Foundations Of Nursing Practice Test! Trivia Quiz

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    The nursing paradigm identifies four linkages of interest to the nursing profession. These four linkages are:

    • Concepts, definitions, relationships, and assumptions.
    • The person, health, environment/situation, and nursing.
    • The individual, groups, situations, and interests specific to nursing.
    • Description, explanation, prediction, and prescription of an interrelationship of nursing.
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Explore the Foundations of Nursing Practice with this engaging trivia quiz. Dive into nursing theories, their applications, and the impact of nursing interventions. Assess your understanding and enhance your knowledge in a scientific and interdisciplinary nursing context.

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  • 2. 

    Nursing is the diagnosis and treatment of human responses to actual or potential health problems. Health has different meanings for each client and is

    • Different in the clinical setting.

    • Dynamic and continuously changing.

    • Static dependent on the nursing profession.

    • Dependent on the medical profession for definition.

    Correct Answer
    A. Dynamic and continuously changing.
    Explanation
    Health is dynamic and continuously changing.

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  • 3. 

    Although the nursing process is central to nursing, it is not a theory. The nursing process provides a:

    • The knowledge component of the discipline.

    • A basis for theories.

    • Systematic process for the delivery of nursing care.

    • Foundation for acquiring knowledge.

    Correct Answer
    A. Systematic process for the delivery of nursing care.
    Explanation
    The nursing process is a systematic process for the delivery of nursing care, not the knowledge component. Theories generate knowledge for use in the practice.

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  • 4. 

    The theory that involves care and helps the client attain total self-care is:

    • Roger's Therory

    • Leininger's Theory

    • Nightingale's Theory

    • Orem's Theory

    Correct Answer
    A. Orem's Theory
    Explanation
    Dorothea Orem's self-care deficit theory focuses on the client's self-care needs. Roger's considers the individual as an energy field coexisting within the universe. Leininger deals with human caring and how it varies among cultures.

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  • 5. 

    A ________________________ is a set of concepts, definitions, relationships, and assumptions that:

    • A theory formulates legislation.

    • A theory explains a phenomenon.

    • A theory measures nursing functions.

    • A theory reflects the domain of nursing.

    Correct Answer
    A. A theory explains a phenomenon.
    Explanation
    A theory explains a phenomenon by providing a framework of concepts, definitions, relationships, and assumptions. It helps to understand and make sense of a particular phenomenon or event by offering explanations, predictions, and interpretations. In the context of nursing, a theory would explain various aspects of nursing practice, such as patient care, health promotion, or nursing interventions. It helps nurses to understand and apply knowledge in their practice, and guides their decision-making and actions.

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  • 6. 

    __________________ theories address nursing interventions for a phenomenon and __________________the consequence of a specific nursing intervention.

    • Prescriptive theories/predict the consequence.

    • Descriptive theories/ speculate the consequences.

    • Reflective theories/explain the consequences.

    Correct Answer
    A. Prescriptive theories/predict the consequence.
    Explanation
    Prescriptive theories address nursing interventions for a phenomenon and predict the consequence of the specific nursing intervention. Descriptive theories describe the phenomena, speculate on the reason the phenomena occur, and predict nursing phenomena. Grand theories are broad and complex and provide a structural framework for broad, abstract ideas about nursing.

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  • 7. 

    Nursing's paradigm includes:

    • Health, person, environment, and theory.

    • Concepts, theory, health, and environment.

    • Nurses, physicians, models, and client needs.

    • The person, health, environment/situation, and nursing.

    • All the above.

    Correct Answer
    A. All the above.
    Explanation
    The correct answer is "All the above" because nursing's paradigm includes all the elements mentioned in the options. Health, person, environment, theory, concepts, nurses, physicians, models, and client needs are all integral components of nursing's paradigm.

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  • 8. 

    Nursing's goal is to educate the client and family and to help the client reach mature personality development. This focus on the individual, the nurse and the interactive process is an example of which nursing theory?

    • Peplau's Theory

    • Nightingale's Theory

    • Henderson's Theory

    • Abdellah's Theory

    Correct Answer
    A. Peplau's Theory
    Explanation
    Peplau's focus was on the interaction between nurse and client, the interpersonal relationship. Nightingale's was on the client's environment (hygiene, noise, nutrition). Henderson's theory defines nursing as "assisting the individual, sick, or well, in the performance of those activities that will contribute to health, recovery, or a peaceful death." Abdellah's theory emphasizes the delivery of nursing care for the whole person to meet the physical, emotional, intellectual, social, and spiritual needs of the client and family

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  • 9. 

    Theories will be tested to describe or predict client outcomes is an example of

    • Addressing nursing as a science or as evidenced-based practice.

    • One theory will guide nursing practice.

    • Nursing will base client care on the practice of other sciences.

    • Concepts, definitions, relationships, and assumptions or propositions.

    Correct Answer
    A. Addressing nursing as a science or as evidenced-based practice.
    Explanation
    Science or evidenced-based practice describe or predict client outcomes. Theories explain phenomenons. Concepts, definitions, relationships, and assumptions or propositions are components of a theory.

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  • 10. 

    Validity and predictability of nursing interventions are related to:

    • Prescriptive theories

    • Descriptive theories

    • Mid-ranged theories

    • Grand theories

    Correct Answer
    A. Prescriptive theories
    Explanation
    The prescriptive theory addresses nursing interventions and predicts the consequence of the specific nursing interventions. Middle-range theories are limited in scope, less abstract than grand theories, address specific phenomena or concepts, and reflect practice. Descriptive theories describe phenomena, speculate as to why the phenomena occur and describe the consequences of phenomena. Grand theories are broad and complex.

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  • 11. 

    According to this theory goal of nursing is to help the person adapt to the changes in physiological needs, self-concept, role function and interdependent relations during health and illness.

    • Watson's Theory

    • Leininger's Therory

    • Roy's Theory

    • Orem's Theory

    Correct Answer
    A. Roy's Theory
    Explanation
    Roy's theory deals with adaptation by meeting basic physiological needs, developing a positive self-concept, performing social roles and by achieving a balance between dependence and independence. Watson's theory involves the philosophy and science of caring to meet human needs. Orem's theory is based self-care deficit and focuses on the client's self-care needs. Leininger's theory deals with cultural care diversity.

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  • 12. 

    To practice in today's health care environment, nurses need a strong scientific knowledge base in nursing and other disciplines, such as the physical, social, and behavioral sciences. This relates to which of the following?

    • Systems theories

    • Developmental theories

    • Interdisciplinary theories

    • Health and wellness model

    Correct Answer
    A. Interdisciplinary theories
    Explanation
    Interdisciplinary theories provide a systematic view of a phenomenon. Developmental theories, health and wellness theories, and systems theories are examples of other types of theories.

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  • 13. 

    Evidence-based nursing practice is the end result of

    • Use of practical knowledge

    • Theory-generating and theory-testing research

    • Application of theoretical knowledge

    • Prescriptive theory

    Correct Answer
    A. Theory-generating and theory-testing research
    Explanation
    Evidence-based nursing practice is the end result of theory-generating and theory-testing research. This means that in order to have evidence-based practice, it is necessary to have research that generates new theories and tests existing theories. This research provides the foundation for the development and implementation of evidence-based practices in nursing. The use of practical knowledge, application of theoretical knowledge, and prescriptive theory are all important components of evidence-based nursing practice, but they are not the end result.

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  • 14. 

    Nursing continues to grow as a profession. Theories generate nursing knowledge and are used to prescribe specific interventions to improve client outcomes. The overall goal of nursing knowledge is to explain the practice of nursing as

    • Different and distinct from the practice of medicine, psychology, and social work.

    • A set of complex theories.

    • The nursing process

    • A phenomenon

    Correct Answer
    A. Different and distinct from the practice of medicine, psychology, and social work.
    Explanation
    Florence Nightingale said, "...the nature of nursing as a profession that requires knowledge distinct from medical knowledge".

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  • 15. 

    The nursing process is an example of an open system. An open system

    • Is universal and dynamic.

    • Represents a relationship between two concepts.

    • Interacts with the environment by exchanging information.

    • Does not interact with the environment.

    Correct Answer
    A. Interacts with the environment by exchanging information.
    Explanation
    An open system is defined as a system that interacts with the environment, exchanging information between the system and the environment. A closed system does not interact with the environment, such as a chemical reaction in a test tube.

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  • 16. 

    Some nursing theories use a systems theory as a base. As a system, the nursing process has the following components:

    • Concepts, definitions and assumptions

    • Grand theories, middle-range theories, descriptive theories and prescriptive theories

    • Input, output, feedback and content

    • Collaboration, cooperation and discipline

    Correct Answer
    A. Input, output, feedback and content
    Explanation
    A theory is a set of concepts, definitions and assumptions/propositions that explain a phenomenon. Grand theories are broad in scope. Middle-range theories are more limited and are less abstract. They address a specific phenomenon and reflect practice (administration, clinical or teaching). Descriptive theories describe phenomena, speculate on why phenomena occur and describe the consequences of the phenomena. Prescriptive theories address nursing interventions and predict the consequences of specific nursing intervention.

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  • 17. 

    The phenomena within this theory tend to cross different nursing fields and reflect a wide variety of nursing care situations, such as uncertainty, incontinence, social support, quality of life and caring. Mishel's theory provides a basis to assist clients in coping with uncertainty and the illness response.  This is an example of what theory?

    • Mid-ranged

    • Grand

    • Descriptive

    • Prescriptive

    Correct Answer
    A. Mid-ranged
    Explanation
    Mishel's theory of uncertainty in illness focuses on clients' experiences with cancer while living with continual uncertainty is an example of a mid-ranged theory.

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Ives Holganza |Associate's Degree (Nursing) |
Care/Clinic Manager
Ives Holganza, a healthcare professional with 14+ years of diverse nursing experience, serves as Clinic Manager at Medcor. Holding an Associate's degree in nursing from William Paterson University, she delivers high-quality patient care while optimizing clinic operations. Her area of specialization include emergency, acute rehab, long-term care, clinical management, and medical administration.

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