Week 2 Chapter 15

Question 1

The ability to think in a systematic and logical manner with openness to questions and reflect on the reasoning process

Answer 1

critical thinking

Question 2

Levels of critical thinking

Answer 2

1-basic critical thinking
2-Complex critical thinking
3-Commitment

Question 3

Thinkers beging to rely less on experts and trust their own decisions more.
What critical thinking level is this???

Answer 3

complex

Question 4

You can anticipate when to make choices without assistance from others and accept accountability for decisions made.

Answer 4

commitment

Question 5

What are some critical thinking and clinical judgment skills???

Answer 5

interpretation 
Analysis 
Inference 
Evaluation 
Explanation 
Self-regulation

Question 6

Nursing process competency

Answer 6

assessment 
Diagnosis
Planning 
Implementation 
Evaluation

Question 7

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

Answer 7

inductive reasoning

Question 8

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?????

Answer 8

Responsibility

Question 9

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….

Answer 9

deductive reasoning

Assessment

Question 10

Admit any limitations in your knowledge and skills.

Answer 10

humility

Question 11

Is a product of critical thinking that focuses on resolving a patient problem such as a nursing diagnosis.

Answer 11

decision making

Question 12

Scientific method 5 steps

Answer 12

identify the problem 
Collect data
Formulate question or hypothesis 
Test the question or hypothesis 
Evaluate results

Question 13

A visual representation of patients problem and intervention that shows their relationship to one another

Answer 13

concept map

Question 14

Is a conclusion about a patient’s needs or health problems or to avoid actions create new approaches

Answer 14

clinical judgment

Question 15

Knowledge based on research or clinical expertise makes nurses better informed critical thinker

Answer 15

evidence based knowledge

Question 16

A part of critical thinking that involves purposefully reviewing a situation to discover its purpose or meaning

Answer 16

reflection

Question 17

Level of critical thinking

Answer 17

basic level 1
Complex level 2
Commitment level 3

Question 18

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.

Answer 18

complex

Question 19

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

Answer 19

commitment

Question 20

5 components of critical thinking

Answer 20

Knowledge base 
Experience 
Nursing process competencies 
Attitude 
Standard

Question 21

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.

Answer 21

4

Question 22

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

Answer 22

3
4
5

Question 23

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

Answer 23

2

4

Question 24

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

Answer 24

1

2