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PN113L Ch 5
Critical Thinking: A Lifelong Journey
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the 5 reasons to improve thinking, adapted for LPN/LVNs ? | 1) Your ability to focus your thinking on how to get the results you needed to make a difference between whether you succeed or fail 2) Learning how to improve your thinking skills does not have to be difficult 3) Redesigning care delivery and educati |
| What are the other 5 reasons to improve thinking, adapted for LPN/LVNs ? | 6) Rapid change and information explosion requires LPNs/LVNs to 7) LPNs/LVNs must be able to move from one health care setting to another. 8) More patients and their families are involved in health care decisions 9) LPNs/LVNs frequently care for patie |
| In what ways is Critical thinking adopted LPNs/LVNs ? | 1) Is driven by patient, family, and community needs 2) Is based on the principles of the nursing process and on scientific methods 3) Uses both logic and intuition, based on knowledge, skills, and experience of the LPN/LVN 4) Is guided by profession |
| What is Nonfocused Thinking ? | engaging your brain out of habit without much conscious thought. |
| What is Habitual thinking? | Thinking that involves any routine we do that is important but does not require us to think hard about how to do it. (ex. getting dressed) |
| What are Random thoughts? | Multiple short scenes and thoughts that come and go through the mind and have no particular purpose or goal. (ex. mental channel surfing) |
| What is Ruminative thinking? | The same situation or scene is replayed in the mind over and over, without reaching an outcome (ex. instant replay) |
| what does it mean to have All-or-none thinking? | The mind is made up, and no additional facts will be considered. (ex. black and white thinking) |
| What is the meaning of negative thinking? | The mind is stuck on negative thoughts and blocks positive thinking. ( ex. emotional sabotage) |
| Directed (or focused) thinking is? | Purposeful and outcome-oriented. |
| Problem-oriented thinking is? | Focusing on a particular problem to find a solution (ex. planning a schedule for school, or work) |
| What is the meaning of Critical thinking? | an advanced way of thinking, consisting of problem-solving methods. It is used to resolve problems and to find ways to improve a situation even when no problem exists. |
| What does Critical thinking involve? | Questioning with meaning. Judgments are made on FACTS (evidence), NOT assumptions. |
| When is Critical thinking at its best? | When your brain is purposefully engaged. |
| What should the critical thinker Routley ask? | 10 questions about the subject of the thinking task at hand. |
| What do you need to think Critically? | .Access information. .Comprehend information. .Store comprehended information in long-term .memory. (Including having strategies to move information into long-term memory) .Determine what you know and what you do not know. .Recall the comprehended in |
| What are some of the Factors That Influence Critical Thinking? | > Upbringing and culture Support system Opportunities to learn to read well Making choices > Motivation Doing if you choose to do so > Attitude influences thinking Humble and recognize that they do not have all the answers and may be influe |
| Knowledge? | Refers to the ability to recall and repeat information you have memorized |
| Comprehension? | Refers to the ability to basically understand information, recall it, and identify examples of that information. |
| Application? | Being able to use learned material in new situations. |
| Analysis | To be able to break down complex information into its basic parts and relate those parts to the whole picture. |
| What is Reflective critical thinking? | Assists you in determining if you need outside assistance from your school’s study skills center or the instructor in setting up realistic observable goals/outcomes. |
| A nurse is developing a plan of self-care for a patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus. What questions should the nurse ask in order to gather and organize the information to be included in the teaching plan? | The patient should be able to verbalize the meaning and implications of diabetes, the ranges of blood glucose levels and what they imply, and medication administration. |
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