PHILOSOPHIES AND THEORIES FOR ADVANCED NURSING
PRACTICE| 3RD EDITION BUTTS| LATEST 2025
1.People to work long hours with frequent mandatory overtime. Few holidays and weekends
off. Must able to keep massive amounts of paperwork up to date while making split-second, life-
or-death decisions. Must be immune to verbal abuse and able to neutralize the occasional
physical assault. Must display patience, kindness, understanding, and caring even when
personal life is coming apart at the seams. Salary in no way commensurate with training and
ability ( Mitch, 1991, p. 108). - ANSWER "Thank Heavens for Crazy People".
2.The author continued "In case you're thinking no one would ever work at a job like that,
you're wrong. Hundreds of people... are already working under those conditions. They're called
____" - ANSWER nurses
3. what are the 6 structures of Nursing Knowing Type - ANSWER -Metaparadigm
-Philosophy
-Conceptual Model- also called paradigms or frameworks
-Grand Theory
-Theory
-Middle-range Theory
4. ___ comprises the most global and abstract central concepts that identify the phenomena of
the discipline - ANSWER Metaparadigm
5. the metaparadigm of nursing is comprised of what 4 things? - ANSWER -Person- the patient
or the client or any recipient of care
-Health- the level of wellness, it is relative
-Environment- anywhere nursing care is carried out, internal things that enter the body external
would be light, noise or any external surroundings
-Nursing- all the things nurses do...all that is within the art of nursing
, 6. ___ is a fact, occurrence, or circumstance observed or observable. - ANSWER phenomenon
7. ___ is something that is remarkable or extraordinary - ANSWER phenomenon
8. ___ are broad, connected statements about beliefs and values - ANSWER Philosophies
9. Philosophies presents the general meaning of nursing and nursing phenomena through
reasoning and logical presentation of ___ (Alligood, 2010) - ANSWER ideas
10. Philosophies is usually in the format of ___ - ANSWER belief statements
11. Philosophies are potential to guide ___ and ___ - ANSWER thinking and behavior
12. There is a relationship between the philosophical stance of what 3 things? - ANSWER -
Individual nurse
-Nursing stance
-Society
13. ___ is a branch of philosophy that focuses on the critical analysis of art and beauty. -
ANSWER Esthetics
14. Esthetics is a branch of philosophy that focuses on the critical analysis of ___ and ___ -
ANSWER art and beauty.
15. ___ is the branch of philosophy that focuses on matters of obligation and morality. -
ANSWER Ethical Knowing
PRACTICE| 3RD EDITION BUTTS| LATEST 2025
1.People to work long hours with frequent mandatory overtime. Few holidays and weekends
off. Must able to keep massive amounts of paperwork up to date while making split-second, life-
or-death decisions. Must be immune to verbal abuse and able to neutralize the occasional
physical assault. Must display patience, kindness, understanding, and caring even when
personal life is coming apart at the seams. Salary in no way commensurate with training and
ability ( Mitch, 1991, p. 108). - ANSWER "Thank Heavens for Crazy People".
2.The author continued "In case you're thinking no one would ever work at a job like that,
you're wrong. Hundreds of people... are already working under those conditions. They're called
____" - ANSWER nurses
3. what are the 6 structures of Nursing Knowing Type - ANSWER -Metaparadigm
-Philosophy
-Conceptual Model- also called paradigms or frameworks
-Grand Theory
-Theory
-Middle-range Theory
4. ___ comprises the most global and abstract central concepts that identify the phenomena of
the discipline - ANSWER Metaparadigm
5. the metaparadigm of nursing is comprised of what 4 things? - ANSWER -Person- the patient
or the client or any recipient of care
-Health- the level of wellness, it is relative
-Environment- anywhere nursing care is carried out, internal things that enter the body external
would be light, noise or any external surroundings
-Nursing- all the things nurses do...all that is within the art of nursing
, 6. ___ is a fact, occurrence, or circumstance observed or observable. - ANSWER phenomenon
7. ___ is something that is remarkable or extraordinary - ANSWER phenomenon
8. ___ are broad, connected statements about beliefs and values - ANSWER Philosophies
9. Philosophies presents the general meaning of nursing and nursing phenomena through
reasoning and logical presentation of ___ (Alligood, 2010) - ANSWER ideas
10. Philosophies is usually in the format of ___ - ANSWER belief statements
11. Philosophies are potential to guide ___ and ___ - ANSWER thinking and behavior
12. There is a relationship between the philosophical stance of what 3 things? - ANSWER -
Individual nurse
-Nursing stance
-Society
13. ___ is a branch of philosophy that focuses on the critical analysis of art and beauty. -
ANSWER Esthetics
14. Esthetics is a branch of philosophy that focuses on the critical analysis of ___ and ___ -
ANSWER art and beauty.
15. ___ is the branch of philosophy that focuses on matters of obligation and morality. -
ANSWER Ethical Knowing
