Nursing Informatics and the Foundation
of Knowledge 6th Edition – McGonigle
Test Bank Questions and Answers
Borrowed Theory Theories borrowed or made use of from other
disciplines.
As nursing began to evolve, theories from other
disciplines (e.g., psychology, sociology) were
adopted to try to
empirically describe, explain, or predict nursing
phenomena.
As nursing theories continue to be developed, nurses
are now questioning whether these borrowed
theories were sufficient or satisfactory in their
relation to the nursing phenomena they were used to
describe, explain, or predict.
Building blocks Basic elements or part of nursing informatics such as
information science, computer science, cognitive
science, and nursing science
Clinical databases Collections of related patient records stored in a
computer system using software that permits a
person or program to query the data to extract
needed patient information
of Knowledge 6th Edition – McGonigle
Test Bank Questions and Answers
Borrowed Theory Theories borrowed or made use of from other
disciplines.
As nursing began to evolve, theories from other
disciplines (e.g., psychology, sociology) were
adopted to try to
empirically describe, explain, or predict nursing
phenomena.
As nursing theories continue to be developed, nurses
are now questioning whether these borrowed
theories were sufficient or satisfactory in their
relation to the nursing phenomena they were used to
describe, explain, or predict.
Building blocks Basic elements or part of nursing informatics such as
information science, computer science, cognitive
science, and nursing science
Clinical databases Collections of related patient records stored in a
computer system using software that permits a
person or program to query the data to extract
needed patient information
