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Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice 4th Edition Smith Test Bank

Chapter 1: Nursing Theory and the Discipline of Nursing

Multiple Choice

1. The purpose of theory is to:

• Explain experience.

• Describe relationships.

• Project outcomes.

• All of the above

ANS: D

• Members of a community of scholars share a commitment to all of the following except:

• Values.

• Knowledge.

• Geographic location.

• Processes. 1 / 4

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ANS: C

• and structures are essential to any

discipline and are inherent in nursing theories.

• Paradigm and metaparadigm

• Syntactical and conceptual

• Middle and grand

• Language and symbol

ANS: B

4. Books and periodicals are examples of:

• Communication networks.

• Heritage of literature.

• Nursing organizations.

• Nursing discipline.

ANS: B 2 / 4

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5. The basic building blocks of theories are:

• Concepts and their definitions.

• Statements of relationships.

• Concepts and statements of relationships.

• Empirical indicators.

ANS: C

6. Nursing theories:

• Are discovered in nature.

• Serve as exact representations of reality.

• Are invented by humans.

• Cannot be modified.

ANS: C 3 / 4

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7. A paradigm is defined as a:

• Worldview.

• General framework.

• Set of shared perspectives held by members of a discipline.

• All of the above

ANS: D

• The dependence of nursing theory development on human imagination is an attribute of

nursing as a(n):

• Occupation.

• Discipline.

• Vocation.

• Profession.

ANS: B

9. The primary purpose of nursing theory is to:

• Structure nursing knowledge.
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