Which of the following are concepts related to nursing theory? (Select all that apply.)
a. Environment
b. Health
c. Nursing
d. Relevance
e. Comfort
A group of nurses are interested in the how to improve teaching effectiveness for patients who have a hearing impairment and lack family involvement while hospitalized.
They believe hearing loss decreases the teaching effectiveness while hospitalized. The group plans to evaluate teaching effectiveness using a 10-point Likert Scale pre-post teaching, perform a hearing test to determine degree of hearing loss on admission, and have social work evaluate the impact of hearing impairment on patient's ability to safely live alone prior to discharge. The group is working in which step of the scientific process?
a. Hypothesis
b. Method
c. Results
d. Evaluation
A nurse is heard making this comment, I believe human dignity is based on perceived self-worth while caring is based on perceived role in society that forms the basis of nursing practice. This nurse is:
a. demonstrating a model of human dignity.
b. evaluating the relevance of Leininger's Theory.
c. applying Mishel's Theory of Disease Uncertainty.
d. making a proposition concerning the constructs of nursing practice.
A nurse is evaluating Levin's Theory of Conservation to determine if it can be applied to patients in the initial phases of chemotherapy treatment.
During this phase of theory acceptance, the nurse wants to determine if all the concepts of energy, structural integrity, personal integrity, and social integrity are included in the care of cancer treatment. The nurse is applying which criteria of theory acceptance?
a. Inclusiveness
b. Consistency
c. Accuracy
d. Fruitfulness
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