NURS 170 - CH. 5 FOUNDATIONS IN NURSING PRACTICE
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
A theory is best understood as a set of assumptions or propositions that becomes
useful when it does which of the following?
A. helps people meet their self-care needs
B. isolates concepts
C. helps the nurse implement care
D. provides a systematic view of explaining, predicting, and prescribing
phenomena correct answer D. provides a systematic view of explaining,
predicting, and prescribing phenomena
According to Kuhn, scientific advances are most likely to happen when creative
individuals do which of the following?
A. approach a problem in a new way
B. use the cause and effect model to solve problems
C. use the work of other scientists to solve problems
D. use empirical evidence to solve problems correct answer A. approach a
problem in a new way
Building upon a psychoanalytic perspective, theorist Hildegard Peplau considered
which of the following as fundamental aspects of nursing practice?
A. interacting in a therapeutic manner
B. developing the relationship between the nurse and patient
C. investigating the meaning of patient behaviour
D. all of the above correct answer D. all of the above
, Components of a collaborative relationship correct answer power sharing; being
open and respectful; being non-judgmental and accepting of the family
Components of critical thinking correct answer -knowledge
-experience
-competence
-attitudes
-standards
Concept correct answer a mental formulation of objects or events, representing
the basic way in which ideas are organized and communicated
conceptual framework correct answer A theoretical structure of assumptions,
principles, and rules that holds together the ideas comprising a broad concept.
Critical thinking correct answer use of knowledge and reasoning to make accurate
clinical judgments and decisions
descriptive theory correct answer Describe phenomena, speculate on why
phenomena occur, and describe the consequences of phenomena.
Emanicipatory knowing correct answer the human capacity to be aware of and
critically reflect on the social, cultural, and political status quo, and to figure out
how and why it came to be that way.
Recognize injustices, inequalities
Accounts for power dynamics, social, and political contexts
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
A theory is best understood as a set of assumptions or propositions that becomes
useful when it does which of the following?
A. helps people meet their self-care needs
B. isolates concepts
C. helps the nurse implement care
D. provides a systematic view of explaining, predicting, and prescribing
phenomena correct answer D. provides a systematic view of explaining,
predicting, and prescribing phenomena
According to Kuhn, scientific advances are most likely to happen when creative
individuals do which of the following?
A. approach a problem in a new way
B. use the cause and effect model to solve problems
C. use the work of other scientists to solve problems
D. use empirical evidence to solve problems correct answer A. approach a
problem in a new way
Building upon a psychoanalytic perspective, theorist Hildegard Peplau considered
which of the following as fundamental aspects of nursing practice?
A. interacting in a therapeutic manner
B. developing the relationship between the nurse and patient
C. investigating the meaning of patient behaviour
D. all of the above correct answer D. all of the above
, Components of a collaborative relationship correct answer power sharing; being
open and respectful; being non-judgmental and accepting of the family
Components of critical thinking correct answer -knowledge
-experience
-competence
-attitudes
-standards
Concept correct answer a mental formulation of objects or events, representing
the basic way in which ideas are organized and communicated
conceptual framework correct answer A theoretical structure of assumptions,
principles, and rules that holds together the ideas comprising a broad concept.
Critical thinking correct answer use of knowledge and reasoning to make accurate
clinical judgments and decisions
descriptive theory correct answer Describe phenomena, speculate on why
phenomena occur, and describe the consequences of phenomena.
Emanicipatory knowing correct answer the human capacity to be aware of and
critically reflect on the social, cultural, and political status quo, and to figure out
how and why it came to be that way.
Recognize injustices, inequalities
Accounts for power dynamics, social, and political contexts
