UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI NURS 8002
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS ALL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Theories that are nonspecific and compose of primary abstract concepts are
typically labeled as:
A. Meta-anaylsis
B. Middle Range Theories
C. Grand theories
D. Practice Theories - ✔✔grand theories
✔✔Scope or Level of Theories - ✔✔level of abstraction
Grand theories most abstract
Practice theories least abstract
✔✔metatheory - ✔✔theory about theory; the stated or inherent assumptions made
when creating a theory; hard to get a handle on because so abstract and broad
✔✔Primary resource - ✔✔original source of the work
Avoids plagiarism
, ✔✔Secondary Resource - ✔✔an author describes or discusses, but didn't do the work
✔✔Factors affecting selection of a theory to guide practice - ✔✔provides structure and
context to practice
permits common language to healthcare professionals
Assists prediction/evaluation of care outcomes
Refines professional standards
Practice/middle theories easily tested via research
✔✔Borrowed or shared theory - ✔✔a theory developed in another discipline that is not
adapted to the worldview and practice of nursing
✔✔APA journal article - ✔✔Author (last name, initals). (year). Article title. Journal title
(in italics), volume (issue), pages. DOI
Miller, W.R., & Rose, G.S. (2009). Toward a theory of motivational interviewing.
American psychologist, 64 (6), 527-537.
✔✔Identify the statement that is correct:
A. Practice theories are prescriptive theories or situation specific theories and less
complex than other forms of theories- may only have 2-3 concepts
B. Grand theories are specific with a limited number of concepts and easily measurable
C. Middle range theories are non specific and composed of primarily abstract concepts
D. Meta theories are about deduction adn space relationships - ✔✔Practice theories are
prescriptive theories or situation specific theories and less complex than other forms of
theories- may only have 2-3 concepts
✔✔Nursing research is:
A. Only basic research
B. Only performed by a nurse
C. Focused on nursing practice and/or topics of interest to nurses
D. Symbiotic involving only inductive approaches - ✔✔C. Focused on nursing practice
and/or topics of interest to nurses
✔✔A specific type of proposition that can be theoretically tested is called:
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS ALL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Theories that are nonspecific and compose of primary abstract concepts are
typically labeled as:
A. Meta-anaylsis
B. Middle Range Theories
C. Grand theories
D. Practice Theories - ✔✔grand theories
✔✔Scope or Level of Theories - ✔✔level of abstraction
Grand theories most abstract
Practice theories least abstract
✔✔metatheory - ✔✔theory about theory; the stated or inherent assumptions made
when creating a theory; hard to get a handle on because so abstract and broad
✔✔Primary resource - ✔✔original source of the work
Avoids plagiarism
, ✔✔Secondary Resource - ✔✔an author describes or discusses, but didn't do the work
✔✔Factors affecting selection of a theory to guide practice - ✔✔provides structure and
context to practice
permits common language to healthcare professionals
Assists prediction/evaluation of care outcomes
Refines professional standards
Practice/middle theories easily tested via research
✔✔Borrowed or shared theory - ✔✔a theory developed in another discipline that is not
adapted to the worldview and practice of nursing
✔✔APA journal article - ✔✔Author (last name, initals). (year). Article title. Journal title
(in italics), volume (issue), pages. DOI
Miller, W.R., & Rose, G.S. (2009). Toward a theory of motivational interviewing.
American psychologist, 64 (6), 527-537.
✔✔Identify the statement that is correct:
A. Practice theories are prescriptive theories or situation specific theories and less
complex than other forms of theories- may only have 2-3 concepts
B. Grand theories are specific with a limited number of concepts and easily measurable
C. Middle range theories are non specific and composed of primarily abstract concepts
D. Meta theories are about deduction adn space relationships - ✔✔Practice theories are
prescriptive theories or situation specific theories and less complex than other forms of
theories- may only have 2-3 concepts
✔✔Nursing research is:
A. Only basic research
B. Only performed by a nurse
C. Focused on nursing practice and/or topics of interest to nurses
D. Symbiotic involving only inductive approaches - ✔✔C. Focused on nursing practice
and/or topics of interest to nurses
✔✔A specific type of proposition that can be theoretically tested is called:
