Test #1 Lecture 3 Flashcards
How is critical thinking important in nursing practice?
need to sort info into patterns to clarify problems, recognize changes, and make appropriate care decisions under pressure
essential process for safe, efficient, and skillful nursing intervention
improves patients’ outcomes
What is critical thinking?
the ability to think in a systematic and logical manner with openness to question and reflect on the reasoning process.
What is reflection?
Purposefully reviewing a situation to discover its purpose or meaning
Not intuitive
It’s about thinking about previous situations and considering relevant info
What happens at the basic level of thinking?
a learner trusts that experts have the right answers for every problem.
learns to accept the diverse opinions and values of experts.
What happens at the complex critical thinkers level?
begin to separate themselves from experts and analyze the clinical situation and examine choices more independently.
Each solution has benefits and risks that you weigh before making a final decision
What happens at the commitment level?
nurses anticipate when to make choices without assistance from others and accept accountability for decisions made.
What is effective problem solving?
involves evaluating a situation over time, identifying possible solutions, and trying a solution over time to make sure that it is effective.
What is decision making?
a product of critical thinking that focuses on problem resolution.
What is diagnostic reasoning?
the analytical process for determining a patient’s health problems.
What is clinical inference?
process of drawing conclusions from related pieces of evidence and previous experience with the evidence.
What is clinical decision making?
makes a decision that identifies the problem, reducing the severity of the problem or resolving the problem completely.
What are the nursing process steps in the critical-thinking process?
Assessment diagnosis outcome identification and planning implementation evaluation
What is reflective journaling?
define and express clinical experiences in your own words
What is concept mapping?
visual representation of patient problems and intervention that shows their relationships to one another.
What is ethics?
The study of conduct and character.
Concerned with determining what is good or valuable for individuals, groups, and society at large.
What is Autonomy?
Commitment to include patients in decisions.
a way of acknowledging and protecting a patient’s independence.
What is Benefience?
taking positive actions to help others.
fundamental to the practice of nursing and medicine.
Best interests of the patient remain more important than self-intrest
What is nonmalelficence?
Avoidance of harm or hurt.
What is justice?
Being fair.
What is fidelity?
Agreement to keep promises.
unwillingness to abandon patients regardless of the circumstances, even when personal beliefs differ as the may when dealing with drug dealers, members of the gay community, women who received an abortion, or prisoners.
What are the code of nursing ethics?
a set of guiding principles that all members of a profession accept includes the following: advocacy responsibility accountability confidentiality
What is advocacy?
the support of a particular case.
As a nurse you advocate for the health, safety, and rights of patients, including their right to privacy and their right to refuse treatment.
What is responsibility?
refers to willingness to respect obligations and to follow through on promises.
What is accountability?
ability to answer for one’s own actions.
