Exam 7: Theoretical Foundations of Community Health Nursing

Emily is a community health nurse that needs to address the underlying power differentials and social inequities at a meat packing plant that hires a large portion of immigrant people. Which type of theory should Emily consider using to guide her practice?

Which of the following theories uses a process through which an innovation spreads via certain communication channels over time among members of a social system?

What term is used to describe the capacity of a community health nurse to recognize social and political problems of injustice or inequity, to realize that things could be different, and to piece together complex elements of experience and context to change a situation?

In his community health nursing practice, Jesse facilitates the establishment of a "good food box" system in an impoverished neighbourhood. In this system, families are charged a small fee and receive seasonal fruits and vegetables once a week. Families normally hear about this via work of mouth and are invited to participate. What theory does Jesse use to guide his practice?

What term is used to describe an organized, coherent, and systematic articulation of a set of statements related to significant questions in a discipline?

What type of knowledge represents the most abstract level of knowledge, identifies the phenomenon of central concern to a discipline, and describes concepts and the relationships among them?

Orem's (1985) Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory is best used in which type of community health nursing practice?