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CNUR 805 Exam QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS Rated A+ 1 Assured Success New Update 2023. o Nursing is classified as which type of science? o Pure o Natural o Applied o Human o When discussing the 2 o Which type of theory is the least complex and is situation specific? o Middle range theory o Grand theory o Metatheory o Practice theory o Which of the following discipline or disciplines may be used in the design of a nursing theory? o Sociology o Physical biology 5 o Psychology o Psychology, physical biology, and sociology o What is the primary concern of nursing science? 6 o Development of the discipline o Exploring the future of the discipline o Answering questions of the discipline and adding new knowledge o Implementation of standards of care o What does a paradigm provide to a discipline? o Link to the philosophical realm of the discipline 7 validation of research o Practice always comes before theory o What is the importance of having nursing theory for professional nursing practice? o To create universal laws. o To create a body of knowledge. o To develop a nursing theory network. o To guide nursing 10 theories. o What is the name of the Parse theoretical model? o Human Becoming o Philosophy and Science of Caring o From Novice to Expert: Excellence and Power in Clinical Nursing o Culture Care Theory of Diversity and Universality 11 o What is the theoretical model that Jean Watson is responsible for? o From Novice to Expert: Excellence and Power in Clinical Nursing o Theory of Caritative Caring o Theory of Comfort o Philosophy and Science of Caring 12 nurses, published in journal articles o What is important for the theorist to take into account when constructing a nursing theory? o Available consensus on phenomenon o Personal knowing o Personal findings o Available empirical findings o The history of nursing 15 theory evolved through successive stages. What are the eras? o Curriculum era, research era, graduate education era, theory era o Theory era, statistical era, research era, graduate education era o Medical era, curriculum era, education era, research era o Historical era, research era, education 16 era, graduate era o The examination of early nursing literature led to the development of the fundamental patterns of knowing. What are the ways of knowing? o Moral knowledge, empirics, ethics, aesthetics o Science of Nursing, moral knowledge, ethics, empirics o Empirics, ethics, 17 conclusions o Commonsense, deductive reasoning, retroductive reasoning o The development of nursing theory is essential to advance the knowledge of nursing as a discipline. What are the elements necessary for a theory to be complete? o Concepts, theoretical definitions, operational definitions 20 o Operational statements, concepts, theoretical statements o Concepts, definitions, statements, linkages o Linkages of theoretical statements, theoretical statements o What is the theoretical perspective of Leininger’s Theory? o The worldview of the patient o Preceptorship in nursing 21 o Human Becoming o Therapeutic Touch o What disciplinary field is the term phenomenology associated with? o Geology o Psychology o Philosophy o Anthropology o Which model is Benner’s theoretical model based on? o Dreyfus 22 o The Behavioural System Model o Based on categories by Tomey and Alligood, theories that look for description or explanation for the purpose of control or prediction of the phenomenon in the practice setting would fall under which category. o Nursing theories o Middle range theories 25 o Nursing philosophies o Grand theories o What is the purpose of critiquing theories? o Prove the theory. o Evaluate the scholar’s work for publication. o To determine usefulness in nursing science. o Determine applicability to other disciplines. o What is the term 26 which refers to the process and methods used to create, modify, or refine a theory? o Theory production o Theory development o Theory design o Theory construction o Theories that consist of conceptual frameworks defining broad perspectives for practice are which type of theories? o Grand theories 27 Theory - Final Exam 30 action, identify the goal o Identify the goal, take action, decide on a plan, evaluate the result o What are the goals of theoretical knowledge? o To stimulate thinking and create a broad understanding of the science and practice of the nursing discipline. o To apply multiple sources of knowledge to a diverse range of client situations. 30 Theory - Final Exam 31 o To orient theorizing toward levels of abstraction. o To determine the interrelationships between clinical practice and theorizing. o What does the praxis of nursing refer to? o Constant reflection and action that transforms unjust situations from what is to what needs to be. o The moral knowledge 31 Theory - Final Exam 32 of nursing. o The art of nursing. o The science of nursing. o Matching Type o A basic principle that is accepted as being true based on logic or reason, but without proof or verification. Assumption o A symbolic representation of concepts or variables and interrelationships 32 Theory - Final Exam 35 o Focuses on the lived experience of humans. Phenomenology o Ways of perceiving and understanding the Self and the world. Knowing o Refers to a theory that focuses on only a piece of reality or human experience involving a selected number of concepts. Mid-range Theory o A graphic illustration of the relationships 35 Theory - Final Exam 36 between concepts. Conceptual Model o Knowing that is expressed in a way that can be shared and structured through speech and language. Knowledge o The process of developing specific predictions from general principles. Deductive Reasoning 36 Theory - Final Exam 37 o Matching Type o Abstract ideas or mental images of a phenomena or reality. Concept o Based on four theoretical concepts of nursing: person, environment, health and nursing. Metaparadigm of nursing o Presents a broad, general explanation of the relationships between concepts of 37 Theory - Final Exam 40 range of the significant relationships among the concepts of a discipline. Grand Theory o Refers to an abstract concept under study. Phenomenon o A term used to indicate a phenomenon that cannot be directly observed ie wellness, self esteem. Construct o The fundamental cognitive orientation of an individual. Worldview 40 Theory - Final Exam 41 o How theory influences nursing practice? o Set standard for practice o Identify area for research o Resp. and accountability for nursing care o Different conceptual model use? [found on page 131] o Helps to explore phenomena in different 41 Theory - Final Exam 42 ways o Variety of viewpoints to guide practice o Allow Generation of new theories o Self-reflection helps to adapt new approaches in problem solving TRUE o Nursing knowledge ….base / Importance o Nurses often able to see problem/ inappropriate 42 Theory - Final Exam 45 o Deductive reasoning-- is often used to test a theory. Deductive reasoning goes from the broad to the specific. o Inductive reasoning is often used to develop a theory. Specific to general o Reflective practice is a complex process and we can use it in day to day practice – TRUE o Outside – FALSE 45 Theory - Final Exam 46 (???)if you see a word “outside” in the above statement then it is false) o Personal knowing o -actualizing, realizing and understanding personal relationships o Critical examination for social order o emancipatory knowing o Knowledge about 46 Theory - Final Exam 47 Blood pressure o empirical knowledge o Awareness about Oppressive society o emancipatory knowing o When discussing the knowledge development in nursing science, the study of theory is referred to as which of the following? o Epistemology. 47 Theory - Final Exam 50 o Assessing the client from a system perspective. What type of approach? Simultaneity o Difference between simultaneity and totality o Health viewed as subjective outcome o Person viewed as more than different than sum of parts o Nursing research as qualitative nature 50 Theory - Final Exam 51 o Truth is a multiple perspective (?) o under historicism o Critical social theory (?) o emphasizes that inequality exists in the society. o Phenomenological approach? o Used to predict outcome of phenomenon o Qualitative 51 Theory - Final Exam 52 perspective o Independent of nurses perspective o Feminist theory. o Encourage young women to enter nursing o Recognize domestic work o Related to traditional capitalist value o Critical social theory o Based on the ideology of social issue o Role of power - in 52 Theory - Final Exam 55 o Mental model. o Thinking and observation based o Verbal symbolic model o Code blue o Nursing process o Per OS (= PO, by mouth) o Conceptual framework o Useful in promoting understanding nursing 55 Theory - Final Exam 56 practice o Organize multiple facts and information relevant to particular discipline o Characteristics of concept o Individual experience of perception o Dynamic and cognitive process o Caring and metaparadigm concept of nursing 56 Theory - Final Exam 57 o Basic methodology of nursing practice o Mid.range theory o Learn about Foley catheterization o theory o The word theory implies o Describe, explain and predict phenomena o Help to identify interrelationship between the concept 57 Theory - Final Exam 60 coping mechanisms that help to manage stress o Hospital is a supra system 60 Theory - Final Exam 61 o Input system- increased deviation, what kind of feedback. Answer: Positive feedback o Which of the following is considered to be true about viable systems? o Negentropically to achieve specific phenomena o Dependent upon structure and boundaries 61 Theory - Final Exam 62 o Feedback is used as regulating mechanism to control o System model o Increased in the complexity with negentropy o Steady state o RN scope of practice is under professional Act . Answer: Throughput o The nursing diagnosis is a condition for which nursing has the 62 Theory - Final Exam 65 influences nursing practice in which of the following: o It identifies recipients/clients of nursing care o It sets standards for practice 65 Theory - Final Exam 66 o It promotes responsibility and accountability for nursing o It identifies areas for research o □ 3 o □ 1,2,3 o □ 2,3,4 o All of the above o Question 2: The use of several different conceptual models for nursing offers the 66 Theory - Final Exam 67 advantage of o Allowing exploration of the phenomena in a variety of ways o Increasing the understanding of the phenomena o Providing for a variety of viewpoints to guide practice o Allowing for the generation of many theories o □ 1,2 67 Theory - Final Exam 70 o □ 1,3 o □ 2,3, o All of the above o □ 1,2,3 o Question 4: Successful self- reflection results in the nurse adopting a new approach to clinical problem solving o False o True o Question 5: 70 Theory - Final Exam 71 Perspective transformation results in emancipatory knowing. 71 Theory - Final Exam 72 o False o True o Question 6: Which of the following statements reflect critical reflectivity? Critical o reflectivity o Can be threatening to one’s self concept o Is an integral element in the process of making immediate action decisions 72 Theory - Final Exam 75 shock o Several of your nursing student colleagues state that they were greatly helped by self directed learning theory - Therefore you feel this o theory is useful for this program. o □ 1,3 o □ 2,4 o □ 1, 2, 3 o □ 1,2, 3, 4 75 Theory - Final Exam 76 o Question 8: Knowledge acquired through dialogic learning is what kind of knowledge? o Perspective in nature o Appraisive in nature o Designative in nature o Question 9: Reflective practice is a complex process in which the nurse’s feelings and cognition are considered outside of her/his actual day-to- 76 Theory - Final Exam 77 day practice. o True o False 77 Theory - Final Exam 80 you have experienced that phenomenon o Evolves by engaging in critical reflection o Is essential to providing ‘nursing care’ as opposed to just technical assistance o Promotes the establishment of therapeutic relations o □ 1,2 o □ 3,4 o □ 2, 3, 4 o □ 1, 3, 4 80 Theory - Final Exam 81 o Question 13: Determining whether or not a client’s blood pressure is within normal levels worth rely on the application of which type of knowledge? o Emancipatory Knowledge o Aesthetic Knowledge o Personal Knowledge o Empirical Knowledge 81 Theory - Final Exam 82 o Question 14: Determining whether or not a client’s blood pressure is within normal levels is worth rely on the application of which type of knowledge? o Empirical Knowledge o Aesthetic Knowledge o Personal Knowledge o Emancipatory Knowledge 82 Theory - Final Exam 85 o It provided the fundamental philosophical base for the earlier nursing theorists o □ 1,3 o □ 2,4 o □ 2, 3, 4 o □ 1, 2, 4 o Question 17: The cause of a phenomenon can be discovered and explained. This statement reflects 85 Theory - Final Exam 86 which philosophical perspective? o Logical empiricism o Historicism o Question 18: The simultaneity paradigm differs from the totality paradigm in which of the following ways? o Health is viewed as a subjective outcome o Person is viewed as more than and different 86 Theory - Final Exam 87 from the sum of the parts o Nursing focuses on health promotion o Nursing research is generally qualitative in nature o □ 2,3 o None of the above o □ 2, 3, 4 o □ 1, 2, 4 87 Theory - Final Exam 90 o Logical Empiricism o Question 22: From a critical social perspective, the desired outcome of social analysis is o Exposing inequities that exist in a society o Emancipation from obsessive social structure? o Determining who in society has the power to construct social structures 90 Theory - Final Exam 91 o Raising questions about the structures that govern society Question 23: A phenomenological approach o Acknowledges a qualitative perspective of the world o Acknowledges the legitimacy of multiple ways of knowing o Generates knowledge that can be used to predict outcomes of phenomena 91 Theory - Final Exam 92 o Is independent of the nurse’s meaning perspectives o □ 1, 2 o □ 2, 3 o □ 1, 3, 4 o □ 2, 3, 4 o Question 24: The feminist movement supported the profession of nursing in which of the following ways? o Nursing was able to 92 Theory - Final Exam 95 o □ 1, 3, 4 o □ 2, 3 o Question 25. Critical social theorists o question the basic assumptions and ideologies underlying social issues. o understand that people are separate from their social histories and relate primarily to their independent social experiences. 95 Theory - Final Exam 96 o recognize the role of power in the analysis of issues. o acknowledge inherent contradictions within social structures. 1, 4 2, 3 2, 3, 4 1, 3, 4 o Question 26. Critical social theory o exposes the beliefs and assumptions that 96 Theory - Final Exam 97 shape social structures. o seeks to achieve consensus concerning the interpretation of social norms 3 - uses critical reflection as a process for examining issues o 4 – promotes transformation by challenging that status quo 1, 3 2, 4 1, 3, 4 97