Which feature is characteristic of a nursing theory rather than an isolated nursing principle?
Correct answer: A. It contains related concepts and statements explaining their relationships
- A. It contains related concepts and statements explaining their relationships
- B. It gives one instruction for completing a clinical procedure
- C. It lists only the normal range of a laboratory value
- D. It describes one patient's response without broader meaning
Explanation
A nursing theory is an organized set of concepts and propositions that explains or predicts nursing-related phenomena. A single procedure or patient observation does not provide that broader explanatory structure.
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Nursing theories explain relationships among the person, environment, health and nursing, and provide frameworks for assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation. Coverage includes the ideas of Nightingale, Orem, Roy, Neuman, Peplau, Watson and other major theorists, with attention to how a theory differs from a conceptual model.
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