NUR 324 Quiz 1 With Complete Solutions.

NUR 324 Quiz 1 With Complete Solutions

Components of Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Phenomenon
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Concepts
Definitions
Assumptions


Phenomenon - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-is the term, description, or label
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given to describe an idea or responses to an event, situation, a group of
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situations, or a process | | |




Can be temporary or permanent
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Examples in nursing: caring, self-care, and patient responses to stress
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Concept - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-is a thought or idea of reality that is
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put into words or phrases to help describe or explain a specific
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phenomenon


Definitions - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Theorists use definitions to
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communicate the general meaning of the concepts of a theory
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, Assumptions - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-"taken-for-granted" statements
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that explain the nature of the concepts, definitions, purpose,
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relationships, and structure of a theory | | | | |




based on beliefs and values
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Domain - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-is the perspective or territory of a
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profession or discipline | |




Paradigm - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-is a pattern of beliefs used to
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describe the domain of a discipline
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Nursing Metaparadigm - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-allows nurses to
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understand and explain what nursing is, what nursing does, and why
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nurses do what they do
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Four concepts: person, health, environment, and nursing
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Types of Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Grand: Broad in scope,
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complex, require specification
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Middle-range: More limited in scope and less abstract | | | | | | |