THEORETICAL BASIS FOR NURSING 6TH
AMERICAN EDITION ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ How are theory, research, and practice related in nursing?
Answer: They are bound together in a continuous interactive
relationship.
◉ What are the components of a theory?
Answer: Phenomenon, concepts, definitions, assumptions.
◉ What is a phenomenon in nursing theory?
Answer: An observable occurrence, such as self-care.
◉ What does the nursing metaparadigm include?
Answer: Person, health, environment/situation, nursing.
◉ Who is considered the first nursing theorist?
Answer: Florence Nightingale.
◉ What era in nursing theory occurred from 1900s to 1940s?
, Answer: Curriculum era.
◉ What are the types of nursing theories?
Answer: Grand, middle-range, practice, descriptive, prescriptive.
◉ What is a grand theory?
Answer: An abstract, broad in scope, and complex theory.
◉ What is the goal of nursing knowledge?
Answer: To explain the practice of nursing as distinct from other
health care disciplines.
◉ What is Peplau's theory focused on?
Answer: The individual, the nurse, and the interactive process or
nurse-patient relationship.
◉ What is the output in the nursing process?
Answer: The end product, defined as whether the patient's health
status improves or remains stable.
◉ What elements should a nurse include when incorporating
psychosocial theories?
AMERICAN EDITION ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ How are theory, research, and practice related in nursing?
Answer: They are bound together in a continuous interactive
relationship.
◉ What are the components of a theory?
Answer: Phenomenon, concepts, definitions, assumptions.
◉ What is a phenomenon in nursing theory?
Answer: An observable occurrence, such as self-care.
◉ What does the nursing metaparadigm include?
Answer: Person, health, environment/situation, nursing.
◉ Who is considered the first nursing theorist?
Answer: Florence Nightingale.
◉ What era in nursing theory occurred from 1900s to 1940s?
, Answer: Curriculum era.
◉ What are the types of nursing theories?
Answer: Grand, middle-range, practice, descriptive, prescriptive.
◉ What is a grand theory?
Answer: An abstract, broad in scope, and complex theory.
◉ What is the goal of nursing knowledge?
Answer: To explain the practice of nursing as distinct from other
health care disciplines.
◉ What is Peplau's theory focused on?
Answer: The individual, the nurse, and the interactive process or
nurse-patient relationship.
◉ What is the output in the nursing process?
Answer: The end product, defined as whether the patient's health
status improves or remains stable.
◉ What elements should a nurse include when incorporating
psychosocial theories?
