Nursing Research Generating and Assessing Evidence For Nursing Practice 9th edition – Test Bank
1. | What is a broad abstract characterization of phenomena? |
A) | Theory |
B) | Descriptive theory |
C) | Grand theory |
D) | Middle-range theories |
2. | The power of theories lies in the ability to do what? |
A) | Capture the complexity of human nature by the richness of the operational definitions associated with the variables. |
B) | Minimize the number of words required to explain phenomena and, thereby, eliminate semantic problems. |
C) | Prove conclusively that relationships exist among the phenomena studied. |
D) | Specify the nature of the relationships that exist among phenomena and offer explanations. |
3. | What thoroughly describes a phenomenon? |
A) | Theory |
B) | Descriptive theory |
C) | Grand theory |
D) | Middle-range theories |
4. | What attempt to describe large segments of the human experience? |
A) | Theory |
B) | Descriptive theory |
C) | Grand theory |
D) | Middle-range theories |
5. | What are the building blocks of theory? |
A) | Propositions |
B) | Relationships |
C) | Hypotheses |
D) | Concepts |
6. | What is the major similarity between theories and conceptual models? |
A) | Use concepts as their building blocks. |
B) | Use the deductive reasoning process almost exclusively. |
C) | Contain a set of logically interrelated propositions. |
D) | Provide a mechanism for developing new propositions from the original propositions. |
7. | What are conceptual maps? |
A) | Stimulate new research with the use of a schematic model. |
B) | Explain phenomena and relationships among them with a map. |
C) | Map the integration of knowledge into coherent systems to explain the key relationships that exist. |
D) | Graphic, theory-driven representations of phenomena and their relationships using symbols or diagrams and a minimal use of words. |
8. | Which model explains and predicts the health promotion component of lifestyle? |
A) | Adaptation Model |
B) | Conservation Model |
C) | Health Promotion Model |
D) | Self-Care Model |
9. | Several conceptual models and grand theories of nursing have been developed. Which concept is not central to models for nursing? |
A) | Human beings |
B) | Environment |
C) | Health |
D) | Social support |
10. | Which model finds humans as adaptive systems that cope with change through adaptation? |
A) | Adaptation Model |
B) | Conservation Model |
C) | Health Promotion Model |
D) | Self-Care Model |
11. | Whose major conceptual model of nursing is used by researchers? |
A) | Rogers’ Science of Unitary Human Beings |
B) | Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory |
C) | Watson’s Theory of Caring |
D) | Rizzo’s Theory of Human Becoming |
12. | Which is an example of a borrowed theory? |
A) | Rogers’ Science of Unitary Human Beings |
B) | Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory |
C) | Watson’s Theory of Caring |
D) | Rizzo’s Theory of Human Becoming |
13. | What did the nurse theorist Roy develop? |
A) | Adaptation Model |
B) | Theory of Caring |
C) | Science of Unitary Human Beings |
D) | Health Care Systems Model |
14. | What did the nurse theorist Neuman develop? |
A) | Adaptation Model |
B) | Theory of Caring |
C) | Science of Unitary Human Beings |
D) | Health Care Systems Model |
15. | Which type of theory is often a precursor to predictive theories? |
A) | Explanatory theory |
B) | Grand theory |
C) | Middle-range theory |
D) | Situation-specific theory |