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Historically, nursing preparation was referred to as "training," and
many nurses educated through the 1970s still use this term to refer to
their education. Why is this terminology particularly problematic in
light of the advances made in nursing science in the last 30 years?
A) On-the-job apprenticeships are no longer as prevalent as they were
up through the late 1970s and early 1980s.
B) It places emphasis on nurses' abilities to perform tasks rather than
reason through and understand the purpose of their actions.
C) Most modern nurses pursue Master's level education beyond their
practice-based Bachelor's education.
D) The last 30 years have seen nursing education move away from
physician-taught courses in hospitals to professor-taught courses at
universities.
Ans: B
During the 1960s, why did nursing scholars heavily emphasize a focus
on the theoretical development of nursing as its own, independent
discipline?
A) To support doctoral education for nurses that was discipline specific
B) To prove that the logical positivist approach was a poor fit for the
discipline
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C) To encourage and enhance the continued development of nursing
science
D) To promote research by nurses in all fields, not merely nursing
science
Ans: C
Which argument best supports the idea of nursing as a professional
discipline rather than an academic discipline?
A) "Nursing is an applied science. Its practice component places an
emphasis on the delivery of service by nurses rather than the
development of academic knowledge."
B) "Nursing is a discipline with unique substance. It borrows very little
from other disciplines and, as a result, is beyond the realm of most
academic programs in the sciences that acknowledge idea sharing
across disciplines."
C) "Nursing is a concept with a lengthy unofficial history. Individuals
have been providing nursing care to others since the Crusades, and this
professional provision of services predates formal education in the
field."
D) "Nursing is a relative newcomer to advanced education. For many
years, nurses were educated or trained only at a Bachelor's level, and
advanced practice therefore has its roots in the profession itse
Ans: A
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Which statement most accurately encapsulates Thomas Kuhn's
proposed philosophy of science?
A) Science philosophy should address both the conceptual and
empirical problems of science and serve as merely a problem-solving
activity.
B) Science philosophy should focus on concept clarification and
concept analysis based on theory development and synthesis.
C) Science philosophy should resolve conceptual problems in science
without being limited to the development of theories.
D) Science philosophy should examine the process of science, rather
than the product of science, according to a disciplinary matrix known
as a paradigm.
Ans: D
The consensus statement crafted at the Knowledge Consensus
Conference in Boston in 1998 addressed the following areas except:
A) The nature of the human person
B) The role of nursing theory
C) The nature of the nurse as an individual
D) The links of each area of understanding to nursing practice
Ans: C
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NURS 5350 M2L3 Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
Historically, nursing preparation was referred to as "training," and
many nurses educated through the 1970s still use this term to refer to
their education. Why is this terminology particularly problematic in
light of the advances made in nursing science in the last 30 years?
A) On-the-job apprenticeships are no longer as prevalent as they were
up through the late 1970s and early 1980s.
B) It places emphasis on nurses' abilities to perform tasks rather than
reason through and understand the purpose of their actions.
C) Most modern nurses pursue Master's level education beyond their
practice-based Bachelor's education.
D) The last 30 years have seen nursing education move away from
physician-taught courses in hospitals to professor-taught courses at
universities.
Ans: B
During the 1960s, why did nursing scholars heavily emphasize a focus
on the theoretical development of nursing as its own, independent
discipline?
A) To support doctoral education for nurses that was discipline specific
B) To prove that the logical positivist approach was a poor fit for the
discipline
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C) To encourage and enhance the continued development of nursing
science
D) To promote research by nurses in all fields, not merely nursing
science
Ans: C
Which argument best supports the idea of nursing as a professional
discipline rather than an academic discipline?
A) "Nursing is an applied science. Its practice component places an
emphasis on the delivery of service by nurses rather than the
development of academic knowledge."
B) "Nursing is a discipline with unique substance. It borrows very little
from other disciplines and, as a result, is beyond the realm of most
academic programs in the sciences that acknowledge idea sharing
across disciplines."
C) "Nursing is a concept with a lengthy unofficial history. Individuals
have been providing nursing care to others since the Crusades, and this
professional provision of services predates formal education in the
field."
D) "Nursing is a relative newcomer to advanced education. For many
years, nurses were educated or trained only at a Bachelor's level, and
advanced practice therefore has its roots in the profession itse
Ans: A
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Which statement most accurately encapsulates Thomas Kuhn's
proposed philosophy of science?
A) Science philosophy should address both the conceptual and
empirical problems of science and serve as merely a problem-solving
activity.
B) Science philosophy should focus on concept clarification and
concept analysis based on theory development and synthesis.
C) Science philosophy should resolve conceptual problems in science
without being limited to the development of theories.
D) Science philosophy should examine the process of science, rather
than the product of science, according to a disciplinary matrix known
as a paradigm.
Ans: D
The consensus statement crafted at the Knowledge Consensus
Conference in Boston in 1998 addressed the following areas except:
A) The nature of the human person
B) The role of nursing theory
C) The nature of the nurse as an individual
D) The links of each area of understanding to nursing practice
Ans: C
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