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Nr 501-61509 Exam Week 8: nursing theory quiz
1. The nursing paradigm identifies four concepts of interest to the nursing profession.
These four concepts are:
The person, health, environment/situation, and nursing
Description, explanation, prediction, and prescription of an interrelationship of nursing McEwen & Wills (5th
ed) pgs. 41-44
A group of theories that are broad in scope, complex, and provide broad and abstract views about nursing
are called:
A grand theory
2. McEwen & Wills 5th ed pg. 37 & chap. 6
3. A group of theories that are more limited in scope, less abstract, reflect practice, and
addresses a specific phenomenon are called:
A middle range theory
McEwen & Wills (5th ed) pgs. 37-38 & Chap. 10
4. A central construct in nursing would be:
Caring
5. What do the following theories written by Watson, Swanson, Duffy, Boykin &
Schoenhofer, and Hall have in common?
They focus on care and caring
6. An example of a nursing theory would be:
Benner's Novice to Expert theory
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7. True or False: Concepts are words or phrases that refer to or describe a phenomenon.
True
Concepts are terms that refer to or describe phenomena that occur in nature or thought.
Question 13
A statement of beliefs and values about human beings and their world is:
A philosophy
Definition of the term philosophy from McEwen & Wills textbook (5th ed) pg 28.
2. A set of logically interrelated concepts, statements, propositions, and definitions supported by
data, testing, and verification to account for or characterize some phenomena is called:
A theory
Definition of the term theory from McEwen & Wills textbook (5th ed) pg. 28
Question 3
is a theory that has been developed by another discipline (not nursing) but may be adapted to use in
nursing and other fields
Borrowed theory
Definition of a borrowed theory from McEwen & Wills text books (5th ed) pg. 27A Borrowed theory is a
theory developed in another discipline but applied to the practice of nursing.
Question 4
The most abstract and general component of the structural hierarchy of nursing knowledge is called:
A metaparadigm
Definition of metaparadigm from the McEwen & Wills 5th ed pg. 27
Question 5
A theory that has been developed by a nurse to account for a phenomenon or concern related to nursing is:
A nursing theory
Nr 501-61509 Exam Week 8: nursing theory quiz
1. The nursing paradigm identifies four concepts of interest to the nursing profession.
These four concepts are:
The person, health, environment/situation, and nursing
Description, explanation, prediction, and prescription of an interrelationship of nursing McEwen & Wills (5th
ed) pgs. 41-44
A group of theories that are broad in scope, complex, and provide broad and abstract views about nursing
are called:
A grand theory
2. McEwen & Wills 5th ed pg. 37 & chap. 6
3. A group of theories that are more limited in scope, less abstract, reflect practice, and
addresses a specific phenomenon are called:
A middle range theory
McEwen & Wills (5th ed) pgs. 37-38 & Chap. 10
4. A central construct in nursing would be:
Caring
5. What do the following theories written by Watson, Swanson, Duffy, Boykin &
Schoenhofer, and Hall have in common?
They focus on care and caring
6. An example of a nursing theory would be:
Benner's Novice to Expert theory
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7. True or False: Concepts are words or phrases that refer to or describe a phenomenon.
True
Concepts are terms that refer to or describe phenomena that occur in nature or thought.
Question 13
A statement of beliefs and values about human beings and their world is:
A philosophy
Definition of the term philosophy from McEwen & Wills textbook (5th ed) pg 28.
2. A set of logically interrelated concepts, statements, propositions, and definitions supported by
data, testing, and verification to account for or characterize some phenomena is called:
A theory
Definition of the term theory from McEwen & Wills textbook (5th ed) pg. 28
Question 3
is a theory that has been developed by another discipline (not nursing) but may be adapted to use in
nursing and other fields
Borrowed theory
Definition of a borrowed theory from McEwen & Wills text books (5th ed) pg. 27A Borrowed theory is a
theory developed in another discipline but applied to the practice of nursing.
Question 4
The most abstract and general component of the structural hierarchy of nursing knowledge is called:
A metaparadigm
Definition of metaparadigm from the McEwen & Wills 5th ed pg. 27
Question 5
A theory that has been developed by a nurse to account for a phenomenon or concern related to nursing is:
A nursing theory
