CHAPTER 8: EVIDENCE-BASED
PRACTICE: THEORY & RESEARCH
NCLEX QUESTIONS | READY
Most nurses see nursing as focusing on the entire person and his response
to cellular changes. This global perspective of nursing is known as a
nursing:
1) Framework
2) Theory
3) Model
4) Paradigm - Ans--Answer:
4) Paradigm
Rationale:
A paradigm is a worldview or an ideology. It is the most global conceptual
framework of a discipline. The nursing paradigm includes the entire person
and his whole-person responses to changes in his cells and organs. A
conceptual framework is a set of concepts that are related to form a whole
or pattern. A model is a symbolic representation of a framework or concept
—a diagram, graph, picture, drawing, or physical model. Models are
developed to promote understanding of concepts. In a theory, the
relationships among the concepts are described in more detail and
assumptions are stated.
A nurse spends time sitting with a dying patient. She holds the patient's
hand and prays with her quietly. This action is most clearly an example of
whose nursing theory?
1) Jean Watson
2) Imogene King
3) Ida Jean Orlando
4) Martha Rogers - Ans--Answer:
1) Jean Watson
, Rationale:
Jean Watson developed the Science of Human Caring theory, which
describes caring from a nursing perspective. Imogene King focused her
theory on mutual goal setting between the nurse and patient and the
process for meeting the goals. Ida Jean Orlando is known for ideas about
the nursing process. Martha Rogers developed the Science of Unitary
Human Beings theory, which focuses on the betterment of humankind
through new and innovative modalities. Her theory stresses the importance
of maintaining an environment free of negative energy.
A nurse has an educational background that prepares her to manage
research projects. Which nursing degree does this nurse most likely hold?
1) Associate degree
2) Baccalaureate degree
3) Master's degree
4) Doctoral degree - Ans--Answer:
4) Doctoral degree
Rationale:
Doctorally prepared nurses are specifically educated to become nurse
researchers.
Which of the following form propositions when linked together, and are
considered "building blocks" of theories?
1) Concepts
2) Research data
3) Hypotheses
4) Numbers - Ans--Answer:
1) Concepts
Rationale:
When concepts are linked together, they form propositions that provide the
framework for a theory. Research data are used in constructing and testing
a theory. Keep in mind that theories can also be started without data,
merely by logically linking concepts, perhaps based on a review of the
literature. Hypotheses are tested in a research study. They may or may not
PRACTICE: THEORY & RESEARCH
NCLEX QUESTIONS | READY
Most nurses see nursing as focusing on the entire person and his response
to cellular changes. This global perspective of nursing is known as a
nursing:
1) Framework
2) Theory
3) Model
4) Paradigm - Ans--Answer:
4) Paradigm
Rationale:
A paradigm is a worldview or an ideology. It is the most global conceptual
framework of a discipline. The nursing paradigm includes the entire person
and his whole-person responses to changes in his cells and organs. A
conceptual framework is a set of concepts that are related to form a whole
or pattern. A model is a symbolic representation of a framework or concept
—a diagram, graph, picture, drawing, or physical model. Models are
developed to promote understanding of concepts. In a theory, the
relationships among the concepts are described in more detail and
assumptions are stated.
A nurse spends time sitting with a dying patient. She holds the patient's
hand and prays with her quietly. This action is most clearly an example of
whose nursing theory?
1) Jean Watson
2) Imogene King
3) Ida Jean Orlando
4) Martha Rogers - Ans--Answer:
1) Jean Watson
, Rationale:
Jean Watson developed the Science of Human Caring theory, which
describes caring from a nursing perspective. Imogene King focused her
theory on mutual goal setting between the nurse and patient and the
process for meeting the goals. Ida Jean Orlando is known for ideas about
the nursing process. Martha Rogers developed the Science of Unitary
Human Beings theory, which focuses on the betterment of humankind
through new and innovative modalities. Her theory stresses the importance
of maintaining an environment free of negative energy.
A nurse has an educational background that prepares her to manage
research projects. Which nursing degree does this nurse most likely hold?
1) Associate degree
2) Baccalaureate degree
3) Master's degree
4) Doctoral degree - Ans--Answer:
4) Doctoral degree
Rationale:
Doctorally prepared nurses are specifically educated to become nurse
researchers.
Which of the following form propositions when linked together, and are
considered "building blocks" of theories?
1) Concepts
2) Research data
3) Hypotheses
4) Numbers - Ans--Answer:
1) Concepts
Rationale:
When concepts are linked together, they form propositions that provide the
framework for a theory. Research data are used in constructing and testing
a theory. Keep in mind that theories can also be started without data,
merely by logically linking concepts, perhaps based on a review of the
literature. Hypotheses are tested in a research study. They may or may not
