Nursing Theory & Professional Practice QUESTIONS & CORRECT SOLUTIONS(GRADED A) EXAM BUNDLE

Nursing - ANSWER * is an aspring or evolving profession * is a professional discipline that draws much of its knowledge base from other disciplines i.e. psychology, sociology, physiology, and medicine How is nursing an applied or practice science? - ANSWER it has been influenced by several phi...

Knowledge - ANSWER Refers to awareness or perception of reality acquired through insight, learning, or investigation. Knowledge is tentative and can be expanded/refined over time. Epistemology - ANSWER Study of knowledge Empirics - ANSWER Scientific knowledge coming from observation, testing, ...

Chapter 1 - ANSWER What is Nursing Theory? Nursing Theories - ANSWER -Creative products of nurses -Describe nursing in ways that can be studied, evaluated, and used by other nurses -Attempt to explain patterns and relationships found in nursing phenomena -Stimulate formal debate, exploration,...

1: The metaparadigm concepts for the discipline of nursing include which of the following? - ANSWER Person, health, environment 2: Theoretical works are categorized as which of the following? - ANSWER Philosophies, conceptual models, middle-range theories 3: Which of the following best describ...

1: The metaparadigm concepts for the discipline of nursing include which of the following? - ANSWER Person, health, environment 2: Theoretical works are categorized as which of the following? - ANSWER Philosophies, conceptual models, middle-range theories 3: Which of the following best describ...

Stages of Nursing Theory Development - ANSWER Silent Knowledge Received Knowledge Subjective Knowledge Procedural Knowledge Constructed Knowledge Silent Knowledge - ANSWER Blind obedience to medical authority Following orders because that is what the physician said to do, little attempt to d...

Florence Nightingale - ANSWER Who began the history of professional nursing? Florence Nightingale - ANSWER Who envisioned nurses as a body of educated women at a time when women where neither educated nor employed in a public service? Curriculum era - ANSWER What era does questions of content ...

Understanding of the patient's condition, situation, and need. - ANSWER Weidenbach's four elements to clinical nursing Any person who has entered the healthcare system and is receiving help of some kind - ANSWER Weidenbach's definition of patient Any measure desired by the patient tha...

EMPIRICAL KNOWING ETHICAL KNOWING PERSONAL KNOWING AESTHETIC / ESTHETIC KNOWING - ANSWER FOUR WAYS OF KNOWING EMPIRICAL KNOWING - ANSWER FOUR WAYS OF KNOWING Principal form relating facts and descriptions aimed at the expansion of abstract and theoretical explanations. Emphasizes scientific ...

levels of theory from most abstract to most concrete - ANSWER 1. metatheory 2. grand theory 3. middle-range theory 4. practice theory theories are... - ANSWER an integrated set of concepts that presents a view of a phenomenon metaparadigm - ANSWER four broad concepts core to nursing: person...

Who was considered the "founder of nursing" in 1860 during the Crimean War? - ANSWER Florence Nightingale American Nurses Association (ANA) - ANSWER Professional organization working for high standards and promoting the rights of nurses. International Council of Nurses (ICN) - ANSWER Mad...

What is a nursing theory? - ANSWER Creative products of nurses Describe nursing in ways that can be studied, evaluated, and used by other nurses Attempt to explain patterns and relationships found in nursing phenomena Stimulate formal debate, exploration, and research regarding the nature ...

Nursing theories attempt to explain _ and _ found in nursing phenomena - ANSWER patterns; relationships Nurse theorists develop theories _ - ANSWER overtime Nursing theorists are influenced by _ and _ experiences - ANSWER personal; professional This type of theorist defines nursing in gener...

Definition of nursing - ANSWER "The unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual, sick or well, in the performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery (or to a peaceful death) that he would perform unaided if he had the necessary strength, will or knowledge."...