Which of the following is referred to as a body of knowledge that encompasses definitions of person, environment, health, and nursing?
a. Family nursing practice
b. Prescriptive nursing theory
c. Advanced nursing practice
d. Metaparadigm of nursing
D
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A Family nursing practice, although perhaps focusing on all of these concepts, is not a body of knowledge.
B Prescriptive nursing theory addresses nursing interventions and helps predict consequences of a specific intervention.
C Advanced nursing practice may focus on these concepts but is not a body of knowledge specific to these concepts.
D The major components of nursing theory, sometimes called the metaparadigm concepts, are person, environment, health, and nursing.
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