Exam (elaborations) TEST BANK FOR Nursing Theories And Nursing Practice 4th Edition By Smith Parker
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Chapter 1: Nursing Theory and the Discipline of Nursing
Multiple Choice
1. The purpose of theory is to:
2. Explain experience.
3. Describe relationships.
4. Project outcomes.
5. All of the above
2. Members of a community of scholars share a commitment to all of the
following except:
3. Values.
4. Knowledge.
5. Geographic location.
6. Processes.
3. ____________________ and ____________________ structures are essential to
any discipline and are inherent in nursing theories.
4. Paradigm and metaparadigm
5. Syntactical and conceptual
6. Middle and grand
7. Language and symbol
4. Books and periodicals are examples of:
5. Communication networks.
6. Heritage of literature.
7. Nursing organizations.
8. Nursing discipline.
5. The basic building blocks of theories are:
6. Concepts and their definitions.
7. Statements of relationships.
8. Concepts and statements of relationships.
9. Empirical indicators.
6. Nursing theories:
7. Are discovered in nature.
8. Serve as exact representations of reality.
9. Are invented by humans.
10. Cannot be modified.
7. A paradigm is defined as a:
8. Worldview.
9. General framework.
10. Set of shared perspectives held by members of a discipline.
11. All of the above
8. The dependence of nursing theory development on human imagination is
an attribute of nursing as a(n):
9. Occupation.
10. Discipline.
11. Vocation.
12. Profession.
9. The primary purpose of nursing theory is to:
10. Structure nursing knowledge.
11. Demonstrate creativity in nursing.
12. Guide the thinking about, being, and doing of nursing.
13. Organize nursing curricula.
10. The first nursing theorist who identified the importance of theory in
nursing was:
11. Virginia Henderson.
12. Hildegard Peplau.
13. Lydia Hall.
14. Florence Nightingale.
11. The most abstract level of knowledge is the:
12. Paradigm.
13. Metaparadigm.
14. Theory.
15. Concept.
12. Statements of enduring values or beliefs are considered:
13. Conceptual models.
14. Philosophies.
15. Grand theories.
16. Practice theories.
13. Theories that include specific concepts, are broad enough to be
useful in complex situations, and can be empirically tested are called:
14. Grand theories.
15. Middle-range theories.
16. Practice-level theories.
17. Nursing theories.
14. Theories that have the most limited scope and level of abstraction
that are useful in within a specific range of nursing situations are called:
15. Grand theories.
16. Middle-range theories.
17. Practice-level theories.
18. Nursing theories.
15. The name for the boundaries or focus of a discipline is:
16. Imagination.
17. Domain.
18. Tradition.
19. Value.
True/False
1. Every discipline has a unique focus that directs inquiry and distinguishes it
from other fields of study.
2. Theories are not discovered in nature but are human inventions
3. Science generally evolves as a smooth, regular, continuing path of
knowledge development over time.
4. Early nursing theorists relied on definitions of theory from nursing practice
to guide the development of theories within nursing.
5. The best test of any nursing theory is its usefulness in professional
practice.
Chapter 2: A Guide for the Study of Theories for Practice
Multiple Choice
1. The scope of nursing practice is:
2. Known and static.
3. Continually being expanded.
4. Determined only by individual researchers.
5. Important only to nurses with advanced degrees.
2. The question “What does the nurse attend to when practicing nursing?”
relates to which of the following areas of the theory guide?
3. How nursing is conceptualized
4. The context of theory development
5. Authoritative sources
6. Overall theory significance
3. Nursing theorists and nurses in practice:
4. Are interested in related but different phenomena.
5. Do not see nursing in the same context.
6. Think and work with the same phenomena.
7. Require the same knowledge and skills.
4. The study of nursing theory:
5. Is a simple, short-term endeavor.
6. Can be easily undertaken.
7. Requires a continuing commitment.
8. Is not essential for expert nursing practice.
5. The question “What nursing society’s share and support work of the
theory?” relates to which of the following areas of the theory guide?
6. How nursing is conceptualized
7. The context of theory development
8. Authoritative sources
9. Overall theory significance
6. The question “Is the theory used to guide programs of nursing
education?” relates to which of the following areas of the theory guide?
7. How nursing is conceptualized
8. The context of theory development
9. Authoritative sources
10. Overall theory significance
True/False
1. The guide for the selection of nursing theory presented in your text is a
set of questions that facilitate reflection and exploration in the study of
nursing theory that can lead to the selection of a nursing theory for use in
your practice.
2. One criterion for hospitals seeking magnet hospital status is selection of a
theoretical model for nursing practice.
3. It is not necessary or desirable for the study and use of nursing theory to
have roots in the everyday practice of nursing.
4. Key ways to study nursing include analysis and evaluation.
Chapter 3: Choosing, Evaluating and Implementing Nursing Theories for Practice
Multiple-Choice Questions
1. The primary purpose of nursing theory is to:
2. Improve nursing practice.
3. Control health care costs.
4. Justify nursing costs.
5. Establish nursing as a discipline.
2. Nursing practice is essential for all of the following EXCEPT:
3. Developing nursing theory.
4. Testing nursing theory.
5. Refining nursing theory.
6. Discovering nursing theory.
3. Nurses working together as colleagues often realize that:
4. Their views of nursing are not compatible.
5. They share the same values and beliefs.
6. The study of nursing theory does not enhance their work.
7. None of the above
4. Responses to guiding questions about theory in practice can be found in
the following resources:
5. Nursing literature
6. Audiovisual sources
7. Electronic sources
8. All of the above
5. How we come to know the science of nursing and other disciplines that
are used in nursing practice is described as:
6. Empirical knowing.
7. Personal knowing.
8. Emancipatory knowing.
9. Aesthetic knowing.
6. How we come to know the moral component affecting choices within the
complexity of health care that guide day-to-day actions in nursing practice
is described as:
7. Empirical knowing.
8. Personal knowing.
9. Ethical knowing.
10. Emancipatory knowing.
7. Striving to know the self and to actualize authentic relationships between
the nurse and the one nursed is defined as:
8. Empirical knowing.
9. Personal knowing.
10. Ethical knowing.
11. Aesthetic knowing.
8. Cultivating awareness about how social, political and economic forces
shape assumptions and opinions about knowledge and truth is defined as:
9. Personal knowing.
10. Ethical knowing.
11. Emancipatory knowing.
12. Aesthetic knowing.
True/False
1. One of the most urgent issues facing the discipline of nursing is the
artificial separation of theory and practice.
2. Theories of any professional discipline are useless if they do not have an
impact on practice.
3. Historically, nursing has always been distinctly separate from the medical
model.
Chapter 4: Florence Nightingale
Multiple-Choice Questions
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