Question 1

Striving to know the self and to actualize authentic relationships between the nurse and the one nursed is defined as:

Accepted Answer

A) Empirical knowing. 
B) Personal knowing. 
C) Ethical knowing. 
D) Aesthetic knowing. 
A) Empirical knowing. 
B) Personal knowing. 
C) Ethical knowing. 
D) Aesthetic knowing. B

Question 2

Which of the following are used in the process of adoption and implementation of theory-guided practice within units or organizations? Select all that apply:

Accepted Answer

A) Knowing and reflecting on the nursing evaluation tool. 
B) Creating a plan for evaluation. 
C) Selecting the theory or model to be used in practice. 
D) Launching the initiative. 
E) Cultivating awareness and appreciation of the theory in practice. 
A) Knowing and reflecting on the nursing evaluation tool. 
B) Creating a plan for evaluation. 
C) Selecting the theory or model to be used in practice. 
D) Launching the initiative. 
E) Cultivating awareness and appreciation of the theory in practice. B,C,D

Question 3

One of the most urgent issues facing the discipline of nursing is the artificial separation of theory and practice.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

Theories of any professional discipline are useless if they do not have an impact on practice.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The primary purpose of nursing theory is to:

Accepted Answer

A) Improve nursing practice. 
B) Control health-care costs. 
C) Justify nursing costs. 
D) Establish nursing as a discipline. 
A) Improve nursing practice. 
B) Control health-care costs. 
C) Justify nursing costs. 
D) Establish nursing as a discipline.

Question 6

Historically,nursing has always been distinctly separate from the medical model.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Which of the following questions should be asked when selecting a guide for theory evaluation?

Accepted Answer

A) Is the theory a grounded theory? 
B) Is the theory a grand or middle-range nursing theory? 
C) Is personal knowing part of the theory? 
D) Is reflective practice part of the nursing theory? 
A) Is the theory a grounded theory? 
B) Is the theory a grand or middle-range nursing theory? 
C) Is personal knowing part of the theory? 
D) Is reflective practice part of the nursing theory?

Question 8

When reflecting and choosing a nursing theory for practice,which factors are important? Select all that apply:

Accepted Answer

A) Choosing three basic criteria to guide evaluation of nursing theory. 
B) Enduring values. 
C) Critical reflection about whether the nursing theory works. 
D) Cultivating awareness and appreciation. 
E) Creating values and the nursing situation. 
A) Choosing three basic criteria to guide evaluation of nursing theory. 
B) Enduring values. 
C) Critical reflection about whether the nursing theory works. 
D) Cultivating awareness and appreciation. 
E) Creating values and the nursing situation.

Question 9

Nursing practice is essential for all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) Developing nursing theory. 
B) Testing nursing theory. 
C) Refining nursing theory. 
D) Discovering nursing theory. 
A) Developing nursing theory. 
B) Testing nursing theory. 
C) Refining nursing theory. 
D) Discovering nursing theory.

Question 10

Nurses working together as colleagues often realize that:

Accepted Answer

A) Their views of nursing are not compatible. 
B) They share the same values and beliefs. 
C) The study of nursing theory does not enhance their work. 
D) None of the above. 
A) Their views of nursing are not compatible. 
B) They share the same values and beliefs. 
C) The study of nursing theory does not enhance their work. 
D) None of the above.

Question 11

How we come to know the science of nursing and other disciplines that are used in nursing practice is described as:

Accepted Answer

A) Empirical knowing. 
B) Personal knowing. 
C) Emancipatory knowing. 
D) Aesthetic knowing. 
A) Empirical knowing. 
B) Personal knowing. 
C) Emancipatory knowing. 
D) Aesthetic knowing.

Question 12

How we come to know the moral component affecting choices within the complexity of health care that guide day-to-day actions in nursing practice is described as:

Accepted Answer

A) Empirical knowing. 
B) Personal knowing. 
C) Ethical knowing. 
D) Emancipatory knowing. 
A) Empirical knowing. 
B) Personal knowing. 
C) Ethical knowing. 
D) Emancipatory knowing.

Question 13

Responses to guiding questions about theory in practice can be found in the following resources:

Accepted Answer

A) Nursing literature. 
B) Audiovisual sources. 
C) Electronic sources. 
D) All of the above. 
A) Nursing literature. 
B) Audiovisual sources. 
C) Electronic sources. 
D) All of the above.

Question 14

Cultivating awareness about how social,political,and economic forces shape assumptions and opinions about knowledge and truth is defined as:

Accepted Answer

A) Personal knowing. 
B) Ethical knowing. 
C) Emancipatory knowing. 
D) Aesthetic knowing. 
A) Personal knowing. 
B) Ethical knowing. 
C) Emancipatory knowing. 
D) Aesthetic knowing.

Exam 3: Choosing,evaluating,and Implementing Nursing Theories for Practice

Striving to know the self and to actualize authentic relationships between the nurse and the one nursed is defined as:

Which of the following are used in the process of adoption and implementation of theory-guided practice within units or organizations? Select all that apply:

One of the most urgent issues facing the discipline of nursing is the artificial separation of theory and practice.

Theories of any professional discipline are useless if they do not have an impact on practice.

The primary purpose of nursing theory is to:

Historically,nursing has always been distinctly separate from the medical model.

Which of the following questions should be asked when selecting a guide for theory evaluation?

When reflecting and choosing a nursing theory for practice,which factors are important? Select all that apply:

Nursing practice is essential for all of the following EXCEPT:

Nurses working together as colleagues often realize that:

How we come to know the science of nursing and other disciplines that are used in nursing practice is described as:

How we come to know the moral component affecting choices within the complexity of health care that guide day-to-day actions in nursing practice is described as:

Responses to guiding questions about theory in practice can be found in the following resources:

Cultivating awareness about how social,political,and economic forces shape assumptions and opinions about knowledge and truth is defined as:

Nursing Theory and the Discipline of Nursing

A Guide for the Study of Nursing Theories for Practice

Florence Nightingales Conceptualizations of Nursing

Early Conceptualization About Nursing

Nursepatient Relationship Theories

Dorothy Johnsons Behavioral System Model

Dorothea Orems Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory

Imogene Kings Theory of Goal Attainment

Callista Roys Adaptation Model

Betty Neumans Systems Model

Helen Erickson,evelyn Tomlin and Mary Ann Swains Theory of Modeling and Role-Modeling

Barbara Dosseys Theory of Integral Nursing

Martha Erogers Science of Unitary Human Beings

Rosemarie Rizzo Parses Humanbecoming Paradigm

Margaret Newmans Theory of Health As Expanding Consciousness

Madeline Leiningers Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality

Jean Watsons Theory of Unitary Caring Science and Theory of Human Caring

Theory of Nursing As Caring

Afaf Meleis Transitions Theory

Katharine Kolcabas Comfort Theory

Joanne Duffys Quality-Caring Model

Pamela Reeds Theory of Self-Transcendence

Patricia Liehr and Mary Jane Smiths Story Theory

The Community Nursing Practice Model

Rozzano Locsins Technological Competency As Caring in Nursing

Marilyn Anne Rays Theory of Bureaucratic Caring

Troutman-Jordans Theory of Successful Aging

Barretts Theory of Power As Knowing Participation in Change

Marlaine Smiths Theory of Unitary Caring

Kristen Swansons Theory or Caring

Adeline Falk-Rafaels Critical Caring Theory

Katie Erikssons Theory of Caritative Caring

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