A nurse is using nursing theory and the nursing process simultaneously to plan nursing care. How will the nurse use nursing theory and the nursing process in practice?
a. Nursing theory can direct how a nurse uses the nursing process.
b. Nursing theory requires the nursing process to develop knowledge.
c. Nursing theory with the nursing process has a minor role in professional nursing.
d. Nursing theory combined with the nursing process is specific to certain ill patients.
ANS: A
Nursing theory can direct how a nurse uses the nursing process. Integration of theory into practice (nursing process) serves as the basis for professional nursing. The nursing process provides a systematic process for the delivery of care, not the knowledge component of the discipline. Useful theories are adaptable to different patients and to all care settings.
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