Nursing 122 Exam Questions and
Answers A+
What is a profession? - Correct answer-Requires specialized knowledge and
training
Unique body of knowledge that defines it in society
Applies that knowledge to solving specific problems
What is a discipline? - Correct answer-Generates knowledge
What are the 5 disciplines of nursing? - Correct answer-Nursing theories
Scholarly writing
Interdisciplinary roles
Teaching and Learning
Nursing Informatics and technology
What are the nursing knowledge ways of knowing? - Correct answer-Empirics
Ethics-moral knowledge in nursing
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,Personal knowledge in nursing
Esthetics-the art of nursing
Socio-political
Why do we need nursing theories? - Correct answer-Nursing theories help form
exclusive body of knowledge
Help affirm nursing as a scientific discipline with its own characteristics
Theories also inform how we educate and conduct nursing research
Why do we need scholarly writing in nursing? - Correct answer-Discipline-specific
writing
Development of critical thinking and professional communication
What are the stages(ADPTE) of teaching? - Correct answer-Assess
Diagnose
Plan
Teach
Evaluate
What is behaviourism learning theory? - Correct answer-Learned behaviour as a
result of a stimulus
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,What is cognitivism learning theory? - Correct answer-Learning is a mental,
intellectual or thinking process based on the learners person characteristics and
experience emphasis on the importance of social, emotional and physical context
in which learning takes place
What is humanism learning theory? - Correct answer-Learning is self-motivated,
self-initiative and self-evaluated
What are some learning attributes? - Correct answer-A process that is both
intellectual and emotional
The discovery of the personal meaning and relevance of ideas
A consequence of experience
An evolutionary process that builds on past learning and experiences
What is philosophy? - Correct answer-In scientific disciplines, philosophy is the
systematic formulation of a body of knowledge
What does a philosophy do? - Correct answer-Allows the profession to further its
understanding of the values, beliefs, assumptions and knowledge
What are the main 3 areas of nursing philosophy? - Correct answer-Ontological
Epistemology
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, Ethics
What is ontological? - Correct answer-The nature of being
What is the purpose of life or in this case, nursing
What is epistemology? - Correct answer-Investigates nature of knowledge
Patterns of knowing- ethics, personal knowledge, asthetics, sociopolitical
What is ethics? - Correct answer-Nature of moral thought
Doing what ought to be done or what's right for the patient
How is nursing knowledge organized and communicated? - Correct answer-
Concepts
Conceptual frameworks
Theories
Models
What are concepts? - Correct answer-Building blocks
Abstract ideas or mental images of phenomena or reality
What 3 things can concepts be? - Correct answer-Concrete
Inferential
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Answers A+
What is a profession? - Correct answer-Requires specialized knowledge and
training
Unique body of knowledge that defines it in society
Applies that knowledge to solving specific problems
What is a discipline? - Correct answer-Generates knowledge
What are the 5 disciplines of nursing? - Correct answer-Nursing theories
Scholarly writing
Interdisciplinary roles
Teaching and Learning
Nursing Informatics and technology
What are the nursing knowledge ways of knowing? - Correct answer-Empirics
Ethics-moral knowledge in nursing
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,Personal knowledge in nursing
Esthetics-the art of nursing
Socio-political
Why do we need nursing theories? - Correct answer-Nursing theories help form
exclusive body of knowledge
Help affirm nursing as a scientific discipline with its own characteristics
Theories also inform how we educate and conduct nursing research
Why do we need scholarly writing in nursing? - Correct answer-Discipline-specific
writing
Development of critical thinking and professional communication
What are the stages(ADPTE) of teaching? - Correct answer-Assess
Diagnose
Plan
Teach
Evaluate
What is behaviourism learning theory? - Correct answer-Learned behaviour as a
result of a stimulus
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,What is cognitivism learning theory? - Correct answer-Learning is a mental,
intellectual or thinking process based on the learners person characteristics and
experience emphasis on the importance of social, emotional and physical context
in which learning takes place
What is humanism learning theory? - Correct answer-Learning is self-motivated,
self-initiative and self-evaluated
What are some learning attributes? - Correct answer-A process that is both
intellectual and emotional
The discovery of the personal meaning and relevance of ideas
A consequence of experience
An evolutionary process that builds on past learning and experiences
What is philosophy? - Correct answer-In scientific disciplines, philosophy is the
systematic formulation of a body of knowledge
What does a philosophy do? - Correct answer-Allows the profession to further its
understanding of the values, beliefs, assumptions and knowledge
What are the main 3 areas of nursing philosophy? - Correct answer-Ontological
Epistemology
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, Ethics
What is ontological? - Correct answer-The nature of being
What is the purpose of life or in this case, nursing
What is epistemology? - Correct answer-Investigates nature of knowledge
Patterns of knowing- ethics, personal knowledge, asthetics, sociopolitical
What is ethics? - Correct answer-Nature of moral thought
Doing what ought to be done or what's right for the patient
How is nursing knowledge organized and communicated? - Correct answer-
Concepts
Conceptual frameworks
Theories
Models
What are concepts? - Correct answer-Building blocks
Abstract ideas or mental images of phenomena or reality
What 3 things can concepts be? - Correct answer-Concrete
Inferential
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