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This 2026 updated test bank for Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice, 6th Edition by Marlaine C. Smith and Marilyn E. Parker provides comprehensive exam-style questions covering nursing theories, conceptual frameworks, and their practical application in patient care. Designed for nursing students and instructors, it supports exam preparation, reinforces theoretical understanding, and enhances skills for delivering evidence-based, patient-centered nursing practice

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Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice
6th Edition
Marlaine C. SmithPhD, RN, AHN-BC, HWNC-BC, FAAN

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Chapter 1: Nursing Theory and the Discipline of Nursing

Multiple Choice

1. The purpose of theory is to:

A. Explain experience.

B. Describe relationships.

C. Project outcomes.

D. All of the above

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.

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

D. Language and symbol

ANS: B
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4. Books and periodicals are examples of:

A. Communication networks.

B. Heritage of literature.

C. Nursing organizations.

D. Nursing discipline.

ANS: B

5. The basic building blocks of theories are:

A. Concepts and their definitions.

B. Statements of relationships.

C. Concepts and statements of relationships.

D. Empirical indicators.

ANS: C

6. Nursing theories:

A. Are discovered in nature.

B. Serve as exact representations of reality.

C. Are invented by humans.

D. Cannot be modified.

ANS: C

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7. A paradigm is defined as a:

A. Worldview.

B. General framework.

C. Set of shared perspectives held by members of a discipline.

D. All of the above

ANS: D

8. The dependence of nursing theory development on human imagination is an attribute of nursing

as a(n):

A. Occupation.

B. Discipline.

C. Vocation.

D. Profession.

ANS: B

9. The primary purpose of nursing theory is to:

A. Structure nursing knowledge.

B. Demonstrate creativity in nursing.

C. Guide the thinking about, being, and doing of nursing.

D. Organize nursing curricula.

ANS: C

10. The first nursing theorist who identified the importance of theory in nursing was:

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