Critical Thinking Review Flashcards

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Conclusion about a patient’s needs, health problems, and/or the decisions to take or avoid action. Use or modify standard approaches, or create new approaches based on the patient’s response =

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Clinical Judgement

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2
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What separates professional nurses from assistive personnel?

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Clinical Decision Making

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3
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How do clinical judgement and clinical decision making differ from each other?

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Clinical decision making is deciding what you want to do for your PT.

Clinical judgement is your reasoning as to why you decided to do what you did for your PT.

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Thinking in a systemic and logical manner with openness to question and reflect on the reasoning process =

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Critical Thinking

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What do critical thinkers do?

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Question, seek, and examine info for answers and deeper meanings in order to understand their patients

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What skills are required for critical thinking and clinical judgement?

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Interpretation
Analysis
Evaluation
Explanation
Self-regulation

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7
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When reflecting, what are five questions that you should ask yourself?

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How did I act?
Why did I choose such an action?
What could I have done differently?
We’re the results what I expected?
What should I do in a similar situation in the future?

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8
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What are the levels of critical thinking?

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Basic critical thinking
Complex critical thinking
Commitment

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9
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What are the competencies required for general critical thinking?

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The scientific method, problem-solving, and decision making

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10
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What are the competencies required for specific reasoning?

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Diagnostic reasoning and clinical decision making

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What is inductive reasoning?

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Using specific facts or details to make conclusions or generalizations

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What is deductive reasoning?

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Generates facts/ details from a major theory, generalization, or premise

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What is inference?

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Conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning

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14
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What are 6 topics that you can find in a critical thinking model for clinical decision making?

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Competence, Specific Knowledge Base, Experience, Nursing Process Competency, Attitudes for Critical Thinking, Standards for Critical Thinking

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15
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What are 3 things that you can use to develop your critical thinking skills?

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Reflective Journaling
Meeting with Colleagues
Concept Mapping

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