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NSG 5002 Week 1 Knowledge Check – Advance Theoretical Perspective of Nursing

1. Historically, nursing preparation was referred to as “training,” and many nurses educated through the 1970s still use this term to refer to their education. Why is this terminology particularly problematic in light of the advances made in nursing science in the last 30 years?
2. During the 1960s, why did nursing scholars heavily emphasize a focus on the theoretical development of nursing as its own, independent discipline?
3. Which argument best supports the idea of nursing as a professional discipline rather than an academic discipline?
4. Which statement best describes the role that logical positivism plays in modern philosophical thought about nursing science and science in general?
5. During the 1960s and 1970s, the theory movement in nursing sought to “prove” that nursing was a science by applying strict logical positivist philosophy to the discipline. Why was this application problematic from a philosophical standpoint?