Chapter 6: Theoretical Issues in Nursing in the Twenty-First Century: Nursing Theorizing as Everyday

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: Rosemarie Parse's theory of human becoming is a mid-range theory used to describe, explain, or predict phenomenon in nursing.

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Rationale: Grand theories are general concepts that pertain to the overall nature and goals of professional nursing, which are often abstract and do not necessarily lend themselves to empirical testing or problems in specific nurse settings.

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Rationale: Nursing epistemology is the study of the knowledge that is shared among nurses, the patterns of knowing, and the knowledge that develops from those patterns. As a practice discipline, the study of nursing knowledge is achieved in multiple ways, including observation and practice experience.

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Rationale: Aesthetic knowing involves the creation of a singular, particular subjective expression of imagined possibilities or equivalent expression, not so easily put into language form. Empathy and compassion are modes in the aesthetic pattern of knowing.

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Rationale: Ontology is directly linked to philosophy, and nursing ontology describes what is most characteristic and fundamental to the practice of nursing. It is a way of seeing and describing the whole of nursing.