Chapter 1- Midterm Exam

Question 1

Grand theories - address…

Answer 1

the key concepts and principles of the discipline as a whole.

Question 2

Mid-range theories - def

Answer 2

cover more discrete aspects of a phenomenon specific to professional nursing.

Question 3

Practice theories - def

Answer 3

most limited form of nursing theory -

Question 4

empirical ways of knowing - def

Answer 4

basis for scientific rationales. Science of nursing!

Question 5

Personal ways of knowing - def

Answer 5

acknowledge the humanness of each other.

Question 6

Aesthetic ways of knowing - def

Answer 6

intangible, through meaningful ways of conversation.

Question 7

Ethical ways of knowing - def

Answer 7

moral aspects of nursing.

Question 8

Transference - def

Answer 8

projecting irrational attitudes and feelings of the past onto people in the present.

Question 9

Cognitive distortions - def

Answer 9

faulty or negative thinking caused a person to interpret neutral situations in an unrealistic, exaggerated, or negative way.

Question 10

Interpersonal communication - is a…

Answer 10

cyclic, reciprocal, interactive and dynamic process with value, cultural, and cognitive variables.