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1. Nursing has been considered both a profession and an occupation. Which of the
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following supports defining nursing as a profession?
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A) Autonomy
B) Learned vocation rr
C) Varied level of skill rr rr rr
D) Career with varied knowledge rr rr rr
2. How many levels of entry into practice exist for registered nurses?
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A) One
B) Two
C) Three
D) Four
3. Nursing is classified as which type of science?
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A) Pure
B) Natural
C) Human
D) Applied
4. In defining the philosophy of nursing, which of the following would not be included?
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A) Purpose of human life rr rr rr
B) Nature of being rr rr
C) Theory of knowledge rr rr
D) Scientific method rr
5. When discussing the science and philosophyof a discipline, how would one define the
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two in relation to each other?
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A) Autonomous
B) Reliant
C) Linked
D) Unrelated
6. Philosophy's definition includes which of the following?
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A) Study of problems that are abstract and general
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B) Measures observable phenomena of interest in a discipline rr rr rr rr rr rr rr
C) Empirical way of gathering data rr rr rr rr
D) Grounded and tested in experience rr rr rr rr
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, 7. Based on the science and philosophical schools of thought, which one centers on
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descriptions that are derived from collectively lived experiences, interrelatedness,
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human interpretation, and learned reality?
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A) Empiricism
B) Positivism
C) Rationalism
D) Perceived view rr
8. Based on the science and philosophical schools of thought, which one is founded on the
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belief that what is experienced is what exists and that experiences be verified through
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scientific methodology?
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A) Received view rr
B) Human science rr
C) Phenomenology
D) Constructivism
9. When defining nursing philosophy, which of the following is appropriate?
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A) Refers to the belief system of the profession and provides perspectives for practice,
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scholarship, and research.
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B) The substantive, discipline-specific knowledge that focuses on the
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human-universe-health process.
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C) Refers to the system of relationship of human response in health and illness.
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D) Responsible for generation of knowledge, which provides direction for future. rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rr
10. When discussing the knowledge development in nursing science, the study of theory is
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referred to as which of the following?
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A) Ontology
B) Epistemology
C) Methodology
D) Philosophy
11. There are several defined ways of knowing. Which way of knowing is defined as “a
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priori knowledge that pertain to knowledge gained from thought alone?”
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A) Empirics
B) Personal
C) Intuitive
D) Somatic
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, 12. Nursing is described as a human science based on inclusion of which of the following in
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the discipline?
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A) Physiology
B) Human health rr
C) Anthropology
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13. Patterns of knowledge in nursing include use of knowledge from nursing and other
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disciplines, abstracted and generalized beyond personal experience. Of which pattern of
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knowledge is this representative?
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A) Clinical knowledge rr
B) Emancipatory knowing rr
C) Conceptual knowledge rr
D) Empirical knowledge rr
14. A study is conducted and the methodology used for the data collection is focused on
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testing a hypothesis and seeking to prove or disprove the hypothesis. Which type of
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methodology is being used?
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A) Qualitative
B) Quantitative
C) Methodologic pluralism rr
15. During the course of a nursing research study, the research selects a theory with a
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phenomenological foundation seeking to explore the experiences of teens living with
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HIV. Which type of methodology is being used?
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A) Qualitative
B) Quantitative
C) Methodologic pluralism rr
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