NR 501 NURSING 2025-2026 EXAM COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ACCURATE ANSWERS
Assumptions - ANS-beliefs about phenomena one must accept as true to accept a theory about
the phenomena as true.
Borrowed or shared theory - ANS-a theory developed in another discipline that is not adapted
to the worldview and practice of nursing.
Concept - ANS-the elements or components of a phenomenon necessary to understand the
phenomenon. They are abstract and derived from impressions the human mind recieves about
phenomena through sensing the environment.
Conceptual model/conceptual framework - ANS-a set of interrelated concepts that symbolically
represents and conveys a mental image of a phenomenon. Conceptual models of nursing
identify concepts and describe their relationships to the phenomena of central concern to the
discipline.
Construct - ANS-the most complex type of concept. They comporise more than one concept
and are typically built or constructed by the theorist or philosopher to fit a purpose. "Concept"
and "Construct" are often used interchangeably, but all constructs are concepts, but not all
concepts are constructs.
Empirical indicator - ANS-Very specific and concrete identifiers of concepts. They are actual
instructions, experimental conditions, and procedures used to observe or measure the
concept(s) of a theory.
Epistemology - ANS-theories of knowledge or how people come to have knowledge; in nursing,
it is the study of the origins of nursing knowledge.
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ACCURATE ANSWERS
Assumptions - ANS-beliefs about phenomena one must accept as true to accept a theory about
the phenomena as true.
Borrowed or shared theory - ANS-a theory developed in another discipline that is not adapted
to the worldview and practice of nursing.
Concept - ANS-the elements or components of a phenomenon necessary to understand the
phenomenon. They are abstract and derived from impressions the human mind recieves about
phenomena through sensing the environment.
Conceptual model/conceptual framework - ANS-a set of interrelated concepts that symbolically
represents and conveys a mental image of a phenomenon. Conceptual models of nursing
identify concepts and describe their relationships to the phenomena of central concern to the
discipline.
Construct - ANS-the most complex type of concept. They comporise more than one concept
and are typically built or constructed by the theorist or philosopher to fit a purpose. "Concept"
and "Construct" are often used interchangeably, but all constructs are concepts, but not all
concepts are constructs.
Empirical indicator - ANS-Very specific and concrete identifiers of concepts. They are actual
instructions, experimental conditions, and procedures used to observe or measure the
concept(s) of a theory.
Epistemology - ANS-theories of knowledge or how people come to have knowledge; in nursing,
it is the study of the origins of nursing knowledge.
