THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS IN NURSING (QUIZ #1)
1. What is NURSING?
a) As a profession
- Nursing is a health-care profession wherein nurses are practiced and aimed at
assisting individuals, families, and communities to achieve, maintain, or regain
health and wellness.
- It is also about promoting health to everyone
b) As an academic discipline
- Nursing is an academic excellence because of theory, research, and creative ideas
wherein nurses are able to expand and deepen their understanding about human
experiences and their responses around their surroundings or environment
2. Explain Nursing Theories
- Nursing Theories is a well-structed, knowledge- based theories that define the
scope of nursing practice. This scope involved what is the definition of nursing,
what is the typical task that a nurse given, and why these responsibilities are for.
- It provides a foundational knowledge of care principles for them to explain what
are they doing and why they are doing it to patients.
- It is also critical because it supports the evidence that nurses use in their practice
3. Enumerate the 9 Historical developments of Nursing Theories
1) Florence Nightingale (1860)
- It is where the first theory was known and the beginning of nursing theory practice
2) 1952
- The Nursing Research journal was published
3) 1960’s
- Emphasis on the nature of nursing practice
4) 1968
- The writings on “Theory in a Practice Discipline” were published
5) 1969
- The first conference on nursing theory was held
6) 1970’s
- Analysis and debate on meta-theoretical issues related to theory development
7) 1980’s
- Theory in Nursing were accepted
8) 1980’s up to the present
- Various advances in Nursing Theory and also publication of numerous books and
articles about nursing theories
9) 1990’s
- Nursing became as a basic, applied, or practical science
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1. What is NURSING?
a) As a profession
- Nursing is a health-care profession wherein nurses are practiced and aimed at
assisting individuals, families, and communities to achieve, maintain, or regain
health and wellness.
- It is also about promoting health to everyone
b) As an academic discipline
- Nursing is an academic excellence because of theory, research, and creative ideas
wherein nurses are able to expand and deepen their understanding about human
experiences and their responses around their surroundings or environment
2. Explain Nursing Theories
- Nursing Theories is a well-structed, knowledge- based theories that define the
scope of nursing practice. This scope involved what is the definition of nursing,
what is the typical task that a nurse given, and why these responsibilities are for.
- It provides a foundational knowledge of care principles for them to explain what
are they doing and why they are doing it to patients.
- It is also critical because it supports the evidence that nurses use in their practice
3. Enumerate the 9 Historical developments of Nursing Theories
1) Florence Nightingale (1860)
- It is where the first theory was known and the beginning of nursing theory practice
2) 1952
- The Nursing Research journal was published
3) 1960’s
- Emphasis on the nature of nursing practice
4) 1968
- The writings on “Theory in a Practice Discipline” were published
5) 1969
- The first conference on nursing theory was held
6) 1970’s
- Analysis and debate on meta-theoretical issues related to theory development
7) 1980’s
- Theory in Nursing were accepted
8) 1980’s up to the present
- Various advances in Nursing Theory and also publication of numerous books and
articles about nursing theories
9) 1990’s
- Nursing became as a basic, applied, or practical science
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