A student is in the last semester of nursing school. The student interprets nursing as
a. knowledge of past experiences.
b. the medical model of health care.
c. a science based on the principles of biol-ogy and medicine.
d. a science based on scientific research pro-viding practice answers.
D
As a science, nursing must be based on the principles of evidence-based scientific research that guides nursing practice. Nursing is not simply knowledge of past experiences, the medical model of health care, or based on principles of biology and medicine. Although some knowledge from past experience is incorporated into the body of nursing knowledge, the important part of nursing as a science is that it is based on sound scientific research (evidence-based practice).
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