Ch. 15 (critical Thinking In Nursing Practice)- Key Terms Flashcards
Clinical decision-making
The continuous process characterized by open-mindedness, continual inquiry, and perseverance, combined with the willingness to look at each unique patient situation and determine which identified assumptions are true and relevant
Concept map:
Care-planning tool that assists in critical thinking and forming associations between a patient’s nursing diagnosis and interventions
Critical thinking:
Active, purposeful, organized, cognitive process used to carefully examine one’s thinking and the thinking of other individuals
Diagnostic reasoning:
Process that enables an observer to assign meaning to and classify phenomena and clinical situations by integrating observations in critical thinking
Evidence-based knowledge:
Knowledge that is derived from the integration of best research, clinical expertise, and patient values
Inference:
(1) judgment or interpretation of informational cues. (2) taking one proposition as a given and guessing that another proposition follows
Nursing process:
Systematic problem-solving method by which nurses individualize care for each patient. The five steps of the nursing process our assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation
Problem-solving:
Methodical, systematic approach to explore conditions and develop solutions, including analysis of data, determination of positive 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 a scientific ideas.
- has five steps:
1. Identifying the problem
2. Collecting data
3. Formulating a question or hypothesis
4. Testing the question or hypothesis
5. Evaluating results of the test or study