Deck 2: Overview of Theory in Nursing

Question 1

Myra Levine expressed nurses are often confused about theory. Which of the following was given as one reason for the confusion related to nursing theory?

A) Clearly understandable
B) Obscure concepts
C) Application to practice
D) New concepts

Answer 1

Obscure concepts

Question 2

If a theory is to be useful in nursing, it must include which of the following?

A) Broad concepts
B) Understandable concepts
C) Concepts specific to nursing
D) Operationally defined concepts

Answer 2

Understandable concepts

Question 3

Theories developed for nursing include all of the following except which of the following?

A) Identify standards for nursing practice
B) Guide development of client cares
C) Direct quality assurance programs
D) Align with other health care disciplines

Answer 3

Align with other health care disciplines

Question 4

Which of the following was the first stage in the development of a nursing theory and philosophy?

A) Silent knowledge
B) Received knowledge
C) Subjective knowledge
D) Procedural knowledge

Question 5

The silent knowledge stage of theory and philosophy development was driven based on which of the following?

A) Nursing as an independent discipline
B) Medical model, dependent on physicians
C) Interdisciplinary team design
D) Nursing as an academic discipline

Question 6

During the 1970s, the nursing profession viewed itself as a scientific discipline evolving toward a theoretically based practice focusing on the client. Which stage of theory and philosophy development is this the correct description?

A) Silent knowledge
B) Received knowledge
C) Subjective knowledge
D) Procedural knowledge

Question 7

What is the current stage of knowledge development for the discipline of nursing?

A) Silent knowledge
B) Received knowledge
C) Subjective knowledge
D) Constructed knowledge

Question 8

Development of a metatheory includes which of the following?

A) Broad processes and generalized understanding
B) Specific application of theory
C) Development of theory through practice
D) Use of only nursing concepts

Question 9

Which type of theory is the most broad and complex in scope?

A) Grand theory
B) Middle range theory
C) Practice theory
D) Microtheory

Question 10

Which type of theory may describe a phenomenon, explain relationships of concepts or predict effects of a phenomenon?

A) Metatheory
B) Grand theory
C) Middle range theory
D) Practice theory

Question 11

Which type of theory is the least complex and is situation specific?

A) Methatheory
B) Grand theory
C) Middle range theory
D) Practice theory

Question 12

A nursing theory designed to explain or relate concepts in a theory to one another is considered which type or purpose of theory?

A) Factor-isolating theories
B) Factor-relating theories
C) Situation-relating theories
D) Situation-producing theories

Question 13

A nursing theory which prescribes activities to reach a goal is which type of theory?

A) Factor-isolating theories
B) Factor-relating theories
C) Situation-relating theories
D) Situation-producing theories

Question 14

Which of the following discipline or disciplines may be used in the design of a nursing theory?

A) Psychology
B) Physical biology
C) Sociology
D) Psychology, physical biology, and sociology

Question 15

Based on the work by Fawcett, which of the following is not part of the defined nursing metaparadigm?

A) Person
B) Health
C) Environment
D) Caring