Ch 13 Blended competencies clinical reasoning and processes of person centered care

Question 1

Blended competencies

Answer 1

The set of intellectual, interpersonal, technical, and ethical legal capacities needed to practice professional nursing

Question 2

Caring

Answer 2

 moral imperative that Guides Nursing praxis (education, practice, and research); action and competencies that aim toward the good and welfare of others

Question 3

Clinical judgment

Answer 3

Refers to the result of critical thinking or critical reasoning; the conclusion, decision, or opinion a nurse makes

Question 4

Clinical reasoning

Answer 4

A specific term usually referring to ways of thinking about patient care issues (determining, preventing, and managing patient problems); for reasoning about other clinical issues ( E.g., teamwork, collaboration, and streamlining workflow); Nurses usually use critical thinking

Question 5

Concept mapping

Answer 5

Instructional strategy that requires learners to identify, graphically display, and link key concepts

Question 6

Creative thinking

Answer 6

A process involving imagination, intuition, and spontaneity, factors that under pin the art of nursing

Question 7

Critical thinking

Answer 7

Thought that is disciplined, comprehensive, based on intellectual standards, and, as a result reason; a systematic way to form and shape one’s thinking that functions purposefully and exactly

Question 8

Critical thinking indicators

Answer 8

Evidence-based descriptions of behaviors that demonstrate the knowledge, characteristics, and skills that promote critical thinking in clinical practice

Question 9

Decision making

Answer 9

Powerful, goal directed effort applied in a systematic way to make a choice among alternatives

Question 10

Intuitive problem-solving

Answer 10

Direct understanding of a situation based on a background of experience, knowledge, and skill that makes expert decision making possible

Question 11

Nursing process

Answer 11

Five step systematic method for giving patient care; involves assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating

Question 12

Person centered care

Answer 12

A model of patient care based on holistic roots in which the nurse or other caregiver uses every clinical encounter to assess how the person is doing and to communicate respect, compassion, and care

Question 13

Quality and safety education for nurses QSEN

Answer 13

Stands for quality and safety education for nurses, a project for preparing future nurses with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes KSA, necessary to continuously improve the quality and safety of the healthcare system within which they work

Question 14

Reflective practice

Answer 14

Occurs when the caregiver has a profound awareness of self, and one’s own biases, pre-judgments, prejudices, and assumptions, and understands how these may affect the therapeutic relationship

Question 15

Scientific problem-solving

Answer 15

A systematic problem-solving process that involves

1. Problem identification
2. Data collection
3. Hypothesis formulation
4. Plan of action
5. Hypothesis testing
6. Interpretation of results
7. Evaluation resulting in conclusion or revision of the study

Question 16

Standards for critical thinking

Answer 16

Clear, precise, specific, accurate, relevant, plausible, consistent, logical, deep, broad, complete, significant, adequate for the purpose, and fair

Question 17

Therapeutic relationship

Answer 17

Relationship between the caregiver and patient that is focused on promoting or restoring health and well-being of the

Question 18

Thoughtful practice

Answer 18

The care of a patient by a clinician who utilizes clinical reasoning and reflective practice to guide thoughtful actions in person centered process of care

Question 19

Trial and error problem solving

Answer 19

Method of problem-solving that involves testing any number of solutions until one is found that works for that particular problem