NURSING 100 CHAPTER 4 QUIZ WITH
100% CORRECT ANSWERS { GRADED
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Nursing Theory - ✔✔a conceptualization of some aspect of nursing
communicated for the purpose of describing, explaining, predicting, or
prescribing nursing care
Theory - ✔✔concepts explaining relationships and predicting outcomes
Phenomenon - ✔✔label given to describe an idea about an event or
group of situations
Concepts - ✔✔can be abstract or concrete
Definitions - ✔✔define a particular concept based on the theorist's
perspective
, Assumptions - ✔✔"taken for granted" statements
Grand theories - ✔✔theories that are abstract, broad in scope and
complex
Middle-range theories - ✔✔more limited in scope, they address a
specific phenomenon and reflect practice
Descriptive theories - ✔✔describe phenomena and identify
circumstances in which the phenomena occur
Prescriptive theories - ✔✔address nursing interventions for a
phenomenon, guide practice change, and predict consequences
Domain - ✔✔perspective or territory of a profession
Paradigm - ✔✔links science, philosophy, and theories accepted and
applied by the discipline
Conceptual framework - ✔✔provides a way to organize major concepts
and visualize the relationship
100% CORRECT ANSWERS { GRADED
A+}
Nursing Theory - ✔✔a conceptualization of some aspect of nursing
communicated for the purpose of describing, explaining, predicting, or
prescribing nursing care
Theory - ✔✔concepts explaining relationships and predicting outcomes
Phenomenon - ✔✔label given to describe an idea about an event or
group of situations
Concepts - ✔✔can be abstract or concrete
Definitions - ✔✔define a particular concept based on the theorist's
perspective
, Assumptions - ✔✔"taken for granted" statements
Grand theories - ✔✔theories that are abstract, broad in scope and
complex
Middle-range theories - ✔✔more limited in scope, they address a
specific phenomenon and reflect practice
Descriptive theories - ✔✔describe phenomena and identify
circumstances in which the phenomena occur
Prescriptive theories - ✔✔address nursing interventions for a
phenomenon, guide practice change, and predict consequences
Domain - ✔✔perspective or territory of a profession
Paradigm - ✔✔links science, philosophy, and theories accepted and
applied by the discipline
Conceptual framework - ✔✔provides a way to organize major concepts
and visualize the relationship
