Nursing's metaparadigm, or worldview, distinguishes the nursing ...

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Nursing's metaparadigm, or worldview, distinguishes the nursing profession from other disciplines and emphasizes its unique functional characteristics. The four key concepts that form the foundation for all nursing theories are
 
  a. caring, compassion, health promotion, and education.
  b. respect, integrity, honesty, and advocacy.
  c. person, environment, health, and nursing.
  d. nursing, teaching, caring, and health promotion.

Question 2

The nursing profession's first nurse researcher, who served as an early advocate for high-quality care and used statistical data to document the need for handwashing in preventing infection, was
 
  a. Abraham Maslow.
  b. Martha Rogers.
  c. Hildegard Peplau.
  d. Florence Nightingale.

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
Individual nursing theories represent different interpretations of the phenomenon of nursing, but central constructsperson, environment, health, and nursingare found in all theories and models. They are referred to as nursing's metaparadigm.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
An early advocate for high-quality care, Florence Nightingale's use of statistical data to document the need for handwashing in preventing infection marks her as the profession's first nurse researcher.