CHAPTER 2: CRITICAL THINKING AND NURSING PROCESS

Question 1

nursing

Answer 1

involves thinking, doing and caring

Question 2

critical thinking

Answer 2

is a combination of reasoned thinking, openness to alternatives, an ability to reflect and a desire to seek truth

Question 3

skills

Answer 3

refer to the cognitive (intellectual) processes used in complex thinking operations such as problem-solving and decision making

Question 4

attitudes

Answer 4

feelings and traits of mind

Question 5

comorbidities

Answer 5

concurrently occurring health problems

Question 6

individual differences

Answer 6

type of illness, culture and age

Question 7

culture

Answer 7

influence how people define illness, at what point they seek healthcare, what type of healthcare provider they see and the type of treatment they consider acceptable

Question 8

client’s roles

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influence when, how and they a person seek healthcare

ex: a single mother with young children may ask to be discharged from the hospital early to meet the needs of her family

Question 9

model

Answer 9

put concepts (ideas) together to explain something

Question 10

theoretical knowledge

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consists of information, facts, principles and evidence-based theories in nursing and related disciplines (ex:anatomy and physiology)

Question 11

practical knowledge

Answer 11

knowing what to do and how to do it

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self-knowledge

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self-understanding. You must be aware of your beliefs, values and cultural and religious biases

Question 13

ethical knowledge

Answer 13

knowledge of obligation or right and wrong

Question 14

nursing process

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is a systematic problem-solving process that guides all nursing action, its a type of thinking and doing nurses use

Question 15

assessment

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first phase: data gathering

Question 16

diagnosis

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second phase: analyze all your data, synthesize and cluster information, and hypothesize about your client’s health status

Question 17

planning

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third and fourth phase: planning (prediction) outcomes and planning interventions

Question 18

planning outcomes

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work with the client to decide goals for care

Question 19

planning interventions

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develop a list of possible interventions based on your nursing knowledge and then choose those most likely to help client to achieve the stated goals

Question 20

implementation

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the action phase: carry out to delegate the actions you planned

Question 21

evaluation

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final phase: determine whether the outcomes have been achieved and judge whether your actions have successfully treated or prevented the client’s health problems

Question 22

cyclical

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nursing process is cyclical rather than linear. It can be repeated

Question 23

concurrent

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some steps may occur at the same time

Question 24

caring

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involves personal concern for people, events, projects and things