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1. Nursing has been considered botha profession and an occupation. Which ofthe
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following supports defining nursing as a profession?
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A) Autonomy
B) Learned vocation /f


C) Varied level of skill /f /f /f


D) Career with varied knowledge /f cc /f




2. How manylevels of entryinto practice exist for registered nurses?
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A) One
B) Two
C) Three
D) Four


3. Nursing is classified as which type of science?
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A) Pure
B) Natural
C) Human
D) Applied


4. In defining the philosophyof nursing, which ofthe following would not be included?
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A) Purpose of human life /f /f /f


B) Nature of being /f /f


C) Theoryof knowledge /f /f


D) Scientific method /f




5. Whendiscussing the science and philosophyofa discipline, how would one define the
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two in relation to each other?
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A) Autonomous
B) Reliant
C) Linked
D) Unrelated


6. Philosophy's definition includes which ofthe following?
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A) Studyof problems that are abstract and general /f /f /f /f /f /f


B) Measures observable phenomena of interest in a discipline /f /f /f /f /f /f /f


C) Empirical way of gathering data /f /f /f /f


D) Grounded and tested in experience /f /f /f /f




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, 7. Based on the science and philosophical schools of thought, which one
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/fcenters on descriptions that are derived from collectively lived experiences,
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interrelatedness, human interpretation, and learned reality?
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A) Empiricism
B) Positivism
C) Rationalism
D) Perceived view /f




8. Based on the science and philosophical schools of thought, which one is founded on the
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belief that what is experienced is what exists and that experiences be verified
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through scientific methodology?
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A) Received view /f


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C) Phenomenology
D) Constructivism


9. Whendefining nursing philosophy, which ofthe following is appropriate?
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A) Refers tothe belief system ofthe profession and provides perspectives for practice,
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scholarship, and research.
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B) Thesubstantive, discipline-specificknowledge that focuses onthe
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human-universe-health process.
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C) Refers to the system of relationship of human response in health and illness.
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D) Responsible for generationofknowledge, which provides direction for future.
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10. Whendiscussing the knowledge development in nursing science, the studyoftheory is
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referred to as which of the following?
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A) Ontology
B) Epistemology
C) Methodology
D) Philosophy


11. There are several defined ways ofknowing. Which wayofknowing is defined as “a
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priori knowledge that pertain to knowledge gained from thought alone?”
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A) Empirics
B) Personal
C) Intuitive
D) Somatic




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, 12. Nursing is described as a humanscience based on inclusionofwhichofthe following in
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the discipline?
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A) Physiology
B) Human health /f


C) Anthropology
D) Allof the above /f /f /f




13. Patterns of knowledge in nursing include use of knowledge from nursing and other
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disciplines, abstracted and generalized beyond personal experience. Of which pattern of
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knowledge is this representative?
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A) Clinical knowledge /f


B) Emancipatory knowing /f


C) Conceptual knowledge /f


D) Empirical knowledge /f




14. A study is conducted and the methodology used for the data collection is focused
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on testing a hypothesis and seeking to prove or disprove the hypothesis. Which
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type of methodology is being used?
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A) Qualitative
B) Quantitative
C) Methodologic pluralism /f




15. During the course of a nursing research study, the research selects a theory with a
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phenomenological foundation seeking to explore the experiences of teens living with
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HIV. Which type of methodology is being used?
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A) Qualitative
B) Quantitative
C) Methodologic pluralism /f




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