NSGD 3006- Theories Exam Questions and Answers Already Passed Latest Update 2025-2026
Knowledge - Answers Expressed in ways that can be shared with others
may be discipline specific and have met standards of critique across the discipline
Knowing - Answers Internal to the knower (nurse)
reflective of a range of experiences that are unique to the individual and processed over time
and with personal reflection
Nursing praxis - Answers Refers to the reciprocal relationship of theory and practice, each
influencing each other
3 core dimensions of nursing praxis - Answers being, knowing, doing
Empirical knowing - Answers Science of nursing
theories, concepts, principles, and research findings
includes knowledge from within nursing and knowledge taken from other health and related
fields
Personal knowing - Answers Involves knowing ourselves
patients are not seen as "objects" but as a full person
Aesthetic knowing - Answers the art of nursing
connects with deep meaning of a situation and engages inner creative resources
Ethical knowing - Answers Describes the moral component in nursing
moment to moment judgements about what should be done
clarifying conflicting values
Moral distress - Answers when there is no apparent right choice, nurses may experience a
phenomenon known as...
Emancipatory knowing - Answers describes a 5th pattern of knowing
refers to the human capacity to be aware of and critically reflect on social, cultural, and political
elements
calls upon nurses to question why social injustice occurs
Coping - Answers Refers to the processes that act to maintain adaptation of the
organism/being and promote transformations of the person and the environment
, Adaptation - Answers refers to the process and outcome by which thinking and feeling are used
to create human and environmental integration.
Conscious awareness and choice - Answers _________ & ________ are central to the process of
adaptation
Regulator-cognator system and the stabilizer-innovator system - Answers In order for coping
and adaptation to occur Roy describes the functioning of 2 theoretical subsystems
Regulator-cognator system - Answers refers to the mechanisms within an INDIVIDUAL that
promote coping
Stabilizer-innovator system - Answers refers to the mechanisms that exist within a GROUP or
COMMUNITY to promote coping
Regulator - Answers uses physiological processes such as chemical, neural, and endocrine
responses to cope with changing environment
Cognator - Answers involves thinking and emotional processes that interact with the
environment
Stabilizer - Answers Has structures, values, and daily activities to accomplish the primary
purpose of the group
Innovator - Answers refers to processes to respond to the environment with innovation and
change
4 metaparadigm concepts - Answers nurse, person, environment, health
Roys adaptation model strengths - Answers can be used to guide clinical practice
addresses holistic needs to patients
generalizable to all settings and can be researched
Roys adaptation model weaknesses - Answers limited scope because primarily addresses
concepts of person-environmental adaptation
omits some humanistic and existential aspects of being a person
System, stress, lines of resistance/defence - Answers Neuman's system model
Most widely adopted nursing theory in use today - Answers Neuman's system model
Lines of resistance - Answers A protective mechanism that attempts to stabilize the client
system and foster a return to the usual wellness.
Normal lines of defense - Answers describes the client/client systems normal or usual wellness
Knowledge - Answers Expressed in ways that can be shared with others
may be discipline specific and have met standards of critique across the discipline
Knowing - Answers Internal to the knower (nurse)
reflective of a range of experiences that are unique to the individual and processed over time
and with personal reflection
Nursing praxis - Answers Refers to the reciprocal relationship of theory and practice, each
influencing each other
3 core dimensions of nursing praxis - Answers being, knowing, doing
Empirical knowing - Answers Science of nursing
theories, concepts, principles, and research findings
includes knowledge from within nursing and knowledge taken from other health and related
fields
Personal knowing - Answers Involves knowing ourselves
patients are not seen as "objects" but as a full person
Aesthetic knowing - Answers the art of nursing
connects with deep meaning of a situation and engages inner creative resources
Ethical knowing - Answers Describes the moral component in nursing
moment to moment judgements about what should be done
clarifying conflicting values
Moral distress - Answers when there is no apparent right choice, nurses may experience a
phenomenon known as...
Emancipatory knowing - Answers describes a 5th pattern of knowing
refers to the human capacity to be aware of and critically reflect on social, cultural, and political
elements
calls upon nurses to question why social injustice occurs
Coping - Answers Refers to the processes that act to maintain adaptation of the
organism/being and promote transformations of the person and the environment
, Adaptation - Answers refers to the process and outcome by which thinking and feeling are used
to create human and environmental integration.
Conscious awareness and choice - Answers _________ & ________ are central to the process of
adaptation
Regulator-cognator system and the stabilizer-innovator system - Answers In order for coping
and adaptation to occur Roy describes the functioning of 2 theoretical subsystems
Regulator-cognator system - Answers refers to the mechanisms within an INDIVIDUAL that
promote coping
Stabilizer-innovator system - Answers refers to the mechanisms that exist within a GROUP or
COMMUNITY to promote coping
Regulator - Answers uses physiological processes such as chemical, neural, and endocrine
responses to cope with changing environment
Cognator - Answers involves thinking and emotional processes that interact with the
environment
Stabilizer - Answers Has structures, values, and daily activities to accomplish the primary
purpose of the group
Innovator - Answers refers to processes to respond to the environment with innovation and
change
4 metaparadigm concepts - Answers nurse, person, environment, health
Roys adaptation model strengths - Answers can be used to guide clinical practice
addresses holistic needs to patients
generalizable to all settings and can be researched
Roys adaptation model weaknesses - Answers limited scope because primarily addresses
concepts of person-environmental adaptation
omits some humanistic and existential aspects of being a person
System, stress, lines of resistance/defence - Answers Neuman's system model
Most widely adopted nursing theory in use today - Answers Neuman's system model
Lines of resistance - Answers A protective mechanism that attempts to stabilize the client
system and foster a return to the usual wellness.
Normal lines of defense - Answers describes the client/client systems normal or usual wellness
