A Nursing Manager Is Explaining to the Staff How Nursing

question 5

Multiple Choice

A nursing manager is explaining to the staff how nursing theory is related to all components of nursing practice.What statement by the manager best outlines this concept?

• A) Conceptual frameworks are the basic building blocks of theory and practice.
• B) Education is the foundation for all nursing understanding, including theory.
• C) Nursing knowledge can only be derived from well-tested theoretical models.
• D) Theory informs practice, research, and education, which in turn inform theory.

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Definitions:

Researcher

A person who conducts systematic investigations into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions.

Mode

The value that appears most frequently in a given set of data, commonly used in statistics to describe central tendency.

Median

The middle value in a set of data when arranged in ascending or descending order, or the average of the two middle values if the set has an even number of values.

Mean

A statistical measure representing the average value of a set of numbers, calculated by dividing the sum of all values by the number of values.