A staff nurse asks a student, Why in the world are you studying ...

[Yolanda]

A staff nurse asks a student, Why in the world are you studying nursing theory? How would the student best respond?
 
  A) Our school requires we take it before we can graduate.
  B) We do it so we know more than your generation did.
  C) I think it explains how we should collaborate with others.
  D) It helps explain how nursing is different from medicine.

Question 2

During the first half of the 20th century, a change in the structure of society resulted in changed roles for women and, in turn, for nursing. What was one of these changes?
 
  A) More women retired from the workforce to raise families.
  B) Women became more dependent and sought higher education.
  C) The focus of nursing changed to hands-on training.
  D) Nursing research was conducted and published.

[joechoochoy]

Answer to Question 1

Ans: D
Nursing theory differentiates nursing from other disciplines and activities in that it serves the purpose of describing, explaining, predicting, and controlling desired outcomes of nursing care practices.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: D
As a result of World Wars I and II, women increasingly entered the workforce, became more independent, and sought higher education. At the same time, nursing began to focus more on education than hands-on training, and nursing research was conducted and published.

[Yolanda]

YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

[ricroger]

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