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1. Nursing has been considered both a profession and an occupation. Which
ofthe following supports defining nursing as a profession?
A) Autonomy
B) Learned vocation
C) Varied level of skill
D) Career withccvaried knowledge
2. How many levels of entry into practice exist for registered nurses?
A) One
B) Two
C) Three
D) Four
3. Nursing is classified as which type of science?
A) Pure
B) Natural
C) Human
D) Applied
4. In defining the philosophy of nursing, which of the following would not be included?
A) Purpose of human life
B) Nature of being
C) Theory of knowledge
D) Scientific method
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5. When discussing the science and philosophyof a discipline, how would one define
the two in relation to each other?
A) Autonomous
B) Reliant
C) Linked
D) Unrelated
6. Philosophy's definition includes which of the following?
A) Studyof problems that are abstract and general
B) Measures observable phenomena of interest in a discipline
C) Empirical way of gathering data
D) Grounded and tested in experience
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7. Based on the science and philosophical schools of thought, which one centers
on descriptions that are derived from collectively lived experiences,
interrelatedness, human interpretation, and learned reality?
A) Empiricism
B) Positivism
C) Rationalism
D) Perceived view
8. Based on the science and philosophical schools of thought, which one is founded on
the belief that what is experienced is what exists and that experiences be verified
through scientific methodology?
A) Received view
B) Humanccscience
C) Phenomenology
D) Constructivism
9. When defining nursing philosophy, which of the following is appropriate?
A) Refers to the belief systemccof the profession and provides perspectives for
practice, scholarship, and research.
B) The substantive, discipline-specific knowledge that focuses
onthe human-universe-health process.
C) Refers to the system of relationship of human response in health and illness.
D) Responsible for generation of knowledge, which provides direction for future.
10. When discussing the knowledge development in nursing science, the studyof theory
is referred to as which of the following?
A) Ontology
B) Epistemology
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Theoretical Basis for Nursing 5th Edition McEwen Test
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1. Nursing has been considered both a profession and an occupation. Which
ofthe following supports defining nursing as a profession?
A) Autonomy
B) Learned vocation
C) Varied level of skill
D) Career withccvaried knowledge
2. How many levels of entry into practice exist for registered nurses?
A) One
B) Two
C) Three
D) Four
3. Nursing is classified as which type of science?
A) Pure
B) Natural
C) Human
D) Applied
4. In defining the philosophy of nursing, which of the following would not be included?
A) Purpose of human life
B) Nature of being
C) Theory of knowledge
D) Scientific method
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5. When discussing the science and philosophyof a discipline, how would one define
the two in relation to each other?
A) Autonomous
B) Reliant
C) Linked
D) Unrelated
6. Philosophy's definition includes which of the following?
A) Studyof problems that are abstract and general
B) Measures observable phenomena of interest in a discipline
C) Empirical way of gathering data
D) Grounded and tested in experience
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7. Based on the science and philosophical schools of thought, which one centers
on descriptions that are derived from collectively lived experiences,
interrelatedness, human interpretation, and learned reality?
A) Empiricism
B) Positivism
C) Rationalism
D) Perceived view
8. Based on the science and philosophical schools of thought, which one is founded on
the belief that what is experienced is what exists and that experiences be verified
through scientific methodology?
A) Received view
B) Humanccscience
C) Phenomenology
D) Constructivism
9. When defining nursing philosophy, which of the following is appropriate?
A) Refers to the belief systemccof the profession and provides perspectives for
practice, scholarship, and research.
B) The substantive, discipline-specific knowledge that focuses
onthe human-universe-health process.
C) Refers to the system of relationship of human response in health and illness.
D) Responsible for generation of knowledge, which provides direction for future.
10. When discussing the knowledge development in nursing science, the studyof theory
is referred to as which of the following?
A) Ontology
B) Epistemology
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