22 Questions
What is the primary role of theory in nursing practice?
To provide a framework for understanding and guiding nursing care
Which of the following is a key concept in the nursing metaparadigm?
Health
What is the primary goal of theory-based nursing practice?
To improve patient outcomes through evidence-based practice
What is the purpose of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing Clinical Judgment Model (NCSBN-CJM)?
To guide clinical judgments in nursing practice
What is the role of theory in nursing research?
To provide a foundation for understanding and guiding research
What is the primary function of a nursing theory?
To describe, explain, predict, or prescribe nursing care
What is the goal of nursing knowledge?
To explain the practice of nursing as different and distinct from the practice of medicine, psychology, and other health care disciplines
What is a characteristic of grand theory?
It is abstract, broad in scope, and complex
What is the purpose of prescriptive theory?
To address nursing interventions for a phenomenon and guide practice change
What is the term for the highest level of abstraction in nursing theory?
Metatheory
What era of nursing theory began in the 1980s?
Theory era
What is the primary focus of Nightingale's Environmental Theory?
The environment as the focus of nursing care
Which theory integrates patients' cultural traditions, values, and beliefs into care plans?
Leininger's Culture Care Theory
What is the primary goal of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing Clinical Judgment Model?
To evaluate nursing students' abilities to make clinical judgments
Which theory is structured around five caring principles?
Swanson's theory of caring
What is the characteristic of nursing knowledge?
It is both theoretical and experiential
Which theory focuses on the cognitive process of clinical judgments?
National Council of State Boards of Nursing Clinical Judgment Model
What is the primary goal of theoretical knowledge in nursing science?
To stimulate thinking and create a broad understanding of nursing science and practice
What is the role of research in theory-based nursing practice?
To incorporate research-based interventions into theory-based practice
What is the primary difference between theory-generating and theory-testing research?
Theory-generating research is used to develop new theories, while theory-testing research is used to validate existing theories
What is the primary advantage of using experiential knowledge in nursing practice?
It is based on nurses' experiences in providing care to patients
What is the primary outcome of refining the knowledge base of nursing through research?
Improvement of patient care through evidence-based interventions
Test your understanding of the theoretical foundations of nursing practice, including the use of theory, components of a theory, nursing metaparadigm, and evolution of nursing theories. This quiz covers the objectives of Chapter 4 from the 11th Edition of Fundamentals of Nursing by Patricia A. Potter and others.
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