NUR016- Theoretical Foundation of Nursing

In what era is the outcome of Nursing theoretical works shift the focus to the patient?

• Research Era

• Theory Era

• Graduate Education Era

• Curriculum Era

Which era has emphasis on carving out an advanced role and basis for nursing practice?

• Theory Era

• Theory Utilization Era

• Curriculum Era

• Graduate Education Era

This is defined as specific to academia and refers to a branch of education , a department of learning or a domain of knowledge.

• Discipline

• Vocation

• Profession

• Nursing

A nurse tries to gather / collect data so the physician can have a diagnosis of the patient. This example falls under what principle of Epistemology?

• Rationalism

• Empiricism

• Hypothesis

• Theory

This is a set of statements that tentatively describe, explain, or predict relationships among concepts that have been systematically selected & organized as an abstract representation of some phenomenon (Powers & Knapp)

• Philosophy

• Concepts

• Theory

• Epistemology

Operational Definition is defined as ?

• classifications of dimensions or gradations of a phenomenon across a continuum

• relate concepts to measurements

• they belong or not belong to a particular categories or classes of phenomena

• how these concepts are used or will be used within the context of the phenomenon

Florence Nightingale defined nursing as?

• Nursing is the art of utilizing the patient’s environment for his or her recovery

• Manipulation of the environment for the benefits of the patient

• Relationship between nurse and the patient

• Nursing is the art of caring for the patient to achieve fast recovery

The nurse is actually in control of the environment, physically, and administratively and is responsible for controlling the environment so that the patient is protected from physical and psychological harm - this falls on what component of a healthy environment?

• Management

• Quiet

• Leadership

• Warmth

Which work of Florence Nightingale provided guidelines to women who wanted to become nurses and gave advice on how to “think like a nurse.” ?

• Notes on Hospitals

• To Her Nurses

• Workhouse Nursing: The Story of a Successful Experiment

• Notes on Nursing

This called as the moment (focal point in space and time) when the nurse and another person come together in such a way that an occasion for human caring is created

• Carative Caring

• Caring Occasion

• Caring Moment

• Caring Affair