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Theoretical Basis for Nursing 5th Edition
McEwen Test Bank Chapter 1 – 20 Updated
NEW REVISED VERSION~2023/2024
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CHAPTER 1
1. Myra Levine expressed nurses are often confused about theory. Which of the following
was given as one reason for the confusion related to nursing theory?
A) Clearly understandable
B) Obscure concepts
C) Application to practice
D) New concepts
2. If a theory is to be useful in nursing, it must include which of the following?
A) Broad concepts
B) Understandable concepts
C) Concepts specific to nursing
D) Operationally defined concepts
3. Theories developed for nursing include all of the following except which of the
following?
A) Identify standards for nursing practice
B) Guide development of client cares
C) Direct quality assurance programs
D) Align with other health care disciplines
4. Which of the following was the first stage in the development of a nursing theory and
philosophy?
A) Silent knowledge
B) Received knowledge
C) Subjective knowledge
D) Procedural knowledge
5. The silent knowledge stage of theory and philosophy development was driven based on
which of the following?
A) Nursing as an independent discipline
B) Medical model, dependent on physicians
C) Interdisciplinary team design
D) Nursing as an academic discipline
6. During the 1970s, the nursing profession viewed itself as a scientific discipline evolving
toward a theoretically based practice focusing on the client. Which stage of theory and
philosophy development is this the correct description?
A) Silent knowledge
B) Received knowledge
C) Subjective knowledge
D) Procedural knowledge
7. What is the current stage of knowledge development for the discipline of nursing?
A) Silent knowledge
B) Received knowledge
C) Subjective knowledge
D) Constructed knowledge
8. Development of a metatheory includes which of the following?
A) Broad processes and generalized understanding
B) Specific application of theory
C) Development of theory through practice
D) Use of only nursing concepts
9. Which type of theory is the most broad and complex in scope?
A) Grand theory
B) Middle range theory
C) Practice theory
D) Microtheory
10. Which type of theory may describe a phenomenon, explain relationships of concepts or
predict effects of a phenomenon?
A) Metatheory
B) Grand theory
C) Middle range theory
D) Practice theory
11. Which type of theory is the least complex and is situation specific?
A) Methatheory
B) Grand theory
C) Middle range theory
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