Week 2 Chapter 15 Flashcards
The ability to think in a systematic and logical manner with openness to questions and reflect on the reasoning process
critical thinking
Levels of critical thinking
1-basic critical thinking
2-Complex critical thinking
3-Commitment
Thinkers beging to rely less on experts and trust their own decisions more.
What critical thinking level is this???
complex
You can anticipate when to make choices without assistance from others and accept accountability for decisions made.
commitment
What are some critical thinking and clinical judgment skills???
interpretation Analysis Inference Evaluation Explanation Self-regulation
Nursing process competency
assessment Diagnosis Planning Implementation Evaluation
Nurse who observes a patient who has weakness of lower extremities an unsteady gait and a previous history of fall concludes this specific patient is at risk for fall.
Inductive reasoning or deductive reasoning
inductive reasoning
A nurse is preparing medication for a patient. The nurse checks the name of the medication on the label with the name of the medication on the doctors order with the patient’s name against the medication order. Which critical thinking attitude?????
Responsibility
A nurse is assigned to care for a woman who is expecting her first child. The nurse organizes herself and plans to gather data about the patient by applying Penders health promotion model,including the patient characteristics and experience and situational influence….
deductive reasoning
Assessment
Admit any limitations in your knowledge and skills.
humility
Is a product of critical thinking that focuses on resolving a patient problem such as a nursing diagnosis.
decision making
Scientific method 5 steps
identify the problem Collect data Formulate question or hypothesis Test the question or hypothesis Evaluate results
A visual representation of patients problem and intervention that shows their relationship to one another
concept map
Is a conclusion about a patient’s needs or health problems or to avoid actions create new approaches
clinical judgment
Knowledge based on research or clinical expertise makes nurses better informed critical thinker
evidence based knowledge
A part of critical thinking that involves purposefully reviewing a situation to discover its purpose or meaning
reflection
Level of critical thinking
basic level 1
Complex level 2
Commitment level 3
While teaching a patient how use an inhaler you recognize that your patients cannot deliver a dose correctly.
This is an example of what level of critical thinking.
complex
What level of critical thinking is when
A nurse can anticipate when to make choices without assistance from other and accept accountability for decision made
commitment
5 components of critical thinking
Knowledge base Experience Nursing process competencies Attitude Standard
A nurse has seen many cancer patients struggle with pain man-
agement because they are afraid of becoming addicted to the
medicine. Pain control is a priority for cancer care. By helping
patients focus on their values and beliefs about pain control, a
nurse can best make clinical decisions. This is an example of:
1. Creativity.
2. Fairness.
3. Clinical reasoning.
4. Applying ethical criteria.
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A nurse has been caring for a patient with a chronic wound that has
not been healing. The nurse talks with a nurse specialist in wound
care to find alternative approaches from what the health care pro-
vider ordered for dressing the wound. The two decide that because
of the patient’s allergy to tape a nonallergenic dressing will be used.
The nurse obtains an order from the health care provider for the new
dressing. After two days there is improvement in the wound. This is an
example of which critical thinking standards? (Select all that apply.)
1. Clear
2. Broad
3. Relevant
4. Risk taking
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A nurse is assigned to care for a woman who is expecting her first
child. The nurse organizes herself and plans to gather data about
the patient by applying Pender’s health promotion model, includ-
ing the patient’s characteristics and experiences and situational
influences. She plans to observe patient behavior and consider the
patient’s psychosocial issues. Such data will offer a clear under-
standing to help the nurse identify the patient’s needs. This is an
example of which of the following concepts? (Select all that apply.)
1. Diagnostic reasoning
2. Deductive reasoning
3. Inductive reasoning
4. Assessment
5. Problem solving
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Which of the following describes a nurse’s application of a specific
knowledge base during critical thinking? (Select all that apply.)
1. Initiative in reading current evidence from the literature
2. Application of nursing theory
3. Reviewing a policy and procedure manual
4. Considering a colleague’s view of a patient’s needs
5. Previous time caring for a specific group of patients
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