NURS 300 - MIDTERM 1 Exam Questions
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What is fragmentation of care? - - -
correct answer ✅Each aspect of healthcare taking care of specific
aspects of a person's health. This leads to seeing the person as
separate parts rather than a whole.
What is systems theory? - - -
correct answer ✅Systems theory views people though larger
contexts, such as members of families, communities, and broader
society. - when one thing changes within a system, the whole
system is affected. The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
What are the 3 areas of philosophical inquiry (thinking)? - - -
correct answer ✅1) Ontology: The nature of being
2) Epistemology: The nature of knowledge
3) Ethics: The nature of moral conduct and judgement
What is ontology? - - -
correct answer ✅An area of philosophical inquiry. The study of the
nature of being. e.g. what does it mean to be a nurse?
What is epistemology? - - -
correct answer ✅An area of philosophical inquiry. The study of
,NURS 300 - MIDTERM 1 Exam Questions
And Answers Latest Update
knowledge (how we know what we know? How do we know that
knowledge is the truth?)
What is ethics? - - -
correct answer ✅The branch of philosophy that deals with issues
of right and wrong in human affairs. The nature of moral conduct
and judgement. What is good?
How is philosophical thinking applied to nursing? - - -
correct answer ✅Nurses use philosophical thinking to understand
their own world view (values, beliefs, and assumptions shaped by
personal experience) and how this influences the care they give and
the decisions they make. Inquiry into the social and humanitarian
roles of nursing.
What is a world view in terms of philosophy? - - -
correct answer ✅A particular way of thinking based on a specific
set of beliefs, values, and assumptions
What are assumptions in terms of philosophy? - - -
correct answer ✅Statements of fact or suppositions that people
accept as the underlying theoretical foundation of for
conceptualizations about a phenomenon.
, NURS 300 - MIDTERM 1 Exam Questions
And Answers Latest Update
What is a paradigm? - - -
correct answer ✅A particular way of thinking based on a specific
set of beliefs, values, and assumptions.
What two paradigms are most needed and affectively applied to
nursing? - - -
correct answer ✅Interpretivist paradigm (no single fixed reality
against which knowledge can be measured) and scientific method
(a logical, systematic approach to obtaining. producing knowledge)
What is interpretivism? - - -
correct answer ✅Considers that the social world consists of
multiple, subjective realities. There is no single fixed reality against
which knowledge can be measured.
What is scientific method? - - -
correct answer ✅A logical, systematic approach to
obtaining/producing knowledge - observable, and measurable.
What is the empiricist paradigm? - - -
correct answer ✅A single reality exists independent of our
knowledge of it.
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What is fragmentation of care? - - -
correct answer ✅Each aspect of healthcare taking care of specific
aspects of a person's health. This leads to seeing the person as
separate parts rather than a whole.
What is systems theory? - - -
correct answer ✅Systems theory views people though larger
contexts, such as members of families, communities, and broader
society. - when one thing changes within a system, the whole
system is affected. The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
What are the 3 areas of philosophical inquiry (thinking)? - - -
correct answer ✅1) Ontology: The nature of being
2) Epistemology: The nature of knowledge
3) Ethics: The nature of moral conduct and judgement
What is ontology? - - -
correct answer ✅An area of philosophical inquiry. The study of the
nature of being. e.g. what does it mean to be a nurse?
What is epistemology? - - -
correct answer ✅An area of philosophical inquiry. The study of
,NURS 300 - MIDTERM 1 Exam Questions
And Answers Latest Update
knowledge (how we know what we know? How do we know that
knowledge is the truth?)
What is ethics? - - -
correct answer ✅The branch of philosophy that deals with issues
of right and wrong in human affairs. The nature of moral conduct
and judgement. What is good?
How is philosophical thinking applied to nursing? - - -
correct answer ✅Nurses use philosophical thinking to understand
their own world view (values, beliefs, and assumptions shaped by
personal experience) and how this influences the care they give and
the decisions they make. Inquiry into the social and humanitarian
roles of nursing.
What is a world view in terms of philosophy? - - -
correct answer ✅A particular way of thinking based on a specific
set of beliefs, values, and assumptions
What are assumptions in terms of philosophy? - - -
correct answer ✅Statements of fact or suppositions that people
accept as the underlying theoretical foundation of for
conceptualizations about a phenomenon.
, NURS 300 - MIDTERM 1 Exam Questions
And Answers Latest Update
What is a paradigm? - - -
correct answer ✅A particular way of thinking based on a specific
set of beliefs, values, and assumptions.
What two paradigms are most needed and affectively applied to
nursing? - - -
correct answer ✅Interpretivist paradigm (no single fixed reality
against which knowledge can be measured) and scientific method
(a logical, systematic approach to obtaining. producing knowledge)
What is interpretivism? - - -
correct answer ✅Considers that the social world consists of
multiple, subjective realities. There is no single fixed reality against
which knowledge can be measured.
What is scientific method? - - -
correct answer ✅A logical, systematic approach to
obtaining/producing knowledge - observable, and measurable.
What is the empiricist paradigm? - - -
correct answer ✅A single reality exists independent of our
knowledge of it.
