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TEST BANKNursing Theories and Nursing Practice
Marlaine C. Smith, and Marilyn E. Parker
4th Edition
,Table of Contents
Chapter 01 Nursing Theory and the Discipline of Nursing 1
Chapter 02 A Guide for the Study of Theories for Practice 4
Chapter 03 Choosing, Evaluating and Implementing Nursing Theories for Practice 6
Chapter 04 Florence Nightingale’s Legacy of Caring and Its Applications 8
Chapter 05 Early Conceptualization About Nursing 10
Chapter 06 Nurse-Patient Relationship Theories-Peplau, Travelbee and Orlando 13
Chapter 07 Dorothy Johnson’s Behavioral System Model and It's Application 16
Chapter 08 Dorothea Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory 18
Chapter 09 Imogene King’s Theory of Goal Attainment 20
Chapter 10 Callista Roy’s Adaptation Model 22
Chapter 11 Betty Neuman’s Systems Model 24
Chapter 12 Helen Ericksson, Evelyn Tomlin and Mary Ann Swain-Modeling and Role
Modeling 26
Chapter 13 Barbara Dossey’s Theory of Integral Nursing 29
Chapter 14 Martha Rogers Science of Unitary Human Beings 31
Chapter 15 Rosemarie Rizzo Parse’s Humanbecoming School of Thought 34
Chapter 16 Margaret Newman’s Theory of Health as Expanding Consciousness 36
Chapter 17 Madeline Leininger’s Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality 38
Chapter 18 Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring 40
Chapter 19 Anne Boykin and Savina Schoenhofer’s Nursing as Caring Theory 43
Chapter 20 Afaf Meleis-Transitions Theory 46
Chapter 21 Katharine Kolcaba-Comfort Theory 48
Chapter 22 Duffy’s Quality-Caring Model 50
Chapter 23 Reed’s Theory of Self-Transcendence 52
Chapter 24 Mary Jane Smith and Pat Liehr’s Story Theory 55
Chapter 25 Parker and Barry’s Community Nursing Practice Model 57
Chapter 26 Locsin’s Theory of Technological Competence 59
Chapter 27 Ray’s Theory of Bureaucratic Caring 62
Chapter 28 Troutman-Jordan's Theory of Successful Aging 64
Chapter 29 Barrett's Theory of Power as Knowing Participation in Change 66
Chapter 30 Smith's Unitary Caring 68
Chapter 31 Swanson's Theory of Caring 70
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Test Bank - Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice, 4th Edition (Smith, 2014)
Chapter 1: Nursing Theory and the Discipline of Nursing
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The purpose of theory is to:
A. Explain experience.
B. Describe relationships.
C. Project outcomes.
D. All of the above
ANS: D
2. Members of a community of scholars share a commitment to all of the following except:
A. Values.
B. Knowledge.
C. Geographic location.
D. Processes.
ANS: C
3. ________________ and ________________ structures are essential to any discipline and
are inherent in nursing theories.
A. Paradigm and metaparadigm
B. Syntactical and conceptual
C. Middle and grand
D. Language and symbol
ANS: B
4. Books and periodicals are examples of:
A. Communication networks.
B. Heritage of literature.
C. Nursing organizations.
D. Nursing discipline.
ANS: B
5. The basic building blocks of theories are:
A. Concepts and their definitions.
B. Statements of relationships.
C. Concepts and statements of relationships.
D. Empirical indicators.
ANS: C
6. Nursing theories:
A. Are discovered in nature.
B. Serve as exact representations of reality.
C. Are invented by humans.
D. Cannot be modified.
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ANS: C
7. A paradigm is defined as a:
A. Worldview.
B. General framework.
C. Set of shared perspectives held by members of a discipline.
D. All of the above
ANS: D
8. The dependence of nursing theory development on human imagination is an attribute of
nursing as a(n):
A. Occupation.
B. Discipline.
C. Vocation.
D. Profession.
ANS: B
9. The primary purpose of nursing theory is to:
A. Structure nursing knowledge.
B. Demonstrate creativity in nursing.
C. Guide the thinking about, being, and doing of nursing.
D. Organize nursing curricula.
ANS: C
10. The first nursing theorist who identified the importance of theory in nursing was:
A. Virginia Henderson.
B. Hildegard Peplau.
C. Lydia Hall.
D. Florence Nightingale.
ANS: D
11. The most abstract level of knowledge is the:
A. Paradigm.
B. Metaparadigm.
C. Theory.
D. Concept.
ANS: B
12. Statements of enduring values or beliefs are considered:
A. Conceptual models.
B. Philosophies.
C. Grand theories.
D. Practice theories.
ANS: B
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13. Theories that include specific concepts, are broad enough to be useful in complex situations,
and can be empirically tested are called:
A. Grand theories.
B. Middle-range theories.
C. Practice-level theories.
D. Nursing theories.
ANS: B
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:
A. Grand theories.
B. Middle-range theories.
C. Practice-level theories.
D. Nursing theories.
ANS: C
15. The name for the boundaries or focus of a discipline is:
A. Imagination.
B. Domain.
C. Tradition.
D. Value.
ANS: B
TRUE/FALSE
1. Every discipline has a unique focus that directs inquiry and distinguishes it from other fields
of study.
ANS: T
2. Theories are not discovered in nature but are human inventions
ANS: T
3. Science generally evolves as a smooth, regular, continuing path of knowledge development
over time.
ANS: F
4. Early nursing theorists relied on definitions of theory from nursing practice to guide the
development of theories within nursing.
ANS: F
5. The best test of any nursing theory is its usefulness in professional practice.
ANS: T
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Chapter 2: A Guide for the Study of Theories for Practice
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The scope of nursing practice is:
A. Known and static.
B. Continually being expanded.
C. Determined only by individual researchers.
D. Important only to nurses with advanced degrees.
ANS: B
2. The question “What does the nurse attend to when practicing nursing?” relates to which of
the following areas of the theory guide?
A. How nursing is conceptualized
B. The context of theory development
C. Authoritative sources
D. Overall theory significance
ANS: A
3. Nursing theorists and nurses in practice:
A. Are interested in related but different phenomena.
B. Do not see nursing in the same context.
C. Think and work with the same phenomena.
D. Require the same knowledge and skills.
ANS: C
4. The study of nursing theory:
A. Is a simple, short-term endeavor.
B. Can be easily undertaken.
C. Requires a continuing commitment.
D. Is not essential for expert nursing practice.
ANS: C
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?
A. How nursing is conceptualized
B. The context of theory development
C. Authoritative sources
D. Overall theory significance
ANS: C
6. The question “Is the theory used to guide programs of nursing education?” relates to which
of the following areas of the theory guide?
A. How nursing is conceptualized
B. The context of theory development
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C. Authoritative sources
D. Overall theory significance
ANS: D
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.
ANS: T
2. One criterion for hospitals seeking magnet hospital status is selection of a theoretical model
for nursing practice.
ANS: T
3. It is not necessary or desirable for the study and use of nursing theory to have roots in the
everyday practice of nursing.
ANS: F
4. Key ways to study nursing include analysis and evaluation.
ANS: T
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Chapter 3: Choosing, Evaluating and Implementing Nursing Theories for Practice
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The primary purpose of nursing theory is to:
A. Improve nursing practice.
B. Control health care costs.
C. Justify nursing costs.
D. Establish nursing as a discipline.
ANS: A
2. Nursing practice is essential for all of the following EXCEPT:
A. Developing nursing theory.
B. Testing nursing theory.
C. Refining nursing theory.
D. Discovering nursing theory.
ANS: D
3. Nurses working together as colleagues often realize that:
A. Their views of nursing are not compatible.
B. They share the same values and beliefs.
C. The study of nursing theory does not enhance their work.
D. None of the above
ANS: B
4. Responses to guiding questions about theory in practice can be found in the following
resources:
A. Nursing literature
B. Audiovisual sources
C. Electronic sources
D. All of the above
ANS: D
5. How we come to know the science of nursing and other disciplines that are used in nursing
practice is described as:
A. Empirical knowing.
B. Personal knowing.
C. Emancipatory knowing.
D. Aesthetic knowing.
ANS: A
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:
A. Empirical knowing.
B. Personal knowing.
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