Foundations of Nursing Theory -Midterm
1 Exam Questions And Answers Graded
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profession - Answer is a learned vocation or occupation that has a status of superiority and
precedence within a division of work.
Aspiring evolving - Answer Nursing is considered an _____________ Profession
Science - Answer The disciplines __________contains the research aspect of the discipline
Ontology - Answer is the study of the theory of being
Positivism/Empiricism - Answer This philosophical school of thought believes that what is
experiences is what exists; implying there is only 1 truth
Postmodernism; post structuralism; post colonialism - Answer This philosophical school of
thought rejects the notion of a single truth and allows for multiple meanings of reality and ways
of knowing
Florence Nightingale - Answer Who initially proposed that knowledge developed by and used
by nurses should be distinct from medical knowledge?
Epistemology - Answer The study of knowledge or ways of knowing is referred to as
Empirics, esthetics, personal knowledge, ethics - Answer The fundamental patterns of
knowing as described by Carper include:
philosophy - Answer Statement of foundational and universal assumptions, beliefs, and
principles about the nature of knowledge and thought (epistemology) and the nature of entities
represented in the metaparadigm (i.e., nursing practice and human health [ontology])
• * Provides perspectives for practice, scholarship, and research
, identify distinctive nursing processed and technologies to be used labels for clients problems a
strategy for planning a typology of intervention criteria for evaluation of intervention outcomes
directed the delivery of nursing services serve as the basis for clinical information systems -
Answer List three ways theories are used in nursing practice
Constructed knowledge stage - Answer During this stage of theory development in nursing
scholars focused on developing theories that provided meaningful foundation for nursing
practice
Building blocks; one word; two words; phrase - Answer Concepts are the ______ of theories
and may be _______, __________ or a _________
BP: Variable
Personality: Abstract - Answer Name the type of concept: Blood pressure=_________
Personality=________
Identify define and clarify concepts that describe a phenomenon - Answer What is the
purpose of concept development?
True - Answer True or False:
When theoretically and operationally defined concepts can be readily applied in nursing
practice and research education and administration
1)Person
2)health
3)environment
4)nursing - Answer What are the 4 concepts found within nursing's metaparadigm?
detect gaps in nursing knowledge, identify the need for refinement, evaluate concepts
These theories explain conditions under which concepts are related and rational statements are
able to describe future outcomes - Answer List one-way concept analysis can be used to
1 Exam Questions And Answers Graded
A+ 2025.
profession - Answer is a learned vocation or occupation that has a status of superiority and
precedence within a division of work.
Aspiring evolving - Answer Nursing is considered an _____________ Profession
Science - Answer The disciplines __________contains the research aspect of the discipline
Ontology - Answer is the study of the theory of being
Positivism/Empiricism - Answer This philosophical school of thought believes that what is
experiences is what exists; implying there is only 1 truth
Postmodernism; post structuralism; post colonialism - Answer This philosophical school of
thought rejects the notion of a single truth and allows for multiple meanings of reality and ways
of knowing
Florence Nightingale - Answer Who initially proposed that knowledge developed by and used
by nurses should be distinct from medical knowledge?
Epistemology - Answer The study of knowledge or ways of knowing is referred to as
Empirics, esthetics, personal knowledge, ethics - Answer The fundamental patterns of
knowing as described by Carper include:
philosophy - Answer Statement of foundational and universal assumptions, beliefs, and
principles about the nature of knowledge and thought (epistemology) and the nature of entities
represented in the metaparadigm (i.e., nursing practice and human health [ontology])
• * Provides perspectives for practice, scholarship, and research
, identify distinctive nursing processed and technologies to be used labels for clients problems a
strategy for planning a typology of intervention criteria for evaluation of intervention outcomes
directed the delivery of nursing services serve as the basis for clinical information systems -
Answer List three ways theories are used in nursing practice
Constructed knowledge stage - Answer During this stage of theory development in nursing
scholars focused on developing theories that provided meaningful foundation for nursing
practice
Building blocks; one word; two words; phrase - Answer Concepts are the ______ of theories
and may be _______, __________ or a _________
BP: Variable
Personality: Abstract - Answer Name the type of concept: Blood pressure=_________
Personality=________
Identify define and clarify concepts that describe a phenomenon - Answer What is the
purpose of concept development?
True - Answer True or False:
When theoretically and operationally defined concepts can be readily applied in nursing
practice and research education and administration
1)Person
2)health
3)environment
4)nursing - Answer What are the 4 concepts found within nursing's metaparadigm?
detect gaps in nursing knowledge, identify the need for refinement, evaluate concepts
These theories explain conditions under which concepts are related and rational statements are
able to describe future outcomes - Answer List one-way concept analysis can be used to
