Nursing Theories And Nursing Practice 4th Edition By Smith Parker – Test Bank
Chapter 1: Nursing Theory and the Discipline of Nursing
Multiple Choice
1. The purpose of theory is to:
2. Explain experience.
3. Describe relationships.
4. Project outcomes.
5. All of the above
2. Members of a community of scholars share a commitment to all of the
following except:
3. Values.
4. Knowledge.
5. Geographic location.
6. Processes.
,3. ____________________ and ____________________ structures are essential to
any discipline and are inherent in nursing theories.
4. Paradigm and metaparadigm
5. Syntactical and conceptual
6. Middle and grand
7. Language and symbol
4. Books and periodicals are examples of:
5. Communication networks.
6. Heritage of literature.
7. Nursing organizations.
8. Nursing discipline.
5. The basic building blocks of theories are:
6. Concepts and their definitions.
7. Statements of relationships.
8. Concepts and statements of relationships.
9. Empirical indicators.
,6. Nursing theories:
7. Are discovered in nature.
8. Serve as exact representations of reality.
9. Are invented by humans.
10. Cannot be modified.
7. A paradigm is defined as a:
8. Worldview.
9. General framework.
10. Set of shared perspectives held by members of a discipline.
11. All of the above
8. The dependence of nursing theory development on human imagination is
an attribute of nursing as a(n):
9. Occupation.
10. Discipline.
, 11. Vocation.
12. Profession.
9. The primary purpose of nursing theory is to:
10. Structure nursing knowledge.
11. Demonstrate creativity in nursing.
12. Guide the thinking about, being, and doing of nursing.
13. Organize nursing curricula.
10. The first nursing theorist who identified the importance of theory in
nursing was:
11. Virginia Henderson.
12. Hildegard Peplau.
13. Lydia Hall.
14. Florence Nightingale.
Chapter 1: Nursing Theory and the Discipline of Nursing
Multiple Choice
1. The purpose of theory is to:
2. Explain experience.
3. Describe relationships.
4. Project outcomes.
5. All of the above
2. Members of a community of scholars share a commitment to all of the
following except:
3. Values.
4. Knowledge.
5. Geographic location.
6. Processes.
,3. ____________________ and ____________________ structures are essential to
any discipline and are inherent in nursing theories.
4. Paradigm and metaparadigm
5. Syntactical and conceptual
6. Middle and grand
7. Language and symbol
4. Books and periodicals are examples of:
5. Communication networks.
6. Heritage of literature.
7. Nursing organizations.
8. Nursing discipline.
5. The basic building blocks of theories are:
6. Concepts and their definitions.
7. Statements of relationships.
8. Concepts and statements of relationships.
9. Empirical indicators.
,6. Nursing theories:
7. Are discovered in nature.
8. Serve as exact representations of reality.
9. Are invented by humans.
10. Cannot be modified.
7. A paradigm is defined as a:
8. Worldview.
9. General framework.
10. Set of shared perspectives held by members of a discipline.
11. All of the above
8. The dependence of nursing theory development on human imagination is
an attribute of nursing as a(n):
9. Occupation.
10. Discipline.
, 11. Vocation.
12. Profession.
9. The primary purpose of nursing theory is to:
10. Structure nursing knowledge.
11. Demonstrate creativity in nursing.
12. Guide the thinking about, being, and doing of nursing.
13. Organize nursing curricula.
10. The first nursing theorist who identified the importance of theory in
nursing was:
11. Virginia Henderson.
12. Hildegard Peplau.
13. Lydia Hall.
14. Florence Nightingale.
