Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice 4th Edition Test Bank

Chapter 1: Nursing Theory and the Discipline of Nursing Multiple Choice 1. The purpose of theory is to: A. Explain experience. B. Describe relationships. C. Project outcomes. D. All of the above Parker/Smith, Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice, 4e 1-2 ANS: D 2. Members of a community of scholars share a commitment to all of the following except: A. Values. B. Knowledge. C. Geographic location. D. Processes. ANS: C 3. ____________________ and ____________________ structures are essential to any discipline and are inherent in nursing theories. A. Paradigm and metaparadigm B. Syntactical and conceptual C. Middle and grand D. Language and symbol Parker/Smith, Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice, 4e 1-3 ANS: B 4. Books and periodicals are examples of: A. Communication networks. B. Heritage of literature. C. Nursing organizations. D. Nursing discipline. ANS: B 5. The basic building blocks of theories are: A. Concepts and their definitions. B. Statements of relationships. C. Concepts and statements of relationships. D. Empirical indicators. ANS: C Parker/Smith, Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice, 4e 1-4 6. Nursing theories: A. Are discovered in nature. B. Serve as exact representations of reality. C. Are invented by humans. D. Cannot be modified. ANS: C 7. A paradigm is defined as a: A. Worldview. B. General framework. C. Set of shared perspectives held by members of a discipline. D. All of the above ANS: D Parker/Smith, Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice, 4e 1-5 8. The dependence of nursing theory development on human imagination is an attribute of nursing as a(n): A. Occupation. B. Discipline.