TEST BANK- NURSING THEORIES AND NURSING PRACTICE
FIFTH EDITION
BY MARLAINE C. SMITH PHD RN AHN-BC HWNC-BC FAAN
(AUTHOR) COMPLETE CHAPTERS 1-33| VERIFIED Q & A |
LATEST 2025/2026 EDITION
,Table of Contents
Section I An Introduction to Nursing Theory .................................................................................. 3
Chapter 1: Nursing Theory and the Discipline of Nursing .......................................................... 3
Chapter 2: A Guide for the Study of Nursing Theories for Practice .......................................... 12
Chapter 3: Choosing, Evaluating, and Implementing Nursing Theories for Practice ................ 17
Section II Conceptual Influences on the Evolution of Nursing Theory ......................................... 24
Chapter 4: Florence Nightingale’s Conceptualizations of Nursing ............................................ 24
Chapter 5: Early Conceptualization About Nursing .................................................................. 30
Chapter 6: Nurse–Patient Relationship Theories ...................................................................... 37
Section III Conceptual Models/Grand Theories in the Integrative-Interactive Paradigm ............. 46
Chapter 7: Dorothy Johnson’s Behavioral System Model ......................................................... 46
Chapter 8: Dorothea Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory ................................................ 54
Chapter 9: Imogene King’s Conceptual System and Theory of Goal Attainment ..................... 60
Chapter 10: Callista Roy’s Adaptation Model ........................................................................... 67
Chapter 11 Betty Neuman’s Systems Model ............................................................................. 75
Chapter 12: Helen Erickson, Evelyn Tomlin and Mary Ann Swain’s Theory of Modeling and
Role-Modeling ........................................................................................................................... 82
Chapter 13: Barbara Dossey’s Theory of Integral Nursing ........................................................ 90
Section IV Conceptual Models/Grand Theories in the Unitary–Transformative Paradigm .......... 97
Chapter 14: Martha E. Rogers’ Science of Unitary Human Beings ........................................... 97
Chapter 15: Rosemarie Rizzo Parse’s Humanbecoming Paradigm.......................................... 105
Chapter 16: Margaret Newman’s Theory of Health as Expanding Consciousness ................. 113
Section V Grand Theories About Care or Caring ......................................................................... 120
Chapter 17: Madeline Leininger’s Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality ........... 120
Chapter 18: Jean Watson’s Theory of Unitary Caring Science and Theory of Human Caring 128
Chapter 19: Theory of Nursing As Caring ................................................................................ 134
Section VI Middle-Range Theories .............................................................................................. 139
Chapter 20: Afaf Meleis Transitions Theory ............................................................................ 139
Chapter 21: Katharine Kolcaba’s Comfort Theory................................................................... 146
Chapter 22: Joanne Duffy’s Quality-Caring Model© .............................................................. 151
, Chapter 23: Pamela Reed’s Theory of Self-Transcendence..................................................... 158
Chapter 24: Patricia Liehr and Mary Jane Smith’s Story Theory ............................................. 166
Chapter 25: The Community Nursing Practice Model ............................................................ 172
Chapter 26: Rozzano Locsin’s Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing ..................... 179
Chapter 27 Marilyn Anne Ray’s Theory of Bureaucratic Caring.............................................. 187
Chapter 28: Troutman-Jordan’s Theory of Successful Aging .................................................. 193
Chapter 29: Barrett’s Theory of Power as Knowing Participation in Change.......................... 200
Chapter 30: Marlaine Smith’s Theory of Unitary Caring ......................................................... 205
Chapter 31: Kristen Swanson’s Theory of Caring .................................................................... 212
Chapter 32: Adeline Falk-Rafael’s Critical Caring Theory ........................................................ 217
Chapter 33: Katie Eriksson’s Theory of Caritative Caring ........................................................ 223
Smith, Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice, 5e
Section I An Introduction to Nursing Theory
Chapter 1: Nursing Theory and the Discipline of Nursing
Multiple-Choice Questions
1. The purpose of theory is to:
A. Explain experience.
B. Describe relationships.
C. Project outcomes.
, D. All of the above.
CORRECT ANS>> D
2. Members of a community of scholars share a commitment to all of the following except:
A. Values.
B. Knowledge.
C. Geographic location.
D. Processes.
CORRECT ANS>> C
3. and structures are essential to any discipline and are inherent in nursing
theories.
A. Paradigm and metaparadigm.
B. Syntactical and conceptual.
C. Middle and grand.
FIFTH EDITION
BY MARLAINE C. SMITH PHD RN AHN-BC HWNC-BC FAAN
(AUTHOR) COMPLETE CHAPTERS 1-33| VERIFIED Q & A |
LATEST 2025/2026 EDITION
,Table of Contents
Section I An Introduction to Nursing Theory .................................................................................. 3
Chapter 1: Nursing Theory and the Discipline of Nursing .......................................................... 3
Chapter 2: A Guide for the Study of Nursing Theories for Practice .......................................... 12
Chapter 3: Choosing, Evaluating, and Implementing Nursing Theories for Practice ................ 17
Section II Conceptual Influences on the Evolution of Nursing Theory ......................................... 24
Chapter 4: Florence Nightingale’s Conceptualizations of Nursing ............................................ 24
Chapter 5: Early Conceptualization About Nursing .................................................................. 30
Chapter 6: Nurse–Patient Relationship Theories ...................................................................... 37
Section III Conceptual Models/Grand Theories in the Integrative-Interactive Paradigm ............. 46
Chapter 7: Dorothy Johnson’s Behavioral System Model ......................................................... 46
Chapter 8: Dorothea Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory ................................................ 54
Chapter 9: Imogene King’s Conceptual System and Theory of Goal Attainment ..................... 60
Chapter 10: Callista Roy’s Adaptation Model ........................................................................... 67
Chapter 11 Betty Neuman’s Systems Model ............................................................................. 75
Chapter 12: Helen Erickson, Evelyn Tomlin and Mary Ann Swain’s Theory of Modeling and
Role-Modeling ........................................................................................................................... 82
Chapter 13: Barbara Dossey’s Theory of Integral Nursing ........................................................ 90
Section IV Conceptual Models/Grand Theories in the Unitary–Transformative Paradigm .......... 97
Chapter 14: Martha E. Rogers’ Science of Unitary Human Beings ........................................... 97
Chapter 15: Rosemarie Rizzo Parse’s Humanbecoming Paradigm.......................................... 105
Chapter 16: Margaret Newman’s Theory of Health as Expanding Consciousness ................. 113
Section V Grand Theories About Care or Caring ......................................................................... 120
Chapter 17: Madeline Leininger’s Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality ........... 120
Chapter 18: Jean Watson’s Theory of Unitary Caring Science and Theory of Human Caring 128
Chapter 19: Theory of Nursing As Caring ................................................................................ 134
Section VI Middle-Range Theories .............................................................................................. 139
Chapter 20: Afaf Meleis Transitions Theory ............................................................................ 139
Chapter 21: Katharine Kolcaba’s Comfort Theory................................................................... 146
Chapter 22: Joanne Duffy’s Quality-Caring Model© .............................................................. 151
, Chapter 23: Pamela Reed’s Theory of Self-Transcendence..................................................... 158
Chapter 24: Patricia Liehr and Mary Jane Smith’s Story Theory ............................................. 166
Chapter 25: The Community Nursing Practice Model ............................................................ 172
Chapter 26: Rozzano Locsin’s Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing ..................... 179
Chapter 27 Marilyn Anne Ray’s Theory of Bureaucratic Caring.............................................. 187
Chapter 28: Troutman-Jordan’s Theory of Successful Aging .................................................. 193
Chapter 29: Barrett’s Theory of Power as Knowing Participation in Change.......................... 200
Chapter 30: Marlaine Smith’s Theory of Unitary Caring ......................................................... 205
Chapter 31: Kristen Swanson’s Theory of Caring .................................................................... 212
Chapter 32: Adeline Falk-Rafael’s Critical Caring Theory ........................................................ 217
Chapter 33: Katie Eriksson’s Theory of Caritative Caring ........................................................ 223
Smith, Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice, 5e
Section I An Introduction to Nursing Theory
Chapter 1: Nursing Theory and the Discipline of Nursing
Multiple-Choice Questions
1. The purpose of theory is to:
A. Explain experience.
B. Describe relationships.
C. Project outcomes.
, D. All of the above.
CORRECT ANS>> D
2. Members of a community of scholars share a commitment to all of the following except:
A. Values.
B. Knowledge.
C. Geographic location.
D. Processes.
CORRECT ANS>> C
3. and structures are essential to any discipline and are inherent in nursing
theories.
A. Paradigm and metaparadigm.
B. Syntactical and conceptual.
C. Middle and grand.
