NR 501 Nursing Theory (Test questions; correctly solved)

Assumptions correct answers beliefs about phenomena one must accept as true to accept a theory about the phenomena as true. Borrowed or shared theory correct answers a theory developed in another discipline that is not adapted to the worldview and practice of nursing. Concept correct answers the elements or components of a phenomenon necessary to understand the phenomenon. They are abstract and derived from impressions the human mind recieves about phenomena through sensing the environment. Conceptual model/conceptual framework correct answers a set of interrelated concepts that symbolically represents and conveys a mental image of a phenomenon. Conceptual models of nursing identify concepts and describe their relationships to the phenomena of central concern to the discipline. Construct correct answers the most complex type of concept. They comporise more than one concept and are typically built or constructed by the theorist or philosopher to fit a purpose. "Concept" and "Construct" are often used interchangeably, but all constructs are concepts, but not all concepts are constructs. Empirical indicator correct answers Very specific and concrete identifiers of concepts. They are actual instructions, experimental conditions, and procedures used to observe or measure the concept(s) of a theory. Epistemology correct answers theories of knowledge or how people come to have knowledge; in nursing, it is the study of the origins of nursing knowledge. Hypotheses correct answers tentative suggestions that a specific relationship exists between two concepts or propositions. As the hypothesis is repeatedly confirmed, it progresses to an empirical generalization and ultimately to a law. Knowledge correct answers an awareness or perception of reality acquired through insight, learning, or investigation. Laws correct answers proposition about the relationship between concepts in a theory that has been repeatedly validated. They are highly generalizable. Metaparadigm correct answers the global perspective that subsumes more specific views and approaches to the central concepts with which the discipline is concerned. It is an ideology within which the theories, knowledge, and processes for knowing find meaning and coherence. Middle range theory correct answers a part of a disciplines's concerns related to particular topics which is narrower than that of broad-range or grand theories.