NURS 115

Which characteristics are associated with grand theories?

- define a broad perspective for nursing practice - are the most abstract - difficult to test in practice

Which terms are components of critical thinking as listed in Paul's Critical Thinking Theory?

- experience - reasoning - observation

The nursing student understands that which concepts are tiers in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?

- safety - physiologic - esteem

Which concept is included in Martha Rogers' Science of Unitary Human Beings?

Each being is unique and needs to be looked at as a whole

Which non-nursing theory do nurses use to plan care for their patients at different stages in life?

Erikson's Psychosocial Theory of Development and Socialization

The nurse implemented strict infection control procedures for an immunocompromised patient. Whose theory did the nurse apply when caring for this patient?

Florence Nightingale

The nurse is teaching a patient recently diagnosed with diabetes how to administer insulin injections. Whose theory is the nurse demonstrating?

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