NURS 5366 STUDY EXAMS GUIDE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔mentorship - ✔✔accentuated form of role-modeling, the expert nurse, serves as a
teacher, sponsor, facilitator, clinical guide, and preceptor for the novice nurse
✔✔education - ✔✔purposeful with the teacher selecting teaching-learning activities and
evaluation methods, guided by learning objectives
✔✔research and theory development - ✔✔formal way of knowing in which studies are
conducted to address a gap is what is known (research problem) and are implemented
according to standards of rigor. such as reliability, and validity.
✔✔theory - ✔✔a creative and rigorous structuring of ideas that includes defined
concepts, existence statements, and relational statements that are interrelated to
present a systematic view of phenomenon.
✔✔philosophy - ✔✔provides a broad, global explanation of the world; most abstract,
and most all encompassing concept in the model. gives unity and meaning to the world
of nursing, and provides
✔✔ evidence-based practice - ✔✔clinical decision making that integrates the best
available research with clinical expertise and patient characteristics and preferences
✔✔critically appraise - ✔✔EBP in nursing requires the ability to _________
____________ available studies and synthesize credible findings.
✔✔science - ✔✔The body of nursing knowledge is based on _________, and includes
theory and research.
✔✔Research - ✔✔"Search again" or "examine carefully"
, ✔✔research - ✔✔diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation to generate new
knowledge, validate existing knowledge, and refine knowledge by incorporating new
research findings.
✔✔nursing research - ✔✔*Uniquely addresses questions relevant to the largest
healthcare profession* defined as the scientific process that validates and refines
existing knowledge and generates new knowledge that directly and indirectly influences
the delivery of evidence-based nursing
✔✔nursing - ✔✔the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities,
prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and
treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families,
communities, and populations
✔✔applied research - ✔✔nursing research that focuses on generating knowledge that
can be directly implemented in clinical practice.
✔✔Basic/bench research - ✔✔not immediately applicable to practice- needed to build
and strengthen the scientific foundation of practice
✔✔concrete - ✔✔a descriptor of thinking that is oriented toward and limited by tangible
things or by events that we experience objectively through our senses. (immediated
events limited by time and space)
✔✔abstract - ✔✔a concept oriented toward the development of an idea without
application to or association with a particular instance. (Consider the broader situation
or system and look for meaning, patterns, and relationships). *independent of time and
space*
✔✔abstract - ✔✔concepts like: competence, quality, social support, hope
✔✔introspection, intuition, reasoning - ✔✔3 main categories of abstract thought
processes
✔✔introspection - ✔✔process of turning your attention inward toward your own
thoughts
✔✔intuition - ✔✔understanding without rationale
✔✔reasoning - ✔✔used when reaching conclusions, and making sense of your
thoughts and experiences.
✔✔logical reasoning - ✔✔used to dissect components of a situation or conclusion,
examine each carefully, and analyze relationships among the parts.
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔mentorship - ✔✔accentuated form of role-modeling, the expert nurse, serves as a
teacher, sponsor, facilitator, clinical guide, and preceptor for the novice nurse
✔✔education - ✔✔purposeful with the teacher selecting teaching-learning activities and
evaluation methods, guided by learning objectives
✔✔research and theory development - ✔✔formal way of knowing in which studies are
conducted to address a gap is what is known (research problem) and are implemented
according to standards of rigor. such as reliability, and validity.
✔✔theory - ✔✔a creative and rigorous structuring of ideas that includes defined
concepts, existence statements, and relational statements that are interrelated to
present a systematic view of phenomenon.
✔✔philosophy - ✔✔provides a broad, global explanation of the world; most abstract,
and most all encompassing concept in the model. gives unity and meaning to the world
of nursing, and provides
✔✔ evidence-based practice - ✔✔clinical decision making that integrates the best
available research with clinical expertise and patient characteristics and preferences
✔✔critically appraise - ✔✔EBP in nursing requires the ability to _________
____________ available studies and synthesize credible findings.
✔✔science - ✔✔The body of nursing knowledge is based on _________, and includes
theory and research.
✔✔Research - ✔✔"Search again" or "examine carefully"
, ✔✔research - ✔✔diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation to generate new
knowledge, validate existing knowledge, and refine knowledge by incorporating new
research findings.
✔✔nursing research - ✔✔*Uniquely addresses questions relevant to the largest
healthcare profession* defined as the scientific process that validates and refines
existing knowledge and generates new knowledge that directly and indirectly influences
the delivery of evidence-based nursing
✔✔nursing - ✔✔the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities,
prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and
treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families,
communities, and populations
✔✔applied research - ✔✔nursing research that focuses on generating knowledge that
can be directly implemented in clinical practice.
✔✔Basic/bench research - ✔✔not immediately applicable to practice- needed to build
and strengthen the scientific foundation of practice
✔✔concrete - ✔✔a descriptor of thinking that is oriented toward and limited by tangible
things or by events that we experience objectively through our senses. (immediated
events limited by time and space)
✔✔abstract - ✔✔a concept oriented toward the development of an idea without
application to or association with a particular instance. (Consider the broader situation
or system and look for meaning, patterns, and relationships). *independent of time and
space*
✔✔abstract - ✔✔concepts like: competence, quality, social support, hope
✔✔introspection, intuition, reasoning - ✔✔3 main categories of abstract thought
processes
✔✔introspection - ✔✔process of turning your attention inward toward your own
thoughts
✔✔intuition - ✔✔understanding without rationale
✔✔reasoning - ✔✔used when reaching conclusions, and making sense of your
thoughts and experiences.
✔✔logical reasoning - ✔✔used to dissect components of a situation or conclusion,
examine each carefully, and analyze relationships among the parts.
