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Nursing Theoretical Basis Exam Questions
And Correct Answers
Knowledge - answer✔✔Refers to awareness or perception of reality acquired through insight,
learning, or investigation.
knowledge - answer✔✔within a discipline, it is what we collectively see as a reasonably
accurate understanding of the world as envisioned by that DISCIPLINE
knowledge - answer✔✔--tentative and can be expanded/refined over time.
Epistemology - answer✔✔Study of knowledge
Questions we ask for epistemology (study of knowledge) - answer✔✔what do we know?
what is the extent of our knowledge?
how do we decide whether we know?
what are the criteria for knowledge?
ways we know-- - answer✔✔we need to know how we know- different kinds of knowledge
(hunch- intuitive knowledge, science- empiric knowledge, etc)
Empirics - answer✔✔Scientific knowledge coming from observation, testing, and replication.
(ex- helps is take accurate BP)
Personal knowledge - answer✔✔Knowledge gained through thought alone
(association/reflection, etc)
Esthetic knowledge - answer✔✔Harmony, beauty, expression. Incorporates art, creativity, and
values (look at one piece of art, some think ugly, some think beautiful)
Intuitive knowledge - answer✔✔Feeling and hunches not guessing, but relies on unconscious
pattern recognition and experience.(gained over time and experience)
Moral and Ethical knowledge - answer✔✔What is right versus wrong. Values, social and
cultural norms.
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(diff societies have different values and ethics, some other countries may even have different
ethical issues than US)
Somatic knowledge - answer✔✔Knowing the body in relation to physical movement. Balance to
perform task.
ex- knowing that is we move from one position to another we may fall
Theory - answer✔✔Set of interrelated concepts, statements, propositions, and definitions, which
have been derived from philosophical beliefs of scientific data and from which questions and
hypotheses can be deduced, tested, and verified
Theory - answer✔✔attempt to account for or characterize some phenomenon.
Imogene King's Theory of Goal Attainment and Transactional Process - answer✔✔Grand theory.
Assumptions-
- Individuals are social beings, sentiment, rational and reacting (need alert and oriented
individuals who are capable of reacting effectively with nurse-- coma or decrease neuro pt could
not have this theory apply).
- Individuals are controlling, purposeful, actions and time-oriented in their behavior.
King's Theory of Goal Attainment - answer✔✔Relationship statements:
Nurses and clients perceptions, judgments, and actions if congruent lead to goal directed
transactions if conflict is present they do not.
If nurse and client make transactions, goals will be attained.
If role conflict is experienced by nurse or client or both, the stress in nurse-client interactions
will occur.
If transactions are made in nurse-client relationships, growth and development will be enhanced.
King's Theory of Goal Attainment - answer✔✔concepts-
Nursing Theoretical Basis Exam Questions
And Correct Answers
Knowledge - answer✔✔Refers to awareness or perception of reality acquired through insight,
learning, or investigation.
knowledge - answer✔✔within a discipline, it is what we collectively see as a reasonably
accurate understanding of the world as envisioned by that DISCIPLINE
knowledge - answer✔✔--tentative and can be expanded/refined over time.
Epistemology - answer✔✔Study of knowledge
Questions we ask for epistemology (study of knowledge) - answer✔✔what do we know?
what is the extent of our knowledge?
how do we decide whether we know?
what are the criteria for knowledge?
ways we know-- - answer✔✔we need to know how we know- different kinds of knowledge
(hunch- intuitive knowledge, science- empiric knowledge, etc)
Empirics - answer✔✔Scientific knowledge coming from observation, testing, and replication.
(ex- helps is take accurate BP)
Personal knowledge - answer✔✔Knowledge gained through thought alone
(association/reflection, etc)
Esthetic knowledge - answer✔✔Harmony, beauty, expression. Incorporates art, creativity, and
values (look at one piece of art, some think ugly, some think beautiful)
Intuitive knowledge - answer✔✔Feeling and hunches not guessing, but relies on unconscious
pattern recognition and experience.(gained over time and experience)
Moral and Ethical knowledge - answer✔✔What is right versus wrong. Values, social and
cultural norms.
, ©THEBRIGHT EXAM STUDY SOLUTIONS 8/26/2024 11:32 AM
(diff societies have different values and ethics, some other countries may even have different
ethical issues than US)
Somatic knowledge - answer✔✔Knowing the body in relation to physical movement. Balance to
perform task.
ex- knowing that is we move from one position to another we may fall
Theory - answer✔✔Set of interrelated concepts, statements, propositions, and definitions, which
have been derived from philosophical beliefs of scientific data and from which questions and
hypotheses can be deduced, tested, and verified
Theory - answer✔✔attempt to account for or characterize some phenomenon.
Imogene King's Theory of Goal Attainment and Transactional Process - answer✔✔Grand theory.
Assumptions-
- Individuals are social beings, sentiment, rational and reacting (need alert and oriented
individuals who are capable of reacting effectively with nurse-- coma or decrease neuro pt could
not have this theory apply).
- Individuals are controlling, purposeful, actions and time-oriented in their behavior.
King's Theory of Goal Attainment - answer✔✔Relationship statements:
Nurses and clients perceptions, judgments, and actions if congruent lead to goal directed
transactions if conflict is present they do not.
If nurse and client make transactions, goals will be attained.
If role conflict is experienced by nurse or client or both, the stress in nurse-client interactions
will occur.
If transactions are made in nurse-client relationships, growth and development will be enhanced.
King's Theory of Goal Attainment - answer✔✔concepts-
