NUR 016 FINAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTION
Which of the following are/is correct with the following historical eras of
Nursing, except?
a. Curriculum Era - 1900s to 1920s
b. Research Era - 1950s to 1980s
c. Graduate Education Era - 1950s to 1980s
d. Theory Utilization Era - 21st century - ANSWER a. Curriculum Era - 1900s
to 1920s
What era noted that the outcome of Nursing theoretical works shifted the
focus to the patient?
a. Curriculum Era
b. Graduate Education
c. Theory Era
d. Theory Utilization - ANSWER c. Theory Era
This is defined as specific to academia and refers to a branch of education, a
department of learning or a domain
of knowledge.
a. Vocation
,b. Discipline
c. Profession
d. None of the above - ANSWER b. Discipline
All but one constitutes the following criteria of a profession:
a. utilizes in its practice a well-defined and well organized body of specialized
knowledge. Relationship between nurse and the patient
b. entrusts the education of its practitioners to universities/ colleges
c. functions autonomously in developing professional policy
d. strives to compensate nurses by providing restriction in action,
opportunity for continuous professional growth and economic insecurity -
ANSWER d. strives to compensate nurses by providing restriction in action,
opportunity for continuous professional growth and economic insecurity
Which era has the emphasis of <carving out an advanced role and basis for
nursing practice=
a. Curriculum Era
b. Research Era
c. Graduate Education Era
d. Theory Era - ANSWER c. Graduate Education Era
All of the following are true statements regarding epistemology, except?
a. Branch of philosophy concerned with the nature & scope of knowledge.
b. It is the study of knowledge & justifies beliefs.
,c. An idea that is suggested or presented as possibly true but that is not
known or proven to be true.
d. It questions what knowledge is & how it can be acquired. - ANSWER c. An
idea that is suggested or presented as possibly true but that is not known or
proven to be true.
Which of the following differentiates Rationalism from Empiricism? (Select all
that apply)
a. It is from general to specific
b. Knowledge is real when used by the senses
c. It uses rational thinking
d. Knowledge is based on experience - ANSWER A, C
A research then theory approach falls on what principle:
a. Rationalism
b. Empiricism
c. A & B
d. None of the above - ANSWER b. Empiricism
A nurse tries to gather/collect data so the physician can have a diagnosis of
the patient. This example falls under
what principle?
a. Rationalism
b. Empiricism
, c. A & B
d. None of the above - ANSWER b. Empiricism
This is a set of statements that tentatively describe, explain, or predict
relationships among concepts that have
been systematically selected & organized as an abstract representation of
some phenomenon.
a. Epistemology
b. Philosophy
c. Theory
d. Concepts - ANSWER c. Theory
Which of the following is a component of theory development?
a. Concepts
b. Relational statements
c. Linkages and ordering
d. All of the above - ANSWER d. All of the above
A type of concept that is more specific time or place.
a. Abstract
b. Concrete
c. Continuous
d. Theoretical - ANSWER b. Concrete
COMPLETE SOLUTION
Which of the following are/is correct with the following historical eras of
Nursing, except?
a. Curriculum Era - 1900s to 1920s
b. Research Era - 1950s to 1980s
c. Graduate Education Era - 1950s to 1980s
d. Theory Utilization Era - 21st century - ANSWER a. Curriculum Era - 1900s
to 1920s
What era noted that the outcome of Nursing theoretical works shifted the
focus to the patient?
a. Curriculum Era
b. Graduate Education
c. Theory Era
d. Theory Utilization - ANSWER c. Theory Era
This is defined as specific to academia and refers to a branch of education, a
department of learning or a domain
of knowledge.
a. Vocation
,b. Discipline
c. Profession
d. None of the above - ANSWER b. Discipline
All but one constitutes the following criteria of a profession:
a. utilizes in its practice a well-defined and well organized body of specialized
knowledge. Relationship between nurse and the patient
b. entrusts the education of its practitioners to universities/ colleges
c. functions autonomously in developing professional policy
d. strives to compensate nurses by providing restriction in action,
opportunity for continuous professional growth and economic insecurity -
ANSWER d. strives to compensate nurses by providing restriction in action,
opportunity for continuous professional growth and economic insecurity
Which era has the emphasis of <carving out an advanced role and basis for
nursing practice=
a. Curriculum Era
b. Research Era
c. Graduate Education Era
d. Theory Era - ANSWER c. Graduate Education Era
All of the following are true statements regarding epistemology, except?
a. Branch of philosophy concerned with the nature & scope of knowledge.
b. It is the study of knowledge & justifies beliefs.
,c. An idea that is suggested or presented as possibly true but that is not
known or proven to be true.
d. It questions what knowledge is & how it can be acquired. - ANSWER c. An
idea that is suggested or presented as possibly true but that is not known or
proven to be true.
Which of the following differentiates Rationalism from Empiricism? (Select all
that apply)
a. It is from general to specific
b. Knowledge is real when used by the senses
c. It uses rational thinking
d. Knowledge is based on experience - ANSWER A, C
A research then theory approach falls on what principle:
a. Rationalism
b. Empiricism
c. A & B
d. None of the above - ANSWER b. Empiricism
A nurse tries to gather/collect data so the physician can have a diagnosis of
the patient. This example falls under
what principle?
a. Rationalism
b. Empiricism
, c. A & B
d. None of the above - ANSWER b. Empiricism
This is a set of statements that tentatively describe, explain, or predict
relationships among concepts that have
been systematically selected & organized as an abstract representation of
some phenomenon.
a. Epistemology
b. Philosophy
c. Theory
d. Concepts - ANSWER c. Theory
Which of the following is a component of theory development?
a. Concepts
b. Relational statements
c. Linkages and ordering
d. All of the above - ANSWER d. All of the above
A type of concept that is more specific time or place.
a. Abstract
b. Concrete
c. Continuous
d. Theoretical - ANSWER b. Concrete
