• NR501-61509
• Quizzes
• Week 8: Nursing Theory
• Quiz
Question 1
A statement of beliefs and values about human beings and their world is:
A philosophy
Definition of the term philosophy from McEwen & Wills textbook (5th ed) pg
28.
Question 2
A set of logically interrelated concepts, statements, propositions, and
definitions supported by data, testing, and verification to account for or
characterize some phenomena is called:
A theory
Definition of the term theory from McEwen & Wills textbook (5th ed) pg. 28
Question 3
is a theory that has been developed by another discipline (not
nursing) but may be adapted to use in nursing and other fields
Borrowed theory
Definition of a borrowed theory from McEwen & Wills text books (5th ed) pg.
27A Borrowed theory is a theory developed in another discipline but applied
to the practice of nursing.
Question 4
The most abstract and general component of the structural hierarchy of
nursing knowledge is called:
A metaparadigm
Definition of metaparadigm from the McEwen & Wills 5 th ed pg. 27
Question 5
A theory that has been developed by a nurse to account for a phenomenon
or concern related to nursing is:
A nursing theory
McEwan & Wills pg. 40
, • NR501-61509
• Quizzes
• Week 8: Nursing Theory
• Quiz
Question 6
The nursing paradigm identifies four concepts of interest to the nursing
profession.
These four concepts are:
The person, health, environment/situation, and nursing
Description, explanation, prediction, and prescription of an interrelationship of
nursing McEwen & Wills (5th ed) pgs. 41-44
Question 7
A group of theories that are broad in scope, complex, and provide broad and
abstract views about nursing are called:
A grand theory
McEwen & Wills 5th ed pg. 37 & chap. 6
Question 8
A group of theories that are more limited in scope, less abstract, reflect
practice, and
addresses a specific phenomenon are called:
A middle range theory
McEwen & Wills (5th ed) pgs. 37-38 & Chap. 10
Question 9
A central construct in nursing would be:
Caring
Question 10
What do the following theories written by Watson, Swanson, Duffy, Boykin &
Schoenhofer, and Hall have in common?
They focus on care and caring
Question 11
An example of a nursing theory would be:
Benner's Novice to Expert theory
Question 12
True or False: Concepts are words or phrases that refer to or describe a
phenomenon.
• Quizzes
• Week 8: Nursing Theory
• Quiz
Question 1
A statement of beliefs and values about human beings and their world is:
A philosophy
Definition of the term philosophy from McEwen & Wills textbook (5th ed) pg
28.
Question 2
A set of logically interrelated concepts, statements, propositions, and
definitions supported by data, testing, and verification to account for or
characterize some phenomena is called:
A theory
Definition of the term theory from McEwen & Wills textbook (5th ed) pg. 28
Question 3
is a theory that has been developed by another discipline (not
nursing) but may be adapted to use in nursing and other fields
Borrowed theory
Definition of a borrowed theory from McEwen & Wills text books (5th ed) pg.
27A Borrowed theory is a theory developed in another discipline but applied
to the practice of nursing.
Question 4
The most abstract and general component of the structural hierarchy of
nursing knowledge is called:
A metaparadigm
Definition of metaparadigm from the McEwen & Wills 5 th ed pg. 27
Question 5
A theory that has been developed by a nurse to account for a phenomenon
or concern related to nursing is:
A nursing theory
McEwan & Wills pg. 40
, • NR501-61509
• Quizzes
• Week 8: Nursing Theory
• Quiz
Question 6
The nursing paradigm identifies four concepts of interest to the nursing
profession.
These four concepts are:
The person, health, environment/situation, and nursing
Description, explanation, prediction, and prescription of an interrelationship of
nursing McEwen & Wills (5th ed) pgs. 41-44
Question 7
A group of theories that are broad in scope, complex, and provide broad and
abstract views about nursing are called:
A grand theory
McEwen & Wills 5th ed pg. 37 & chap. 6
Question 8
A group of theories that are more limited in scope, less abstract, reflect
practice, and
addresses a specific phenomenon are called:
A middle range theory
McEwen & Wills (5th ed) pgs. 37-38 & Chap. 10
Question 9
A central construct in nursing would be:
Caring
Question 10
What do the following theories written by Watson, Swanson, Duffy, Boykin &
Schoenhofer, and Hall have in common?
They focus on care and caring
Question 11
An example of a nursing theory would be:
Benner's Novice to Expert theory
Question 12
True or False: Concepts are words or phrases that refer to or describe a
phenomenon.
