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Ross-Kerr and Wood’s Canadian Nursing Issues & Perspectives: CDN NURSING ISSUES & PERSPECTIVES 6th Edition
Chapter 7 : Thinking Philosophically in Nursing in Canada Questions
Question 1 of 5
The competing perspectives of using 'concepts' or 'science' to describe what nurses do is known as which of the following?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The competing perspectives of a nursing conception or using science to identify what nurses do has created a translation gap that pertains to the use and understanding of theories in the practice of nursing.
Question 2 of 5
In their study of Western Canadian nurses' perceptions, White et al. (2008) found that the practice and morale of nurses were being negatively affected by which one of the following?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: In their study of Western Canadian nurses' perceptions, White et al. (2008) found that the practice and morale of nurses were being negatively affected by unclear intraprofessional and interprofessional scopes of practice.
Question 3 of 5
It is difficult to document accountability for one's practice without having within which to evaluate practice?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: It is difficult to document accountability for one's practice without an explanatory framework within which to evaluate practice.
Question 4 of 5
Which following term describes having a conception of the world and all that exists in it?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Conceptions of the world and all that exists in it are characterized as ideologies.
Question 5 of 5
According to moderate realist tenets, philosophical thought focuses on which one of the following?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: According to moderate realist tenets, philosophical thought focuses on that which is immaterial and therefore not observable.