NR Quizzes Week 8: Nursing Theory Quiz

Question 1 A statement of beliefs and values about human beings and their world is: A philosophy Definition of the term philosophy from McEwen & Wills textbook (5th ed) pg 28. Question 2 A set of logically interrelated concepts, statements, propositions, and definitions supported by data, testing, and verification to account for or characterize some phenomena is called: A theory Definition of the term theory from McEwen & Wills textbook (5th ed) pg. 28 Question 3 is a theory that has been developed by another discipline (not nursing) but may be adapted to use in nursing and other fields Borrowed theory Definition of a borrowed theory from McEwen & Wills text books (5th ed) pg. 27A Borrowed theory is a theory developed in another discipline but applied to the practice of nursing. Question 4 The most abstract and general component of the structural hierarchy of nursing knowledge is called: A metaparadigm Definition of metaparadigm from the McEwen & Wills 5th ed pg. 27 Question 5 A theory that has been developed by a nurse to account for a phenomenon or concern related to nursing is: A nursing theory McEwan & Wills pg. 40 The nursing paradigm identifies four concepts of interest to the nursing profession. These four concepts are: The person, health, environment/situation, and nursing Description, explanation, prediction, and prescription of an interrelationship of nursing McEwen & Wills (5th ed) pgs. 41-44 A group of theories that are broad in scope, complex, and provide broad and abstract views about nursing are called: A grand theory McEwen & Wills 5th ed pg. 37 & chap. 6 A group of theories that are more limited in scope, less abstract, reflect practice, and addresses a specific phenomenon are called: A middle range theory McEwen & Wills (5th ed) pgs. 37-38 & Chap. 10 A central construct in nursing would be: Caring What do the following theories written by Watson, Swanson, Duffy, Boykin & Schoenhofer, and Hall have in common? They focus on care and caring An example of a nursing theory would be: Benner's Novice to Expert theory True or False: Concepts are words or phrases that refer to or describe a phenomenon. True