APPLYING CRITICAL THINKING TO HEALTH CARE PRACTICE

Question 1

• is a mental activity in which a problem is identified that represents an unsteady state.
• trial and error

Answer 1

problem solving

Question 2

is a problem-solving approach that relies on a midwife’s inner sense

Answer 2

intuition

Question 3

decision-making process to ascertain the right healthcare action to be implemented at the appropriate time in the client care

Answer 3

clinical judgment

Question 4

critical thinking requires that individual thing for themselves

Answer 4

Independence

Question 5

critical thinkers are fair-minded and make impartial judgments

Answer 5

fair mindedness

Question 6

critical thinkers are open to the possibility that their personal biases or social pressures and customs could unduly affect their thinking

Answer 6

insight into egocentricity

Question 7

• having an awareness of the limits of one’s own knowledge
• willing to admit what they do not know they are willing to sign new information, writing their conclusion in light of new knowledge

Answer 7

intellectual humility

Question 8

requires that individual apply the same rigorous standards of proof to their own knowledge and beliefs as they apply to the knowledge and beliefs of others

Answer 8

intellectual integrity

Question 9

midwives who are critical thinkers show perseverance in finding effective solutions to client and health problems

Answer 9

perseverance

Question 10

critical thinkers believe that well-reasoned thinking will lead to trustworthy conclusions

Answer 10

confidence

Question 11

The mind of a critical thinker is filled with questions

Answer 11

Curiosity

Question 12

COMPONENTS OF CLINICAL REASONING
• Setting Priorities
• Developing Rationale
• Learning How to Act
• Clinical Reasoning-in-Transition
• Responding to Changes in the Client’s Condition
• Reflection