FAMILY HEALTH CARE NURSING THEORY
EXAM SCRIPT UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
ACCURATE ANSWERS FULL SOLUTION
●● How is nursing both a science and an art?
Answer: Science is based on research and evidence; art is how nursing
care is applied.
●● What is the role of nursing theory?
Answer: It defines concepts, guides nursing practice, and builds nursing
knowledge.
●● What is a phenomenon?
Answer: An idea, situation, or process that is studied.
●● What is a concept?
Answer: A thought or idea used to communicate the meaning of a theory.
●● What is a definition in nursing theory?
Answer: A word or phrase that explains the meaning of a concept.
●● What are assumptions (propositions)?
, Answer: Statements accepted as true based on values and beliefs.
●● What is the nursing domain?
Answer: The knowledge, values, beliefs, activities, and problems unique
to nursing.
●● What is a paradigm?
Answer: An organized pattern of beliefs that serves as the conceptual
framework for nursing.
●● What are the four concepts of the nursing metaparadigm?
Answer: Person, Health, Environment, and Nursing.
●● Who is included in the person component of the metaparadigm?
Answer: An individual, family, group, or community receiving care.
●● What is health according to the nursing metaparadigm?
Answer: A person's highest level of functioning, not simply the absence
of disease.
●● What is included in the environment component of the
metaparadigm?
EXAM SCRIPT UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
ACCURATE ANSWERS FULL SOLUTION
●● How is nursing both a science and an art?
Answer: Science is based on research and evidence; art is how nursing
care is applied.
●● What is the role of nursing theory?
Answer: It defines concepts, guides nursing practice, and builds nursing
knowledge.
●● What is a phenomenon?
Answer: An idea, situation, or process that is studied.
●● What is a concept?
Answer: A thought or idea used to communicate the meaning of a theory.
●● What is a definition in nursing theory?
Answer: A word or phrase that explains the meaning of a concept.
●● What are assumptions (propositions)?
, Answer: Statements accepted as true based on values and beliefs.
●● What is the nursing domain?
Answer: The knowledge, values, beliefs, activities, and problems unique
to nursing.
●● What is a paradigm?
Answer: An organized pattern of beliefs that serves as the conceptual
framework for nursing.
●● What are the four concepts of the nursing metaparadigm?
Answer: Person, Health, Environment, and Nursing.
●● Who is included in the person component of the metaparadigm?
Answer: An individual, family, group, or community receiving care.
●● What is health according to the nursing metaparadigm?
Answer: A person's highest level of functioning, not simply the absence
of disease.
●● What is included in the environment component of the
metaparadigm?