Nursing 122- FINAL EXAM UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Profession - CORRECT ANSWER - Requires a specialized body of knowledge and
training and applies that knowledge to solving specific problems
Discipline - CORRECT ANSWER - Generates knowledge
The discipline of nursing includes: - CORRECT ANSWER - Interdisciplinary roles,
nursing theories, teaching and learning, nursing informatics and technology, scholarly writing
Nursing informatics - CORRECT ANSWER - The application of computer technology to
all fields of nursing- nursing services, education, research
Behaviorism - CORRECT ANSWER - Learnt behavior as a result of stimulus
Cognitivism - CORRECT ANSWER - Learning is a mental, intellectual or thinking
process based on the learner's personal characteristics and experience; emphasis on the
importance of social, emotional and physical context in which learning takes place
Humanism - CORRECT ANSWER - Learning is self motivated, self initiative and self
evaluated
Philosophy - CORRECT ANSWER - Systemic formulation of a body of knowledge that
allows the profession to further its understanding of the values, beliefs, assumptions and
knowledge
3 main areas of nursing philosophy: - CORRECT ANSWER - Ontological, epistemology
and ethics
, Ontology - CORRECT ANSWER - The nature of being "what is the purpose of life" or
"why does nursing exist"
Nursing knowledge is organized and communicated by using: - CORRECT ANSWER -
Concepts, conceptual frameworks, theories and models
Epistemology - CORRECT ANSWER - The nature of knowledge "how do we know what
we know and how do we share that information"
3 different concepts: - CORRECT ANSWER - Concrete ideas, inferential ideas, abstract
ideas
Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - Creates relationships among 2 or more concepts to form
a detailed view of a phenomenon. Helps define nursing practice and the goals and function of
nursing and helps define the scope of practice
Concrete idea - CORRECT ANSWER - Something that is readily observable (ex.
respiratory rate, vital signs, rash...)
Inferential idea - CORRECT ANSWER - Something that is indirectly observable (ex. pain,
nausea, dyspnea, temperature...)
Abstract idea - CORRECT ANSWER - Something that is not observable at all
Grand theory - CORRECT ANSWER - Distinguishes nursing as its own body of
knowledge and language
Mid- range theory - CORRECT ANSWER - Relevant to empirical world, less abstract-
more specific, concerned with specific phenomena found in nursing practice
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Profession - CORRECT ANSWER - Requires a specialized body of knowledge and
training and applies that knowledge to solving specific problems
Discipline - CORRECT ANSWER - Generates knowledge
The discipline of nursing includes: - CORRECT ANSWER - Interdisciplinary roles,
nursing theories, teaching and learning, nursing informatics and technology, scholarly writing
Nursing informatics - CORRECT ANSWER - The application of computer technology to
all fields of nursing- nursing services, education, research
Behaviorism - CORRECT ANSWER - Learnt behavior as a result of stimulus
Cognitivism - CORRECT ANSWER - Learning is a mental, intellectual or thinking
process based on the learner's personal characteristics and experience; emphasis on the
importance of social, emotional and physical context in which learning takes place
Humanism - CORRECT ANSWER - Learning is self motivated, self initiative and self
evaluated
Philosophy - CORRECT ANSWER - Systemic formulation of a body of knowledge that
allows the profession to further its understanding of the values, beliefs, assumptions and
knowledge
3 main areas of nursing philosophy: - CORRECT ANSWER - Ontological, epistemology
and ethics
, Ontology - CORRECT ANSWER - The nature of being "what is the purpose of life" or
"why does nursing exist"
Nursing knowledge is organized and communicated by using: - CORRECT ANSWER -
Concepts, conceptual frameworks, theories and models
Epistemology - CORRECT ANSWER - The nature of knowledge "how do we know what
we know and how do we share that information"
3 different concepts: - CORRECT ANSWER - Concrete ideas, inferential ideas, abstract
ideas
Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - Creates relationships among 2 or more concepts to form
a detailed view of a phenomenon. Helps define nursing practice and the goals and function of
nursing and helps define the scope of practice
Concrete idea - CORRECT ANSWER - Something that is readily observable (ex.
respiratory rate, vital signs, rash...)
Inferential idea - CORRECT ANSWER - Something that is indirectly observable (ex. pain,
nausea, dyspnea, temperature...)
Abstract idea - CORRECT ANSWER - Something that is not observable at all
Grand theory - CORRECT ANSWER - Distinguishes nursing as its own body of
knowledge and language
Mid- range theory - CORRECT ANSWER - Relevant to empirical world, less abstract-
more specific, concerned with specific phenomena found in nursing practice
