CHAPTER 5 2024 PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE:
TRADITIONAL - ANSWER- -PASSED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION
"WE ALWAYS DONE IT THIS WAY"
NEEDS TO BE CHALLENGED SCIENTIFICALLY TO BE DISPROVED
SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE:
AUTHORITATIVE - ANSWER- -COMES FROM AN EXPERT, ACCEPTED AS TRUTH
BASED ON PERSONS PERCEIVED EXPERTISE
KNOWLEDGE GAINED THROUGH EXPERIENCE NOVICE NURSE EXCEPTS THIS DUE
TO PERCEIVED KNOWLEDGE, HOWEVER USE TO BE A PROBLEM
SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE:
SCIENTIFIC - ANSWER- ARRIVED AT THROUGH THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD,
RESEARCH, TESTED AND MEASURED. VALIDITY
TRUE OR FALSE
TRADITIONAL AND AUTHORITATIVE KNOWLEDGE ARE PRACTICAL TO
IMPLEMENT, BUT ARE OFTEN BASED ON SUBJECTIVE DATA, LIMITING THEIR
USEFULNESS IN A WIDE VARIETY OF SETTINGS - ANSWER- TRUE
, TRADITIONAL AND AUTHORITATIVE KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICAL TO
IMPLEMENT BUT ARE OFTEN BASED ON SUBJECTIVE DATA, LIMITING THEIR
USEFULNESS IN A WIDE VARIETY OF SETTINGS
TYPES OF KNOWLEDGE:
SCIENCE - ANSWER- KNOWLEDGE IN AND OF NURSING-OBSERVING,
IDENTIFYING, DESCRIBING, INVESTIGATING, WITH EXPLANATION OF
EVENTS/OCCURRENCES. IT IS NURSING'S BODY OF KNOWLEDGE
TYPES OF KNOWLEDGE;
PHILOSOPHY - ANSWER- THE SYUDY OF WISDON, FUNDAMENTAL
KNOWLEDGE, AND PROCESSES USED TO CONSTRUCT LIFE
TYPES OF KNOWLEDGE:
PROCESS - ANSWER- CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS AND THEORIES-SERIES OF
ACTIONS, CHANGES, OR FUNCTIONS INTENDED TO BRING A DESIRED RESULT
TYPES OF KNOWLEDGE:
HISTORICAL INFLUENCES - ANSWER- FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE, SOCIETAL
CHANGES
TYPES OF KNOWLEDGE:
SOCIETAL INFLUENCES - ANSWER- SCHOOLS OF NURSING AFTER WW2 FOCUS
CHANGED TO MORE EDUCATION AND PUBLISHED LITERATURE