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1. Nursing hasbeenconsidered bothaprofessionand anoccupation.Whichofthe
as as as as as as as as as as as as
following supports defining nursing as a profession?
as as as as as as as
A) Autonomy
B) Learnedvocation as
C) Varied levelofskill as as as
D) Careerwithvaried knowledge as as as
2. Howmanylevelsofentryinto practiceexist for registered nurses?
as as as as as as as as as as
A) One
B) Two
C) Three
D) Four
3. Nursing isclassified as whichtype ofscience?
as as as as as as as
A) Pure
B) Natural
C) Human
D) Applied
4. Indefiningthephilosophyofnursing, whichofthe followingwould not be included?
as as as as as as as as as as as as as
A) Purposeofhuman life as as as
B) Natureofbeing as as
C) Theoryofknowledge as as
D) Scientificmethod as
5. Whendiscussingthescienceandphilosophyofadiscipline,howwould onedefinethe two in
as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as
relation to each other?
as as as as
A) Autonomous
B) Reliant
C) Linked
D) Unrelated
6. Philosophy'sdefinition includeswhichofthe following? as as as as as as
A) Studyofproblems that are abstract and general
as as as as as as as
B) Measuresobservable phenomenaofinterest inadiscipline as as as as as as as
C) Empiricalwayofgathering data as as as as
D) Grounded and testedinexperience as as as as
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, 7. Based on the science and philosophical schools of thought, which one centers on
as as as as as as as as as as as as
descriptions that are derived from collectively lived experiences, interrelatedness,
as as as as as as as as as
human interpretation, and learned reality?
as as as as as
A) Empiricism
B) Positivism
C) Rationalism
D) Perceivedview as
8. Basedonthescienceand philosophicalschoolsofthought,whichoneisfoundedonthe belief
as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as
that what is experienced is what exists and that experiences be verified through scientific
as as as as as as as as as as as as as as
methodology?
as
A) Receivedview as
B) Humanscience as
C) Phenomenology
D) Constructivism
9. Whendefining nursingphilosophy, whichofthe following is appropriate?
as as as as as as as as as
A) Referstothebeliefsystemoftheprofessionandprovidesperspectives forpractice, as as as as as as as as as as as as
scholarship, and research.
as as as
B) Thesubstantive,discipline-specificknowledgethatfocusesonthe
as as as as as as as
human-universe-health process.
as as
C) Referstothe systemofrelationship ofhumanresponse in healthand illness. as as as as as as as as as as as as
D) Responsiblefor generationofknowledge, whichprovidesdirection for future. as as as as as as as as as
10. Whendiscussingtheknowledgedevelopment innursingscience,thestudyoftheoryis
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referred to as which of the following?
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A) Ontology
B) Epistemology
C) Methodology
D) Philosophy
11. Thereareseveraldefined waysofknowing. Whichwayofknowing isdefinedas“a priori
as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as
knowledge that pertain to knowledge gained from thought alone?”
as as as as as as as as as
A) Empirics
B) Personal
C) Intuitive
D) Somatic
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, 12. Nursing isdescribedasahumansciencebased oninclusionofwhichofthefollowingin the
as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as
discipline?
as
A) Physiology
B) Humanhealth as
C) Anthropology
D) Allofthe above as as as
13. Patterns of knowledge in nursing include use of knowledge from nursing and other
as as as as as as as as as as as as
disciplines,abstractedandgeneralizedbeyondpersonalexperience.Ofwhichpatternof
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knowledge is this representative?
as as as as
A) Clinicalknowledge as
B) Emancipatory knowing as
C) Conceptualknowledge as
D) Empiricalknowledge as
14. A study is conducted and the methodology used for the data collection is focused on
as as as as as as as as as as as as as as
testing a hypothesis and seeking to prove or disprove the hypothesis. Which type of
as as as as as as as as as as as as as as
methodology is being used?
as as as as
A) Qualitative
B) Quantitative
C) Methodologicpluralism as
15. During the course of a nursing research study, the research selects a theory with a
as as as as as as as as as as as as as as
phenomenologicalfoundationseekingtoexploretheexperiencesofteenslivingwith
as as as as as as as as as as as
HIV. Which type of methodology is being used?
as as as as as as as as
A) Qualitative
B) Quantitative
C) Methodologicpluralism as
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