NURSING 120 Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice 4th Edition Test Bank

NURSING 120 Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice 4th Edition Test Bank Chapter 1: Nursing Theory and the Discipline of Nursing Multiple Choice 1. The purpose of theory is to: A. Explain experience. B. Describe relationships. C. Project outcomes. D. All of the above ANS: D 2. Members of a community of scholars share a commitment to all of the following except: A. Values. B. Knowledge. C. Geographic location. D. Processes. ANS: C 3. ____________________ and ____________________ structures are essential to any discipline and are inherent in nursing theories. S - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material Downloaded by: grade_bender | Distribution of this document is illegal Want to earn $1.236 extra per year?S - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material Parker/Smith, Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice, 4e 1-2 A. Paradigm and metaparadigm B. Syntactical and conceptual C. Middle and grand D. Language and symbol ANS: B 4. Books and periodicals are examples of: A. Communication networks. B. Heritage of literature. C. Nursing organizations. D. Nursing discipline. ANS: B 5. The basic building blocks of theories are: A. Concepts and their definitions. B. Statements of relationships. C. Concepts and statements of relationships. D. Empirical indicators. ANS: C 6. Nursing theories: A. Are discovered in nature. B. Serve as exact representations of reality. Downloaded by: grade_bender | Distribution of this document is illegal Want to earn $1.236 extra per year?S - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material Parker/Smith, Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice, 4e 1-3 C. Are invented by humans. D. Cannot be modified. ANS: C 7. A paradigm is defined as a: A. Worldview. B. General framework. C. Set of shared perspectives held by members of a discipline. D. All of the above ANS: D 8. The dependence of nursing theory development on human imagination is an attribute of nursing as a(n): A. Occupation. B. Discipline. C. Vocation. D. Profession. ANS: B 9. The primary purpose of nursing theory is to: A. Structure nursing knowledge. B. Demonstrate creativity in nursing. C. Guide the thinking about, being, and doing of nursing. Downloaded by: grade_bender | Distribution of this document is illegal Want to earn $1.236 extra per year?S - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material Parker/Smith, Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice, 4e 1-4 D. Organize nursing curricula. ANS: C 10. The first nursing theorist who identified the importance of theory in nursing was: A. Virginia Henderson. B. Hildegard Peplau. C. Lydia Hall. D. Florence Nightingale. ANS: D 11. The most abstract level of knowledge is the: A. Paradigm. B. Metaparadigm. C. Theory. D. Concept. ANS: B 12. Statements of enduring values or beliefs are considered: A. Conceptual models. B. Philosophies. C. Grand theories. D. Practice theories. Downloaded by: grade_bender | Distribution of this document is illegal Want to earn $1.236 extra per year?S - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material Parker/Smith, Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice, 4e 1-5 ANS: B 13. Theories that include specific concepts, are broad enough to be useful in complex situations, and can be empirically tested are called: A. Grand theories. B. Middle-range theories. C. Practice-level theories. D. Nursing theories. ANS: B 14. Theories that have the most limited scope and level of abstraction that are useful in within a specific range of nursing situations are called: A. Grand theories. B. Middle-range theories. C. Practice-level theories. D. Nursing theories. ANS: C 15. The name for the boundaries or focus of a discipline is: A. Imagination. B. Domain. C. Tradition. D. Value. ANS: B Downloaded by: grade_bender | Distribution of this document is illegal Want to earn $1.236 extra per year?S - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material Parker/Smith, Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice, 4e 1-6 True/False 1. Every discipline has a unique focus that directs inquiry and distinguishes it from other fields of study. ANS: T 2. Theories are not discovered in nature but are human inventions ANS: T 3. Science generally evolves as a smooth, regular, continuing path of knowledge development over time. ANS: F 4. Early nursing theorists relied on definitions of theory from nursing practice to guide the development of theories within nursing. ANS: F 5. The best test of any nursing theory is its usefulness in professional practice. ANS: T