,UnitI:IntroductiontoTheory
Chapter 1 Philosophy, Science, andNursing
Chapter 2 OverviewofTheoryinNursing
Chapter3 Concept Development: Clarifying Meaning of Terms
Chapter 4 Theory Development: Structuring ConceptualRelationships in
Nursing
Chapter 5 Theory Analysis and Evaluation
Unit II: Nursing Theories
Chapter6 OverviewofGrandNursingTheories
Chapter 7 GrandNursingTheoriesBasedonHumanNeeds
Chapter 8 Grand Nursing Theories Based on Interactive Process
Chapter 9 Grand Nursing Theories Based on Unitary Process
Chapter 10 Introduction to Middle-Range Nursing Theories Chapter
11 Overview of Selected Middle-RangeNursing Theories
Chapter 12 Evidence-Based Practice and Nursing Theory
UnitIII:SharedTheoriesUsedbyNurses
Chapter 13 TheoriesFromtheSociologicSciences
Chapter 14 TheoriesFromtheBehavioralSciences
Chapter15 TheoriesFromtheBiomedicalSciences
Chapter 16 Theories, Models, andFrameworks FromLeadership and Ma
nagement
Chapter17 LearningTheories
Chapter 18 EthicalTheoriesandPrinciples
Unit IV: Application of Theory in Nursing
Chapter 19 ApplicationofTheoryinNursingPractice
Chapter 20 Application of Theory inNursing Research
Chapter 21 Application of Theory inNursing Administration and Manage
ment
Chapter 22 Application of Theory inNursing Education
Chapter 23 FutureIssuesinNursingTheory
,1. Nursing has been considered both a profession and an occupation. Which of thef ollowing
supports defining nursing as a profession?
A) Autonomy
B) Learned vocation
C) Variedlevelofskill
D) Career with varied knowledge
2. How manylevels ofentryinto practice existfor registered nurses?
A) One
B) Two
C) Three
D) Four
3. Nursing is classified as which type ofscience?
A) Pure
B) Natural
C) Human
D) Applied
4. In defining the philosophy of nursing, which of the following would not be included?
A) Purposeofhuman life
B) Nature of being
C) Theory of knowledge
D) Scientific method
5. When discussing the science and philosophy of a discipline, how would one define thetw oin
relationtoeachother?
A) Autonomous
B) Reliant
C) Linked
D) Unrelated
6. Philosophy's definition includes which ofthe following?
A) Studyofproblems that areabstract and general
B) Measures observable phenomena of interestZin a discipline
C) Empirical way of gathering data
D) Grounded andtestedinexperience
, 7. Based on the science and philosophical schools of thought, which one is founded on thebel ief that
whatZis experienced is what exists and that experiences be verified through scien tific
methodology?
A) Received view
B) Human science
C) Phenomenology
D) Constructivism
8. Based on the science and philosophical schools of thought, which one centers ondes
criptions that are derived from collectively lived experiences, interrelatedness,hum an
interpretation, and learned reality?
A) Empiricism
B) Positivism
C) Rationalism
D) Perceived view
9. When defining nursing philosophy, which of the following is appropriate?
A) Refers to the belief system of the profession and provides perspectives for practice,s
cholarship,andresearch.
B) The substantive, discipline-
specific knowledge that focuses on thehuman-universe- health
process.
C) Refers to the systemofrelationship ofhuman response in health and illness.
D) Responsible for generationofknowledge, whichprovidesdirectionforfuture.
10. When discussing the knowledge development in nursing science, the study of theory isref erredto
aswhichofthefollowing?
A) Ontology
B) Epistemology
C) Methodology
D) Philosophy
11. There are several defined ways ofknowing. Which wayofknowing isdefined as “a priori
knowledgethatpertaintoknowledgegainedfromthoughtalone?”
A) Empirics
B) Personal
C) Intuitive
D) Somatic