NURS 8002 THEORY 2026 EVIDENCE BASED
NURSING PRACTICE STUDY GUIDE FULL PAPER
AND ANSWERS
◉ 3 competencies expected of advanced practice nurse.
Answer: 1. critique and evaluate a variety of theories from nursing
and relation fields
2. apply and utilize appropriate theories from heath care to clients
3. understand the health care delivery system in which they practice
through the application of appropriate theories
◉ History of nursing theory.
Answer: subjective knowledge - beginning, theory development
Procedural knowledge - grand theories
Constructed knowledge - guide practice - middle theories, grand
theories
◉ Concept.
Answer: components of a phenomenon, building blocks of theories
,relationship statement
◉ conceptual definition.
Answer: word definition
◉ operational definition.
Answer: how its measured
◉ Construct.
Answer: complex type of concept
used to fit a purpose
i.e. maslow's "self actulization"
◉ Propositions/hypotheses/relationship statements.
Answer: the predicted relationship between concepts
◉ phenomena.
Answer: designation of an aspect of reality, subject matter that is
primary concern of a discipline
, an idea about a situation or event
◉ Assumptions.
Answer: beliefs about phenomena one must accept as true
◉ Grand theory.
Answer: nonspecific and composed of mostly abstract concepts
are broad and provide an overall framework for structuring ideas.
They are composed of relatively abstract concepts that are not
operationally defined and attempt to explain or describe very
comprehensive aspects of human experience and response.
Orem, Roy, Rogers
◉ Middle Range Theory.
Answer: more specific and limited number of concepts
addresses more narrowly defined phenomena and can be used to
suggest an intervention. They are more specific and have limited
number of concepts.
Benner, leininger, pender, mishel/clayton, kolcaba, lenz/pugh, reed,
NURSING PRACTICE STUDY GUIDE FULL PAPER
AND ANSWERS
◉ 3 competencies expected of advanced practice nurse.
Answer: 1. critique and evaluate a variety of theories from nursing
and relation fields
2. apply and utilize appropriate theories from heath care to clients
3. understand the health care delivery system in which they practice
through the application of appropriate theories
◉ History of nursing theory.
Answer: subjective knowledge - beginning, theory development
Procedural knowledge - grand theories
Constructed knowledge - guide practice - middle theories, grand
theories
◉ Concept.
Answer: components of a phenomenon, building blocks of theories
,relationship statement
◉ conceptual definition.
Answer: word definition
◉ operational definition.
Answer: how its measured
◉ Construct.
Answer: complex type of concept
used to fit a purpose
i.e. maslow's "self actulization"
◉ Propositions/hypotheses/relationship statements.
Answer: the predicted relationship between concepts
◉ phenomena.
Answer: designation of an aspect of reality, subject matter that is
primary concern of a discipline
, an idea about a situation or event
◉ Assumptions.
Answer: beliefs about phenomena one must accept as true
◉ Grand theory.
Answer: nonspecific and composed of mostly abstract concepts
are broad and provide an overall framework for structuring ideas.
They are composed of relatively abstract concepts that are not
operationally defined and attempt to explain or describe very
comprehensive aspects of human experience and response.
Orem, Roy, Rogers
◉ Middle Range Theory.
Answer: more specific and limited number of concepts
addresses more narrowly defined phenomena and can be used to
suggest an intervention. They are more specific and have limited
number of concepts.
Benner, leininger, pender, mishel/clayton, kolcaba, lenz/pugh, reed,
