Ch. 2: Critical Thinking and Nursing Process-MJ Flashcards

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Define: The active, orderly, well thought-out reasoning process that guides a nurse in various approaches to making a nursing judgement by applying knowledge and experience, problem solving, logic, reasoning, and decision making

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Critical thinking

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Define: A systematic problem-solving process that guides all nursing actions

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Nursing process

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As a critical thinker, you should ___, explore various courses of ____, keep ___ in mind, determine appropriate ____, recognize in one’s own _____, and be _____.

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Prioritize
Explore various courses of ACTION
Keep ETHICs in mind
Determine appropriate OUTCOMES
Recognize in one's own KNOWLEDGE, and be FLEXIBLE
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What are the 6 steps of the nursing process?

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  1. Assessment
  2. Diagnosis
  3. Planning OUTCOMES
  4. Planning INTERVENTIONS
  5. Implementation
  6. Evaluation
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What is the first phase and what happens here?

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Assessment; data gathering

regarding the patient

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What is the second step and what do you do here?

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Diagnosis; interpret data collected and provide nursing care/direction

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What do nursing diagnosis reflect?

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The clients actual responses to actual or potential health problems

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What is the third and forth steps of the nursing process? What do you do here?

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Planning outcomes and planning interventions; predict outcomes and plan intervention

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What is the fifth step in the nursing process and what happens here?

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Implementation; ACTION; provide care based on previous nursing process steps

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What is the final phase of the nursing process? What do you do here?

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Evaluation; determine accuracy of theories; evaluate client’s response

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Is the nursing process a linear process?

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No; it is a cyclical process that follows a logical progression

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Define: A unique blend of thinking, doing, and caring

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Full spectrum nursing

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What are the 4 main concepts that describe full spectrum nursing?

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Thinking
Doing
Caring
Patient situation (or context)

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Full spectrum nursing: What are the two parts to thinking?

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Critical thinking and theoretical knowledge

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Full spectrum nursing: Thinking

Which aspect to the thinking concept enables you to fully use your knowledge and skills?

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Critical thinking

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Full spectrum nursing: Thinking

Which aspect to the thinking concept are principles, facts, theories; what you have to thinking with

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Theoretical knowledge

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Full spectrum nursing: The doing aspect involves _____ and ______.

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Practical knowledge and nursing process

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Full spectrum nursing: Doing

What is practical knowledge?

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Skills, procedures, and processes

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Full spectrum nursing: Doing

What is the nursing process?

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Assessment and evaluation: Everything you know about the patient including context

Planning and implementation: What you do for the patient

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Full spectrum nursing: What are the two aspects of caring and describe each.

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Self-knowledge: awareness of your values, beliefs, and biases

Ethical knowledge: Understanding your obligations; sense of right and wrong

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Full spectrum nursing: What are the two parts to patient situation?

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Patient data and patient preferences & context

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Full spectrum nursing: Patient situation

What is patient data?

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Physical, psychosocial, and spiritual data

23
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Full spectrum nursing: Patient situation

What is patient preferences and context?

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Context for care, environment, relationships, culture, resources, supports