Pender's health promotion model is an example of what type of theory?
a. Grand nursing theory
b. Middle-range nursing theory
c. Situation-specific nursing theory
d. Another discipline's theory applied to nursing
ANS: B
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A Pender's health promotion model is not a grand nursing theory or all-inclusive model to describe nursing as a whole.
B Pender's health promotion model is a middle-range nursing theory focused on a limited aspect of reality.
C Pender's health promotion model is not a situation-specific theory or narrow in scope, explaining a small aspect of a phenomenon.
D Pender's health promotion model is not a theory from another discipline applied to nursing; it is a nursing model.
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