NR 501 NURSING THEORY
Assumptions c- ccorrect canswers✔✔beliefs cabout cphenomena cone cmust caccept cas ctrue
cto caccept ca ctheory cabout cthe cphenomena cas ctrue.
Borrowed cor cshared ctheory c- ccorrect canswers✔✔a ctheory cdeveloped cin canother
cdiscipline cthat cis cnot cadapted cto cthe cworldview cand cpractice cof cnursing.
Concept c- ccorrect canswers✔✔the celements cor ccomponents cof ca cphenomenon
cnecessary cto cunderstand cthe cphenomenon. cThey care cabstract cand cderived cfrom
cimpressions cthe chuman cmind crecieves cabout cphenomena cthrough csensing cthe
cenvironment.
Conceptual cmodel/conceptual cframework c- ccorrect canswers✔✔a cset cof cinterrelated
cconcepts cthat csymbolically crepresents cand cconveys ca cmental cimage cof ca
cphenomenon. cConceptual cmodels cof cnursing cidentify cconcepts cand cdescribe ctheir
crelationships cto cthe cphenomena cof ccentral cconcern cto cthe cdiscipline.
Construct c- ccorrect canswers✔✔the cmost ccomplex ctype cof cconcept. cThey ccomporise
cmore cthan cone cconcept cand care ctypically cbuilt cor cconstructed cby cthe ctheorist cor
cphilosopher cto cfit ca cpurpose. c"Concept" cand c"Construct" care coften cused
cinterchangeably, cbut call cconstructs care cconcepts, cbut cnot call cconcepts care cconstructs.
Empirical cindicator c- ccorrect canswers✔✔Very cspecific cand cconcrete cidentifiers cof
cconcepts. cThey care cactual cinstructions, cexperimental cconditions, cand cprocedures
cused cto cobserve cor cmeasure cthe cconcept(s) cof ca ctheory.
Epistemology c- ccorrect canswers✔✔theories cof cknowledge cor chow cpeople ccome cto
chave cknowledge; cin cnursing, cit cis cthe cstudy cof cthe corigins cof cnursing cknowledge.
Hypotheses c- ccorrect canswers✔✔tentative csuggestions cthat ca cspecific crelationship
cexists cbetween ctwo cconcepts cor cpropositions. cAs cthe chypothesis cis crepeatedly
cconfirmed, cit cprogresses cto can cempirical cgeneralization cand cultimately cto ca claw.
Knowledge c- ccorrect canswers✔✔an cawareness cor cperception cof creality cacquired
cthrough cinsight, clearning, cor cinvestigation.
Laws c- ccorrect canswers✔✔proposition cabout cthe crelationship cbetween cconcepts cin ca
ctheory cthat chas cbeen crepeatedly cvalidated. cThey care chighly cgeneralizable.
Metaparadigm c- ccorrect canswers✔✔the cglobal cperspective cthat csubsumes cmore
cspecific cviews cand capproaches cto cthe ccentral cconcepts cwith cwhich cthe cdiscipline cis
Assumptions c- ccorrect canswers✔✔beliefs cabout cphenomena cone cmust caccept cas ctrue
cto caccept ca ctheory cabout cthe cphenomena cas ctrue.
Borrowed cor cshared ctheory c- ccorrect canswers✔✔a ctheory cdeveloped cin canother
cdiscipline cthat cis cnot cadapted cto cthe cworldview cand cpractice cof cnursing.
Concept c- ccorrect canswers✔✔the celements cor ccomponents cof ca cphenomenon
cnecessary cto cunderstand cthe cphenomenon. cThey care cabstract cand cderived cfrom
cimpressions cthe chuman cmind crecieves cabout cphenomena cthrough csensing cthe
cenvironment.
Conceptual cmodel/conceptual cframework c- ccorrect canswers✔✔a cset cof cinterrelated
cconcepts cthat csymbolically crepresents cand cconveys ca cmental cimage cof ca
cphenomenon. cConceptual cmodels cof cnursing cidentify cconcepts cand cdescribe ctheir
crelationships cto cthe cphenomena cof ccentral cconcern cto cthe cdiscipline.
Construct c- ccorrect canswers✔✔the cmost ccomplex ctype cof cconcept. cThey ccomporise
cmore cthan cone cconcept cand care ctypically cbuilt cor cconstructed cby cthe ctheorist cor
cphilosopher cto cfit ca cpurpose. c"Concept" cand c"Construct" care coften cused
cinterchangeably, cbut call cconstructs care cconcepts, cbut cnot call cconcepts care cconstructs.
Empirical cindicator c- ccorrect canswers✔✔Very cspecific cand cconcrete cidentifiers cof
cconcepts. cThey care cactual cinstructions, cexperimental cconditions, cand cprocedures
cused cto cobserve cor cmeasure cthe cconcept(s) cof ca ctheory.
Epistemology c- ccorrect canswers✔✔theories cof cknowledge cor chow cpeople ccome cto
chave cknowledge; cin cnursing, cit cis cthe cstudy cof cthe corigins cof cnursing cknowledge.
Hypotheses c- ccorrect canswers✔✔tentative csuggestions cthat ca cspecific crelationship
cexists cbetween ctwo cconcepts cor cpropositions. cAs cthe chypothesis cis crepeatedly
cconfirmed, cit cprogresses cto can cempirical cgeneralization cand cultimately cto ca claw.
Knowledge c- ccorrect canswers✔✔an cawareness cor cperception cof creality cacquired
cthrough cinsight, clearning, cor cinvestigation.
Laws c- ccorrect canswers✔✔proposition cabout cthe crelationship cbetween cconcepts cin ca
ctheory cthat chas cbeen crepeatedly cvalidated. cThey care chighly cgeneralizable.
Metaparadigm c- ccorrect canswers✔✔the cglobal cperspective cthat csubsumes cmore
cspecific cviews cand capproaches cto cthe ccentral cconcepts cwith cwhich cthe cdiscipline cis
