QUESTION The strengths of which of the following nursing models utilizes the systems approach and makes it relevant to current nursing practice? A) Callista Roy’s Adaptation Model and Martha Rogers’ Science of Unitary Human Beings B) Rosemarie Parse’s Human Becoming Theory and Susan Leddy’s Human Energy Model C) Betty Neuman’s Health Care Systems Model and […]
QUESTION During postconference, the clinical instructor reviews theories that utilize the nursing process and how they differ in their approach to the nursing process. Which of the following theories delineates assessment by including perception, communication, and interaction of the nurse and the client in the definition of the assessment phase? A) King’s Theory of Goal […]
QUESTION A nurse enters a client’s room and is concerned about the client’s statement, “I feel funny but I can’t explain why.” The nurse assesses the client but cannot determine an actual scientific problem. However, the nurse calls the resident who comes to see the client and while being examined the client goes into cardiac […]
QUESTION Which philosophical approach to the development of knowledge is highlighted by a concern for “context rather than universality, specificity rather than generalization, uniqueness rather than sameness, and relativism rather than absolutism”? A) Logical empiricism B) Historicism C) Postmodernism D) Rationalism ANSWER: C
QUESTION A nurse testifies in court that standards of practice drive the nursing profession and that a client’s care was substandard. What type of knowledge is the nurse using for her testimony? A) Personal knowledge B) Aesthetic knowledge C) Empirical knowledge D) Ethical knowledge ANSWER: D
QUESTION A nurse educator watches a student nurse walk across the stage to receive her diploma. After the program, the nurse educator discusses with the student where she will be working. She states that she is not sure yet, but she knows she does not wish to work in the obstetrical area. The student nurse […]
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, […]
QUESTION A staff nurse has been asked to present information on theoretical frameworks to a group of nursing students who are attending the college nearby. Which of the following characteristics would the nurse use in her description of theoretical frameworks? A) Narrower than a theory B) More local than global C) Not validated in scientific […]
QUESTION A middle-range theory has been suggested to be used by a graduate student’s advisor on his thesis project. What is the best reason to use a middle-range theory? A) It helps to provide direction for nurses to focus on research. B) It serves as theoretical frameworks for nursing research and practice. C) It serves […]
QUESTION Personal knowledge encompasses personal knowing. What is the type of personal knowing that involves increased awareness through connectedness or interaction? A) Experiential knowing B) Intuitive knowing C) Personal knowing D) Interpersonal knowing ANSWER: D
