Chapter 8: Critical Thinking; Key Terms Flashcards
Clinical Decision Making
A problem-solving approach that nurses use to define patient problems and select appropriate treatment
Clinical Inference
Process of drawing conclusions from related pieces of evidence and previous experience with the evidence
Critical Thinking
The active, purposeful, organized cognitive process used to carefully examine one’s thinking and the thinking of other individuals
Decision Making
Process involving critical appraisal of information that results from recognition of a problem and ends with the generation, testing, and evaluation of a conclusion
Comes at the end of critical thinking
Diagnostic Reasoning
Process that enables an observer to assign meaning and to classify phenomena in clinical situations by integrating observations and critical thinking
Intuition
The inner sensing that something is so
Nursing Process
Systematic problem-solving method by which nurses individualize care for each patient. The 5 steps of the nursing process are; assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation
Problem Solving
Methodical, systematic approach to explore conditions and develop solutions, including analysis of data, determination of causative factors, and selection of appropriate actions to reverse or eliminate the problem
Reflection
Process of thinking back or recalling an event to discover the meaning and purpose of that event.
Useful in critical thinking
Scientific Method
Codified sequence of steps used in the formulation, testing, evaluation, and reporting of scientific ideas
Workaround
Patterns and actions that health care staff adopt to bypass either safety steps in procedures or safety features of medical equipment.
Although workarounds may temporarily “fix a problem” the system remains unaltered and thus continues to present potential safety hazards for future patients
