The Nursing Instructor Is Teaching a Class on Nursing Theory

question 7

Multiple Choice

The nursing instructor is teaching a class on nursing theory.One of the students asks,"Why do we need to know this stuff? It doesn't really affect patients." The instructor's best response would be

• A) "You are correct, but we have to learn it anyway."
• B) "Exposure to theories will help you later in graduate school."
• C) "Theories help keep the focus of nursing narrow."
• D) "Theories help explain why nurses do what they do."