Nurs 124 midterm questions and
answers rated A+
-phenomenon which is an aspect of reality such as pain
-concepts such as mental formulation of objects or events such as anxiety
-definitions
-assumptions which is a description of a concept or connections that are accepted as true -
correct answer ✔✔ what are the 4 components if a theory?
Florence Nightingale.
Focused on the patient's environment such as hand washing
Founder of modern nursing. - correct answer ✔✔ who is considered the first nursing theorist?
grand
middle-range
descriptive
prescriptive - correct answer ✔✔ what are the 4 main types of theories?
it is a global conception framework which provides insight into abstract phenomena such as
human behaviour or nursing science. it is not intended to be specific but rather what specific
works fit into - correct answer ✔✔ describe the grand nursing theory
more limited and less abstract as it addresses specific phenomena and concepts that reflect
practice - correct answer ✔✔ describe the middle range theory
,describes and speculates on why phenomena occurs and describes the consequences of the
phenomena to explain client assessments and guide future nursing research - correct answer
✔✔ describe descriptive theory
addresses nursing intervention and helps predict the consequence of actions - correct answer
✔✔ describe prescriptive theory
organize knowledge about nursing to enable nurses to use it in a professional and accountable
manner - correct answer ✔✔ what is the aim of nursing theory?
a mental representation of how things work - correct answer ✔✔ what is a theoretical model?
protection of the public - correct answer ✔✔ what is the main function of CARNA?
advocate for nurses and nursing education - correct answer ✔✔ what is the main purpose of
Canadian nurses association?
the canadian nurses association - correct answer ✔✔ what association does the nursing code of
ethics derive from?
report when nurses have worked under unsafe conditions such as when they are under staffed -
correct answer ✔✔ what is the main function of united nurses of alberta?
true - correct answer ✔✔ t or f, nursing knowledge is theoretical and practical?
1. empirics: the scientific, objective
2. ethics: choosing justifying, moral duty
3. esthetics- interpreting the patient's behaviour in regard to relationship
, 4. personal- knowledge of self and awareness of others in the relationship - correct answer ✔✔
what are the 4 carper's ways of knowing?
-practice based theory
-needs theory
-interactionist theory
-systems theory
-simultaneity theory - correct answer ✔✔ exam content: what are the 5 major theoretical
models?
practice makes a good nurse - correct answer ✔✔ describe the practice based theory
the acknowledgement of the importance of the environment such as clean living conditions,
fresh air, and the presence of light - correct answer ✔✔ what was florence nightingales
contribution to the practice based theory?
the people we care for have many needs, therefore the patient is a collection of needs. focused
on the individual's role in maintaining health - correct answer ✔✔ describe the needs theory
an interpersonal relationship where the nurses role is to assist clients to prevent or cope with an
illness. focuses on the relationship between the nurse and the patient. nursing is an interactive
and therapeutic relationship - correct answer ✔✔ describe the interactionist theory
accounts for the whole person at looks at them as a system and all the different interactions -
correct answer ✔✔ describe the systems theory
views the individual as as entirely irreducible whole. they are connected to the environment. it
presents a holistic view of humans and the environment - correct answer ✔✔ describe the
simultaneity theory
answers rated A+
-phenomenon which is an aspect of reality such as pain
-concepts such as mental formulation of objects or events such as anxiety
-definitions
-assumptions which is a description of a concept or connections that are accepted as true -
correct answer ✔✔ what are the 4 components if a theory?
Florence Nightingale.
Focused on the patient's environment such as hand washing
Founder of modern nursing. - correct answer ✔✔ who is considered the first nursing theorist?
grand
middle-range
descriptive
prescriptive - correct answer ✔✔ what are the 4 main types of theories?
it is a global conception framework which provides insight into abstract phenomena such as
human behaviour or nursing science. it is not intended to be specific but rather what specific
works fit into - correct answer ✔✔ describe the grand nursing theory
more limited and less abstract as it addresses specific phenomena and concepts that reflect
practice - correct answer ✔✔ describe the middle range theory
,describes and speculates on why phenomena occurs and describes the consequences of the
phenomena to explain client assessments and guide future nursing research - correct answer
✔✔ describe descriptive theory
addresses nursing intervention and helps predict the consequence of actions - correct answer
✔✔ describe prescriptive theory
organize knowledge about nursing to enable nurses to use it in a professional and accountable
manner - correct answer ✔✔ what is the aim of nursing theory?
a mental representation of how things work - correct answer ✔✔ what is a theoretical model?
protection of the public - correct answer ✔✔ what is the main function of CARNA?
advocate for nurses and nursing education - correct answer ✔✔ what is the main purpose of
Canadian nurses association?
the canadian nurses association - correct answer ✔✔ what association does the nursing code of
ethics derive from?
report when nurses have worked under unsafe conditions such as when they are under staffed -
correct answer ✔✔ what is the main function of united nurses of alberta?
true - correct answer ✔✔ t or f, nursing knowledge is theoretical and practical?
1. empirics: the scientific, objective
2. ethics: choosing justifying, moral duty
3. esthetics- interpreting the patient's behaviour in regard to relationship
, 4. personal- knowledge of self and awareness of others in the relationship - correct answer ✔✔
what are the 4 carper's ways of knowing?
-practice based theory
-needs theory
-interactionist theory
-systems theory
-simultaneity theory - correct answer ✔✔ exam content: what are the 5 major theoretical
models?
practice makes a good nurse - correct answer ✔✔ describe the practice based theory
the acknowledgement of the importance of the environment such as clean living conditions,
fresh air, and the presence of light - correct answer ✔✔ what was florence nightingales
contribution to the practice based theory?
the people we care for have many needs, therefore the patient is a collection of needs. focused
on the individual's role in maintaining health - correct answer ✔✔ describe the needs theory
an interpersonal relationship where the nurses role is to assist clients to prevent or cope with an
illness. focuses on the relationship between the nurse and the patient. nursing is an interactive
and therapeutic relationship - correct answer ✔✔ describe the interactionist theory
accounts for the whole person at looks at them as a system and all the different interactions -
correct answer ✔✔ describe the systems theory
views the individual as as entirely irreducible whole. they are connected to the environment. it
presents a holistic view of humans and the environment - correct answer ✔✔ describe the
simultaneity theory
