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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Critical thinking | The ability to apply higher order cognitive skills and the disposition to be deliberate about thinking that lead to action that is logical and appropriate |
| Clinical reasoning | Is the ability to focus and filter clinical data to recognize what is most and least important so the nurse can identify if an actual problem is present |
| Combines the critical thinking l, critical reasoning and repetitive decision making skills of a nurse | Clinical judgement |
| Processes that depend on critical thinking | Problem solving, decision making, reasoning, judgement |
| Problem solving | Systematic analytic approach to finding a solution to a problem |
| Decision making | Choosing a solution or answer from among different options often considered a step in the problem solving process |
| Reasoning | Logical thinking that links thoughts ideas and facts together in a meaningful way used in scientific inquiry and problem solving |
| Judgment | The result or decision related to the processes of thinking and reasoning |
| Being easily understood or precise in thought and style (gateway standard) | Clarity |
| Representing something in a true and correct way | Accuracy |
| Providing sufficient detail to understand exactly what was meant | Precision |
| Providing sufficient detail to understand exactly what was meant | Precision |
| Focusing on facts and ideas directly related and pertinent to a topic | Relevance |
| Getting beneath the surface of the topic or problem to identify and manage related complexities | Depth |
| Considering a topic problem or issue from every relevant viewpoint | Breadth |
| Using a mutually supportive and sensible combination of thoughts and facts to form a conclusion | Logic |
| Concentrating bon the most important information when considering an issue | Significance |
| Thinking or acting in accord with reason and without bias | Fairness |
| Is described as the ability of individuals to monitor their own and others feelings and emotions, discriminate baking them, and use the info to guide both their thinking and actions. | Emotional intelligence |
| Essential critical thinking traits | Confidence, thinking independent, fairness, responsibility and accountability, risk taking, discipline, perserverence, creativity, curiosity, integrity, humility |
| Feeling certain about one's ability to accomplish a goal | Confidence |
| Considering a wide range of ideas before coming to a conclusion | Thinking independently |
| Avoiding bias or prejudice and dealing with a situation in a just manner | Fairness |
| Acting on sound knowledge and acknowledge actions as ones own | Responsibility and accountability |
| Being willing to try new ideas | Risk taking |
| Following orderly thinking to do what is best | Discipline |
| Staying determined to work until the goal is achieved | Perserverence |
| Formulating new ideas and alternate approaches | Creativity |
| Being motivated to achieve and asking why | Curiosity |
| Being honest and willing to adhere to principles in the face of adversity | Integrity |
| Admitting ones limitations | Humility |
| Verifying that the information or data collected are "factual, accurate, and complete" | Validation |
| Uses specific facts or details to make conclusions and generalizatons, it proceeds from specific to general | Inductive reasoning |
| Involves generating facts or details from a major theory, generalization, or premise | |
| Palpation | Assessing internal organs with the use of ones hand |
| Inspection | The observation of external body parts with the naked eye |
| Percussion | Is a method of tapping on the abdominal surface to assess the internal organs |
| Auscultation | Is a method of listening to heart sounds lung sounds or bowel sounds |
| Inspection, percussion, palpation, and auscultation | Are the techniques of physical assessment |
| Clinical practice protocol | Is a set of guidelines that helps health-care providers make decisions about appropriate health care |
| Assessment is the | First step and involves the collection of patient information through interviews and physical exams |
| Secondary data is | Data collected by the nurse from family and friends |
| Planning is the _____ step | Third |
| Standing order | Printed document that consists of orders for management of clinical problems |
| Phlebitis | Includes redness or inflammation |
| Short term goals are achieved in | A few days to a week |
| During the planning stages the nurse prioritizes various nursing diagnosis such as | Set long and short term goals, chooses outcome indicators, and identifies interventions to address patient goals |
| Planning involves _____ with and _____ of patient care activities to other health care team members | Collaboration and delegation |
| Planning involves | Setting priorities, prescribing nursing interventions, identifying expected outcomes,band identifying patient centered goals |
| Establishing short and long term goals, prioritizing the patients nursing diagnosis, identifying interventions to address patient goals | Planning phase |
| Advanced age, fluid retention, impaired sensation,and physical immobilization | Impaired skin integrity (ICNP) |
| What factors would have a significant impact on the implementation phase of the nursing process | Protocol, prescription, standing order, clinical pathways |
| Which diagnoses would be considered as actual nursing diagnoses | Hypothermia, Wandering, Altered social interaction |
| Is the process by which the nurse collects all the data and revises the care plan after evaluation | Assessment |
| Examining a condition or situation and judging of the desired change has occurred | Evaluation |
| What nursing action action is an example of using critical thinking in the implementation phase of the nursing process | |
| Review all complications associated with the interventions | |
| In which step of the nursing process would the nurse choose the outcome indicators | Planning |
| Which concerns would the nurse address during the implementation phase of the nursing process | Providing patient centered care and safety, determining any negative impact of nursing interventions on the patient |
| Which concept in the critical thinking model focuses on teamwork and conflict management | Interpersonal skills |
| Asking the patient about his complaints, Asking about a the patients current medications, Asking about the patients past and family medical history | Assessment phase |
| Teaching the patient and his family about medications | Implementation |
| Determining bif the patient and his family understand the info about the medication | Evaluation |
| Admission of mistakes is an example of | Humility |
| Perserverence | Staying determined until achieving a goal |
| Reasoning | Helps in linking thoughts and ideas to develop a solution |
| Which critical thinking attitude possess to develop new solutions to patient related problems | Creativity |
| Which characteristics would the nursing student adopt to become a good critical thinker | Analysis, Inquisitive, Systematic thinking |
| Which technique would the student nurse use to develop critical thinking skills and bring theory into practice | Concept mapping, Reflective journaling, Discussion with colleagues |
| In which way does a concept map improve thinking skills | Data in a plan of care can be visualized, learning can be summarized when preparing for exams, understanding subject matter can be enhanced , assessment data can be organized in a meaningful way |
| Which character traits are needed by a nurse to develop the ability to think critically | Honesty, creativity, confidence |
| Which attitudes are essential for critical thinking | Confidence, Fairness, Discipline, Curiosity |
| Relevant data about the patient can he better synthesized, meaningful patterns from diverse patient info are generated, and they are visual presentations of relationships between problems and interventions | Concept map |
| Intellectual standards of critical thinking | Logic, relevance, significance |
| According to Paul which intellectual standards should a nurse possess for critical thinking | Clear, plausible, complete |
| Which strategies focus on improving critical thinking skills through written work | Noting key facts, reviewing study notes, identifying knowledge gaps |
| Which process helps analyze an issue a systematic approach | Problem solving |
| The process of analyzing the problem in a systematic way | Problem solving |
| Use of a pain rating scale on a postoperative unit to uniformly assess patients pain severity is an example of which intellectual standard | Precision |
| Deductive reasoning | A method of critical thinking. It involves the use of gathered info to derive a conclusion |
| Inductive reasoning | Involves the use of simple observations such as a single laboratory finding to make a conclusion |
| Validation | The nurse critically determines whether the info gathered is factual |
| Which strategies would a nursing instructor describe to assist students in improving their critical thinking | Self regulation, Talk aloud learning, asking how questions |
| Which actions performed by the nurse demonstrate interpretive skills related to laboratory data | Explaining the data to the patient, identifying the significance of the data, identifying the effects of the medication |
| Interpretation involves | The process of explaining the data to the patient and identifying the significant findings that are addressed while planning the care |
| Integrity in critical thinking means | The nurse should follow the highest standards of practice, the nurse should be honest and accept his or her mistakes or inadequacy, the nurse should be open minded and need arises she should question herself |
| Interpretation skills | Clarifying questionable data, being orderly in data collection, looking for patterns to categorize data |