A nursing student attends a lecture on the central concepts of nursing

QUESTION

A nursing student attends a lecture on the central concepts of nursing. A concept, she is told, is a highly abstract and general “word or phrase that summarizes the essential characteristics or properties of a phenomenon.”

Which answer represents the four major concepts of nursing central to work of the profession?
A) Human being, environment, health, and nursing
B) Human being, theory, health, and environment
C) Theory, health, environment, and nursing
D) Environment, health, theory, and nursing

ANSWER:

A