NUR601 Nursing Theory Exam 1 Questions With Complete
Solutions
According to Nightingale, what are the environmental
components of health? Correct Answer • Clean air
• Pure water
• Efficient drainage- Ventilation
• Cleanliness
• Light
• Warmth
Benefits/functions of the theoretical model Correct Answer -
organize care in any setting
- strengthen nursing focus of care
- provides consistency to the communication and activities
- Advance the discipline
Carper's ways of knowing Correct Answer - Empirical
knowing- through testing and science
- Personal knowing- personal experience
- Ethical knowing- moral component
- Esthetic knowing- art of nursing
Choosing a nursing theory for practice Correct Answer -
Enduring values
- Nursing situations
- connecting values
- verifying awareness
- multiple ways of knowing
, Components of a Discipline Correct Answer Includes network
of philosophies, theories, concepts, approaches to inquiry,
research findings, and practices.
Community of scholars share commitment to value, knowledge,
and process
Distinct perspective.
Criteria for evaluating a nursing theory Correct Answer - Read
and study primary sources
- Research and practice implications
- Critiques and evaluations by others
- Study whole theory
- Come to your own judgement
Define the term Caritas. Correct Answer To cherish and
appreciate, giving special
attention to, or loving
Differentiate between Conceptual and Syntactical structures in
nursing. Correct Answer Conceptual: Relates concepts within
theories.
Syntactical: Skills and abilities that must be developed within
the community.
Existing paradigms in nursing Correct Answer Parse: Totality -
Simultaneity
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