A nursing student attends a lecture on the central concepts of nursing. A concept, she is told, is a highly abstract and general word or phrase that summarizes the essential characteristics or properties of a phenomenon.
Which answer represents the four major concepts of nursing central to work of the profession?
A) Human being, environment, health, and nursing
B) Human being, theory, health, and environment
C) Theory, health, environment, and nursing
D) Environment, health, theory, and nursing
Question 2
A nurse educator watches a student nurse walk across the stage to receive her diploma. After the program, the nurse educator discusses with the student where she will be working.
She states that she is not sure yet, but she knows she does not wish to work in the obstetrical area. The student nurse is using which type of knowledge to make this decision?
A) Personal knowledge
B) Aesthetic knowledge
C) Empirical knowledge
D) Ethical knowledge
