Deck 20: Application of Theory in Nursing Research

Question 1

Which of the following is not part of the formal curricula in nursing education and is not tied to the framework of the program?

A) Clinical competencies
B) Course objectives
C) Course outlines
D) Clinical agencies

Answer 1

Clinical agencies

Question 2

What is the first step in the Tyler Curriculum Development Model?

A) Identify the educational purpose/objectives
B) Define experiences of students
C) Develop the mission of a program
D) Plan courses

Answer 2

Identify the educational purpose/objectives

Question 3

Which governing body is responsible for setting the required number of hours to be included in a nursing program?

A) National League for Nursing Accrediting Committee
B) American Association of Colleges of Nursing
C) State Boards of Nursing
D) Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education

Answer 3

State Boards of Nursing

Question 4

In what timeframe did the National League of Nursing (NLN) complete the first accreditation visits?

A) 1920s
B) 1930s
C) 1940s
D) 1950s

Question 5

When a program is designing the conceptual framework, what is the basis for the framework?

A) Metaparadigm of nursing
B) School's philosophy
C) Faculty design from current trends
D) Outcomes and course plans

Question 6

Which of the following is not noted as a reason for curriculum change in nursing education?

A) Change in healthcare delivery
B) Increase in critical thinking
C) Evolution of technology
D) Faculty preference for content

Question 7

Rote lecture of material to a class of nursing students prior to use of the information is considered what content category of education?

A) Cognitive content
B) Psychomotor content
C) Application of content
D) Development of content

Question 8

Nursing students are learning to perform insertion of intravenous lines. What is this type of content category in nursing education?

A) Cognitive content
B) Psychomotor content
C) Application of content
D) Development of content

Question 9

A group of students are integrating the information they have learned in class and using the information in the clinical setting when working with patients. What is this content considered in nursing education?

A) Cognitive content
B) Psychomotor content
C) Application of content
D) Development of content

Question 10

Faculty who use interactive case studies as a theory for development of course learning are using what type of learning strategy?

A) Operational teaching
B) Problem-based learning
C) Dialectic learning
D) Logistic teaching

Question 11

Faculty who use sequential and planned mastery of content theory for design of a course are using which type of learning strategy?

A) Operational teaching
B) Problem-based learning
C) Dialectic learning
D) Logistic teaching

Question 12

Faculty who are responsible for the design and implementation of technology-based curriculum are directly responsible for all of the following except one. For which one are faculty not responsible in distance education?

A) Design of course
B) Delivery method of information
C) Facilitation of support system
D) Hardware selection by student