Question 1

One criterion for hospitals seeking magnet hospital status is selection of a theoretical model for nursing practice.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

The question "What does the nurse attend to when practicing nursing?" relates to which of the following areas of the theory guide?

Accepted Answer

A)  How nursing is conceptualized 
B)  The context of theory development 
C)  Authoritative sources 
D)  Overall theory significance 
A)  How nursing is conceptualized 
B)  The context of theory development 
C)  Authoritative sources 
D)  Overall theory significance A

Question 3

The scope of nursing practice is:

Accepted Answer

A)  Known and static. 
B)  Continually being expanded. 
C)  Determined only by individual researchers. 
D)  Important only to nurses with advanced degrees. 
A)  Known and static. 
B)  Continually being expanded. 
C)  Determined only by individual researchers. 
D)  Important only to nurses with advanced degrees. B

Question 4

Nursing theorists and nurses in practice:

Accepted Answer

A)  Are interested in related but different phenomena. 
B)  Do not see nursing in the same context. 
C)  Think and work with the same phenomena. 
D)  Require the same knowledge and skills. 
A)  Are interested in related but different phenomena. 
B)  Do not see nursing in the same context. 
C)  Think and work with the same phenomena. 
D)  Require the same knowledge and skills.

Question 5

It is not necessary or desirable for the study and use of nursing theory to have roots in the everyday practice of nursing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The study of nursing theory:

Accepted Answer

A)  Is a simple, short-term endeavor. 
B)  Can be easily undertaken. 
C)  Requires a continuing commitment. 
D)  Is not essential for expert nursing practice. 
A)  Is a simple, short-term endeavor. 
B)  Can be easily undertaken. 
C)  Requires a continuing commitment. 
D)  Is not essential for expert nursing practice.

Question 7

The guide for the selection of nursing theory presented in your text is a set of questions that facilitate reflection and exploration in the study of nursing theory that can lead to the selection of a nursing theory for use in your practice.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The question "Is the theory used to guide programs of nursing education?" relates to which of the following areas of the theory guide?

Accepted Answer

A)  How nursing is conceptualized 
B)  The context of theory development 
C)  Authoritative sources 
D)  Overall theory significance 
A)  How nursing is conceptualized 
B)  The context of theory development 
C)  Authoritative sources 
D)  Overall theory significance

Question 9

The question "What nursing society's share and support work of the theory?" relates to which of the following areas of the theory guide?

Accepted Answer

A)  How nursing is conceptualized 
B)  The context of theory development 
C)  Authoritative sources 
D)  Overall theory significance 
A)  How nursing is conceptualized 
B)  The context of theory development 
C)  Authoritative sources 
D)  Overall theory significance

Question 10

Key ways to study nursing include analysis and evaluation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 2: A Guide for the Study of Theories for Practice

One criterion for hospitals seeking magnet hospital status is selection of a theoretical model for nursing practice.

The question "What does the nurse attend to when practicing nursing?" relates to which of the following areas of the theory guide?

The scope of nursing practice is:

Nursing theorists and nurses in practice:

It is not necessary or desirable for the study and use of nursing theory to have roots in the everyday practice of nursing.

The study of nursing theory:

The guide for the selection of nursing theory presented in your text is a set of questions that facilitate reflection and exploration in the study of nursing theory that can lead to the selection of a nursing theory for use in your practice.

The question "Is the theory used to guide programs of nursing education?" relates to which of the following areas of the theory guide?

The question "What nursing society's share and support work of the theory?" relates to which of the following areas of the theory guide?

Key ways to study nursing include analysis and evaluation.

Nursing Theory and the Discipline of Nursing

Choosing, Evaluating and Implementing Nursing Theories for Practice

Florence Nightingale

Wiedenbach, Henderson, Hall

Nurse-Patient Relationship Theories: Peplau, Travelbee and Orlando

Dorothy Johnson

Dorothea Orems Scdnt

Imogene Kings Theory of Goal Attainment

Callista Roys Adaptation Model

Betty Neumans Systems Model

Erickson, Tomlin and Swains Theory of Modeling and Role Modeling

Barbara Dosseys Theory of Integral Nursing

Martha Rogers Science of Unitary Human Beings

Rosemarie Rizzo Parses Humanbecoming School of Thought

Margaret Newmans Theory of Health As Expanding Consciousness

Madeline Leiningers Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality

Jean Watsons Theory of Human Caring

Anne Boykin and Savina Schoenhofers Nursing As Caring Theory

Afaf Meleis Transitions Theory

Katharine Kolcabacomfort Theory

Duffys Quality-Caring Model

Reeds Theory of Self-Transcendence

Mary Jane Smith and Pat Liehrs Story Theory

Parker and Barrys Community Nursing Practice Model

Locsins Theory of Technological Competence

Rays Theory of Bureaucratic Caring

Troutman-Jordans Theory of Successful Aging

Barretts Theory of Power As Knowing Participation in Change

Smiths Unitary Caring

Swansons Theory or Caring

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