Chapter 7: Thinking Philosophically in Nursing in Canada - Nurselytic

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: If nurses ask and answer questions in the absence of wonder, they are not truly or genuinely philosophizing but rather operating as technicians, treating philosophizing as a skill that can be acquired in the way that we can acquire any skill.

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Given the unprecedented rate at which scientific and technical knowledge is expanding nursing curricula, students need to be exposed to courses in the humanities and engage in the liberal thought that is a cornerstone of an academic education.

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Thou et al. (2019) explored three philosophies of truth (correspondence, pragmatism, and coherence) and how these theories facilitate or impede nursing knowledge creation.

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: The quest to conceptualize nursing knowledge began in the 1960s when nurse educators began to identify what comprised nursing education and what could be included in the nursing curriculum.

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: Asking 'What is the nature of nursing care?' leads to having to answer more basic questions, such as: What is care? What is included in care? What is good care? These questions are indicative of philosophical thinking about nursing practice.