NUR 170 TEST BANK FULLY SOLVED EDITION
WITH 100% CORRECT SOLUTIONS 2026
◉Nursing as a practice . Answer: The application of knowledge used in
a work-like setting to service people and ensure good nursing.
◉Epistemology . Answer: Branch of philosophy concerned with the
sources of knowledge and truth and the methods being used to acquire it.
Or the ways in which knowledge is developed.
◉Borrowed Knowledge . Answer: Knowledge developed by other
disciplines and adapted in the discipline of nursing, for example
Anatomy or Philosophy.
◉Received view . Answer: A worldview that uses observations and
measurement to come to a quantitative, objective conclusion resulting in
only one truth.
◉Perceived view . Answer: A worldview that takes in more qualitative
experiences and perceptions from the subjective client report which can
result in many truths.
,◉Four Meta-paradigms of Nursing . Answer: Person, Nursing,
Environment, Health
◉paradigm . Answer: a distinct set of concepts or thought patterns,
including theories, research methods, postulates, and standards for what
constitutes legitimate contributions to a field.
◉Metaparadigm . Answer: refers to the primary or central phenomena
that are of interest to a particular discipline
◉Metaparadigm- Person . Answer: Metaparadigm of nursing that looks
at the Individual, family or community (Biopsychosocial being) which is
receiving holistic care from the nurse
◉Metaparadigm- Nursing . Answer: Metaparadigm of nursing that
focuses on the actions taken on behalf or with the client in the pursuit of
health
◉Metaparadigm- Health . Answer: metaparadigm of nursing which
looks at The client's wellness/illness which is relative to the goal being
to help the client reach their highest 'health potential'
◉Metaparadigm: Environment . Answer: metaparadigm of nursing
which has both a social aspect looking at family, relationships, and
communities. And a physical aspect looking at external factors like
, cleanliness and temperature as well as internal factorials like food and
medicine which has been ingested.
◉Aim of Nursing . Answer: Health Promotion, Illness prevention,
Restore health, Facilitate coping with death or disability.
◉empirical knowledge . Answer: The pattern of knowing based on
science and organized into general laws and theories which can help us
explain or predict phenomena. What is it and how does it work?
◉aesthetic knowledge . Answer: The pattern of knowing associated with
the art of nursing and can only be developed by being immersed within
the nurse-client relationship. What does it mean and how/why is it
significant?
◉Ethical knowledge . Answer: The pattern of knowing that focuses on
what is right or wrong and the obligations, commitments, and
responsibilities we as nurses have to act upon, nurses also function
within their own moral code based on service to people and respect for
human life. Is it right and is it responsible?
◉Personal Knowledge . Answer: The pattern of knowing focused on
understanding one's self and why you may have certain beliefs, values or
prejudices and what you need to do to not let them impact your care. Do
I know what I do and do I know what I know?
WITH 100% CORRECT SOLUTIONS 2026
◉Nursing as a practice . Answer: The application of knowledge used in
a work-like setting to service people and ensure good nursing.
◉Epistemology . Answer: Branch of philosophy concerned with the
sources of knowledge and truth and the methods being used to acquire it.
Or the ways in which knowledge is developed.
◉Borrowed Knowledge . Answer: Knowledge developed by other
disciplines and adapted in the discipline of nursing, for example
Anatomy or Philosophy.
◉Received view . Answer: A worldview that uses observations and
measurement to come to a quantitative, objective conclusion resulting in
only one truth.
◉Perceived view . Answer: A worldview that takes in more qualitative
experiences and perceptions from the subjective client report which can
result in many truths.
,◉Four Meta-paradigms of Nursing . Answer: Person, Nursing,
Environment, Health
◉paradigm . Answer: a distinct set of concepts or thought patterns,
including theories, research methods, postulates, and standards for what
constitutes legitimate contributions to a field.
◉Metaparadigm . Answer: refers to the primary or central phenomena
that are of interest to a particular discipline
◉Metaparadigm- Person . Answer: Metaparadigm of nursing that looks
at the Individual, family or community (Biopsychosocial being) which is
receiving holistic care from the nurse
◉Metaparadigm- Nursing . Answer: Metaparadigm of nursing that
focuses on the actions taken on behalf or with the client in the pursuit of
health
◉Metaparadigm- Health . Answer: metaparadigm of nursing which
looks at The client's wellness/illness which is relative to the goal being
to help the client reach their highest 'health potential'
◉Metaparadigm: Environment . Answer: metaparadigm of nursing
which has both a social aspect looking at family, relationships, and
communities. And a physical aspect looking at external factors like
, cleanliness and temperature as well as internal factorials like food and
medicine which has been ingested.
◉Aim of Nursing . Answer: Health Promotion, Illness prevention,
Restore health, Facilitate coping with death or disability.
◉empirical knowledge . Answer: The pattern of knowing based on
science and organized into general laws and theories which can help us
explain or predict phenomena. What is it and how does it work?
◉aesthetic knowledge . Answer: The pattern of knowing associated with
the art of nursing and can only be developed by being immersed within
the nurse-client relationship. What does it mean and how/why is it
significant?
◉Ethical knowledge . Answer: The pattern of knowing that focuses on
what is right or wrong and the obligations, commitments, and
responsibilities we as nurses have to act upon, nurses also function
within their own moral code based on service to people and respect for
human life. Is it right and is it responsible?
◉Personal Knowledge . Answer: The pattern of knowing focused on
understanding one's self and why you may have certain beliefs, values or
prejudices and what you need to do to not let them impact your care. Do
I know what I do and do I know what I know?
