Nurs 2300 Exam 3 2025 Questions and
Answers
Chapter 8 - --CORRECT ANSWER--Conceptual &Philosophical Foundations
Conceptual Framework - --CORRECT ANSWER--loosely structured
diagrams
define relationships among constructs
Chapter 9 - --CORRECT ANSWER--Nursing Theory
Philosophy - --CORRECT ANSWER--broad/general view
guide decision making
clarify values
ex. "What is nursing?"
Chapter 11 - --CORRECT ANSWER--Judgement through Critical Thinking
Theory - --CORRECT ANSWER--focused
connects concepts
leads to scientific findings
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,influences practices
Ultimate goal of nursing theories - --CORRECT ANSWER--improving patient
outcomes
"support excellence in practice"
Person - --CORRECT ANSWER--recipients of care
individuals, family, community
Environment - --CORRECT ANSWER--internal & external
setting & systems
Health and Illness - --CORRECT ANSWER--state of well-being
dynamic
ever-changing
Florence Nightingale - --CORRECT ANSWER---1st nursing theorist
-born 1820 (Italy)
-"Notes on Nursing" 1859
Florence Nightingale factors - --CORRECT ANSWER---pure water, air,
ventilation, cleanliness, light, diet, noise
-do not wake patient
-pet visits
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, Florence Nightingale's Philosophy of nursing - --CORRECT ANSWER--"What
needs to be adjusted in this environment to protect the patient?"
-focus: relationship of patients to surroundings
-responsibility: protect patients by management of surroundings
*Metaparadigm: environment, health
-modern day: observing pt., recording info., cleanliness, noise, duty outside work,
pet therapy
"Metaparadigm of nursing" - --CORRECT ANSWER--est. by Nightingale
-person: patient
-health (nursing): opposed to illness (physicians)
-environment: how it effects health & recovery from illness
-nursing: as opposed to medicine
Virginia Henderson - --CORRECT ANSWER--"Florence Nightingale of 20th
Century"
-"Principles and Practice of Nursing"
-"The Nature of Nursing"
-born 1897 (Missouri)
-defined nursing & specified role of nurse to patient
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Answers
Chapter 8 - --CORRECT ANSWER--Conceptual &Philosophical Foundations
Conceptual Framework - --CORRECT ANSWER--loosely structured
diagrams
define relationships among constructs
Chapter 9 - --CORRECT ANSWER--Nursing Theory
Philosophy - --CORRECT ANSWER--broad/general view
guide decision making
clarify values
ex. "What is nursing?"
Chapter 11 - --CORRECT ANSWER--Judgement through Critical Thinking
Theory - --CORRECT ANSWER--focused
connects concepts
leads to scientific findings
....COPYRIGHT ©️ 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...TRUSTED & VERIFIED 1
,influences practices
Ultimate goal of nursing theories - --CORRECT ANSWER--improving patient
outcomes
"support excellence in practice"
Person - --CORRECT ANSWER--recipients of care
individuals, family, community
Environment - --CORRECT ANSWER--internal & external
setting & systems
Health and Illness - --CORRECT ANSWER--state of well-being
dynamic
ever-changing
Florence Nightingale - --CORRECT ANSWER---1st nursing theorist
-born 1820 (Italy)
-"Notes on Nursing" 1859
Florence Nightingale factors - --CORRECT ANSWER---pure water, air,
ventilation, cleanliness, light, diet, noise
-do not wake patient
-pet visits
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, Florence Nightingale's Philosophy of nursing - --CORRECT ANSWER--"What
needs to be adjusted in this environment to protect the patient?"
-focus: relationship of patients to surroundings
-responsibility: protect patients by management of surroundings
*Metaparadigm: environment, health
-modern day: observing pt., recording info., cleanliness, noise, duty outside work,
pet therapy
"Metaparadigm of nursing" - --CORRECT ANSWER--est. by Nightingale
-person: patient
-health (nursing): opposed to illness (physicians)
-environment: how it effects health & recovery from illness
-nursing: as opposed to medicine
Virginia Henderson - --CORRECT ANSWER--"Florence Nightingale of 20th
Century"
-"Principles and Practice of Nursing"
-"The Nature of Nursing"
-born 1897 (Missouri)
-defined nursing & specified role of nurse to patient
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