NSG 240 Exam
(Ch. 2) True or False: Traditional and authoritative knowledge are practical to implement, but are
often based on subjective data, limiting their usefulness in a wide variety of settings. - ✔✔ correct
answer True
Rationale: Traditional and authoritative knowledge are practical to implement but are often based on
subjective data, limiting their usefulness in a wide variety of settings.
(Ch. 2) Which of the following is a series of actions, changes, or functions intended to bring about a
desired result?
A. Process
B. Science
C. Philosophy
D. Theory - ✔✔ correct answer A. Process
Rationale: A process is a series of actions, changes, or functions to bring about a desired result taking
systematic steps. A science implies a body of knowledge. A philosophy is the study of wisdom,
fundamental knowledge, and the processes used to develop a perception of life. A theory is
composed of a group of concepts that describe a pattern of reality.
(Ch. 2) True or False: A nurse who tests a nursing theory by examining the theory itself and then
considering the specific actions or ideas is using deductive reasoning. - ✔✔ correct answer True
Rationale: A nurse who tests a nursing theory by examining the theory itself and then considering
the specific actions or ideas is using deductive reasoning.
(Ch. 2) Which of the following is the central theme in theoretical frameworks of nursing?
A. The person receiving the care
B. The health care environment
C. The nursing care plan
D. The person providing the care - ✔✔ correct answer A. The person receiving the care
Rationale: Theoretical frameworks of nursing provide a focus for nursing care activities. The person
receiving care is the central theme, but the way each theorist defines that person, the environment,
health, and nursing gives a unique focus, specific to a particular theory.
,NSG 240 Exam
(Ch. 2) True or False: The basis of phenomenology is the discovery of how people describe their own
reality and how their beliefs are related to their actions in a social scene. - ✔✔ correct answer False
Rationale: The basis of grounded theory is the discovery of how people describe their own reality
and how their beliefs are related to their actions in a social scene.
(Ch. 5) True or False: Culture includes the beliefs, habits, likes and dislikes, and customs and rituals
learned from one's family. - ✔✔ correct answer True
Rationale: Culture is defined as a shared system of beliefs, values, and behavioral expectations that
provides social structure for daily living. It includes the beliefs, habits, likes and dislikes, and customs
and rituals learned from one's family.
(Ch. 5) Which of the following occurs when members of a minority group, living with a dominant
group, begins to blend in and lose the characteristics that made them distinct?
A. Cultural imposition
B. Cultural conflict
C. Cultural assimilation
D. Cultural shock - ✔✔ correct answer C. Cultural assimilation
Rationale: Cultural assimilation occurs when one's values are replaced by the values of the dominant
culture. Cultural imposition is the belief that everyone should conform to the majority belief system.
Cultural conflict occurs when people become aware of cultural differences, feel threatened, and act
negatively. Cultural shock refers to the feelings a person experiences when placed in a different
culture.
(Ch. 5) True of False: Stereotyping occurs when people ignore differences in the cultures in which
they live and proceed as if they do not exist. - ✔✔ correct answer False
Rationale: Cultural blindness occurs when people ignore differences in the cultures in which they live
and proceed as if they do not exist.
(Ch. 5) Which term describes what occurs when a nurse believes that one's own ideas, beliefs, and
practices are the best or superior to those of colleagues and patients?
A. Cultural diversity
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B. Culture shock
C. Stereotyping
D. Ethnocentrism - ✔✔ correct answer D. Ethnocentrism
Rationale: Ethnocentrism is the belief that one's ideas, beliefs, and practices are superior or
preferred to those of others. Cultural diversity refers to the existence of diverse groups in society
with varying cultural characteristics. Culture shock describes the feelings a person experiences when
placed in a different culture. Stereotyping is the practice of assuming that all members of a cultural
group act alike.
(Ch. 5) True or False: The health care system is a culture of its own, with nursing being its largest
subculture. - ✔✔ correct answer True
Rationale: The health care system is a culture of its own, with nursing being its largest subculture.
(Ch. 6) True or False: A child is born with values and forms new values during a lifetime from
information from the environment, family, and culture. - ✔✔ correct answer False
Rationale: A child is not born with values, but rather forms values during a lifetime from information
from the environment, family, and culture.
(Ch. 6) Which value involves acting in accordance with an appropriate code of ethics and accepted
standards of practice?
A. Altruism
B. Autonomy
C. Human dignity
D. Integrity
E. Social justice - ✔✔ correct answer D. Integrity
Rationale: Integrity involves acting in accordance with a code of ethics and accepted standards of
practice. Altruism is a concern for the welfare of others. Autonomy is the right to self-determination.
Human dignity is respect for the worth and uniqueness of individuals and populations. Social justice
is upholding moral, legal, and humanistic principles.
(Ch. 2) True or False: Traditional and authoritative knowledge are practical to implement, but are
often based on subjective data, limiting their usefulness in a wide variety of settings. - ✔✔ correct
answer True
Rationale: Traditional and authoritative knowledge are practical to implement but are often based on
subjective data, limiting their usefulness in a wide variety of settings.
(Ch. 2) Which of the following is a series of actions, changes, or functions intended to bring about a
desired result?
A. Process
B. Science
C. Philosophy
D. Theory - ✔✔ correct answer A. Process
Rationale: A process is a series of actions, changes, or functions to bring about a desired result taking
systematic steps. A science implies a body of knowledge. A philosophy is the study of wisdom,
fundamental knowledge, and the processes used to develop a perception of life. A theory is
composed of a group of concepts that describe a pattern of reality.
(Ch. 2) True or False: A nurse who tests a nursing theory by examining the theory itself and then
considering the specific actions or ideas is using deductive reasoning. - ✔✔ correct answer True
Rationale: A nurse who tests a nursing theory by examining the theory itself and then considering
the specific actions or ideas is using deductive reasoning.
(Ch. 2) Which of the following is the central theme in theoretical frameworks of nursing?
A. The person receiving the care
B. The health care environment
C. The nursing care plan
D. The person providing the care - ✔✔ correct answer A. The person receiving the care
Rationale: Theoretical frameworks of nursing provide a focus for nursing care activities. The person
receiving care is the central theme, but the way each theorist defines that person, the environment,
health, and nursing gives a unique focus, specific to a particular theory.
,NSG 240 Exam
(Ch. 2) True or False: The basis of phenomenology is the discovery of how people describe their own
reality and how their beliefs are related to their actions in a social scene. - ✔✔ correct answer False
Rationale: The basis of grounded theory is the discovery of how people describe their own reality
and how their beliefs are related to their actions in a social scene.
(Ch. 5) True or False: Culture includes the beliefs, habits, likes and dislikes, and customs and rituals
learned from one's family. - ✔✔ correct answer True
Rationale: Culture is defined as a shared system of beliefs, values, and behavioral expectations that
provides social structure for daily living. It includes the beliefs, habits, likes and dislikes, and customs
and rituals learned from one's family.
(Ch. 5) Which of the following occurs when members of a minority group, living with a dominant
group, begins to blend in and lose the characteristics that made them distinct?
A. Cultural imposition
B. Cultural conflict
C. Cultural assimilation
D. Cultural shock - ✔✔ correct answer C. Cultural assimilation
Rationale: Cultural assimilation occurs when one's values are replaced by the values of the dominant
culture. Cultural imposition is the belief that everyone should conform to the majority belief system.
Cultural conflict occurs when people become aware of cultural differences, feel threatened, and act
negatively. Cultural shock refers to the feelings a person experiences when placed in a different
culture.
(Ch. 5) True of False: Stereotyping occurs when people ignore differences in the cultures in which
they live and proceed as if they do not exist. - ✔✔ correct answer False
Rationale: Cultural blindness occurs when people ignore differences in the cultures in which they live
and proceed as if they do not exist.
(Ch. 5) Which term describes what occurs when a nurse believes that one's own ideas, beliefs, and
practices are the best or superior to those of colleagues and patients?
A. Cultural diversity
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B. Culture shock
C. Stereotyping
D. Ethnocentrism - ✔✔ correct answer D. Ethnocentrism
Rationale: Ethnocentrism is the belief that one's ideas, beliefs, and practices are superior or
preferred to those of others. Cultural diversity refers to the existence of diverse groups in society
with varying cultural characteristics. Culture shock describes the feelings a person experiences when
placed in a different culture. Stereotyping is the practice of assuming that all members of a cultural
group act alike.
(Ch. 5) True or False: The health care system is a culture of its own, with nursing being its largest
subculture. - ✔✔ correct answer True
Rationale: The health care system is a culture of its own, with nursing being its largest subculture.
(Ch. 6) True or False: A child is born with values and forms new values during a lifetime from
information from the environment, family, and culture. - ✔✔ correct answer False
Rationale: A child is not born with values, but rather forms values during a lifetime from information
from the environment, family, and culture.
(Ch. 6) Which value involves acting in accordance with an appropriate code of ethics and accepted
standards of practice?
A. Altruism
B. Autonomy
C. Human dignity
D. Integrity
E. Social justice - ✔✔ correct answer D. Integrity
Rationale: Integrity involves acting in accordance with a code of ethics and accepted standards of
practice. Altruism is a concern for the welfare of others. Autonomy is the right to self-determination.
Human dignity is respect for the worth and uniqueness of individuals and populations. Social justice
is upholding moral, legal, and humanistic principles.
