of concept
✔✔Relationship statements - ✔✔· specific relationships between concepts; also called
proposition/hypothesis (If - Then statement)
✔✔Relationship Statement - ✔✔"If I perform proper hand washing then I will reduce
wound infections" is an example of what type of statment
✔✔Process of Theory Developmet: Statement Development - ✔✔Formulate and
analyze statements between concepts and their measurement
✔✔Process of Theory Developmet: Theory construction - ✔✔Structure and
contextualize compnents of theory
✔✔Process of Theory Developmet: Testing theoretical statements - ✔✔Validate
theoritical relationships with testing
✔✔Application of theory to practice - ✔✔This part of theory development is were
research assessed how it applied and useful
✔✔Deductive reasoning - ✔✔_______ reasoning is going from general reasoning and
applying it to a specific situation
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Moral or ethical knowledge - ✔✔This the the type of knowledge of what is right and
wrong; components include values and social and cultural norms of behavior
✔✔Intuitive knowledge - ✔✔_______ theory Includes feelings and hunches; not
guessing but relies on nonconscious pattern of recognition and experience
✔✔Somatic knowledge - ✔✔What type of knowlege is the knowledge of the body in
relation to physical movement; includes experimental use of muscles and balance to
perform a physical task
✔✔· Carper's four fundamental patterns for nursing knowledge - ✔✔o 1. empirics: the
science of nursing
o 2. esthetics: the art of nursing
o 3. personal knowledge in nursing
o 4. ethics: moral knowledge in nursing
✔✔Theory - ✔✔_________ refers to a set of logical 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 tempts to account for or characterize some phenomenon
, ✔✔Model - ✔✔a _______ is a graphic or symbolic representations of phenomena that
objectify and present certain perspectives or points of view about nature, function, or
both; presents concepts
✔✔Conceptual framework - ✔✔set of interrelated concepts that symbolically represents
and conveys a mental image of a phenomenon; more broad
✔✔Phenomena - ✔✔______ is a designation of an aspect of reality or subject matter
that is primary concern of a discipline
✔✔Assumptions - ✔✔beliefs about phenomena one must accept as true to accept a
theory about the phenomena as true; may not be testable
✔✔Concept - ✔✔elements or components of a phenomenon; building blocks of theories
and propositions
✔✔Conceptual definition - ✔✔Word definition
✔✔Operational definition - ✔✔how it's measured (Ex. 0-10 pain scale)
✔✔Constructs - ✔✔______ is a complex type of concept
✔✔Relationship statements - ✔✔· specific relationships between concepts; also called
proposition/hypothesis (If - Then statement)
✔✔Relationship Statement - ✔✔"If I perform proper hand washing then I will reduce
wound infections" is an example of what type of statment
✔✔Process of Theory Developmet: Statement Development - ✔✔Formulate and
analyze statements between concepts and their measurement
✔✔Process of Theory Developmet: Theory construction - ✔✔Structure and
contextualize compnents of theory
✔✔Process of Theory Developmet: Testing theoretical statements - ✔✔Validate
theoritical relationships with testing
✔✔Application of theory to practice - ✔✔This part of theory development is were
research assessed how it applied and useful
✔✔Deductive reasoning - ✔✔_______ reasoning is going from general reasoning and
applying it to a specific situation
