BSMCON NUR 2101 - STUDY GUIDE -Test 1 (Critical Thinking & Nursing Process) Questions And Actual Answers.
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What is the definition of Critical thinking? - Answer -A continuous process characterized by:
1) open-mindedness
2) continual inquiry,
3) perseverance combined with the willingness to look at each unique patient situation and determine which assumptions are true and relevant.
4) Recognizing ...
BSMCON NUR 2101 - STUDY GUIDE -
Test 1 (Critical Thinking & Nursing
Process) Questions And Actual
Answers.
What is the definition of Critical thinking? - Answer -A continuous process characterized by:
1) open-mindedness
2) continual inquiry,
3) perseverance combined with the willingness to look at each unique patient situation and determine
which assumptions are true and relevant.
4) Recognizing that an issue exists, analyzing information, evaluating information, and making
conclusions
What are the three levels of Critical Thinking in Nursing? - Answer 1. Basic Critical thinking
2. Complex Critical thinking
3. Commitment
Describe Basic Critical Thinking - Answer - A nurse trusts the experts and thinks concretely based
on the rules.
- Basic critical thinking results from limited nursing
knowledge and experience, as well as inadequate critical
thinking experience
Describe Complex Clinical Thinking - Answer -A Nurse begins to express autonomy by analyzing and
examining data to determine the best alternative.
- Complex critical thinking results from an increase in
nursing knowledge, experience, intuition, and more
flexible attitudes.
,Describe Commitment Critical Thinking - Answer -A Nurse expects to make choices without help
from others and fully assumes the responsibility for
those choices.
-Commitment results from an expert level of knowledge,
experience, developed intuition, and reflective,
flexible attitudes.
A nurse increases the rate of an IV fluid infusion when a client's blood pressure indicates hypovolemic
shock 24 hr after surgery.
This is an example of what level of critical thinking?
1. Basic Critical thinking
2. Complex Critical thinking
3. Commitment - Answer 3. Commitment
A nurse realizes that a client is not
ambulating as often as prescribed because of a
fear of missing her daughter's phone call. The
nurse assures the client that the staff will listen for and
answer her phone when she is out of her room.
This is an example of what level of critical thinking?
A nurse prepares a to insert a Foley catheter. The manual says the person must lie in a dorsal recumbent
position, but the patient complains of back pain when lying on her back. Despite this, the nurse positions
the patient supine with knees flexed to insert the catheter. This is an example of:
A nurse has been working on a medical unit for 3 weeks. A patient requires an intravenous catheter to be
inserted, so the nurse refers to the policy and procedure manual to review how to perform the insertion.
The level of critical thinking the nurse uses is:
A) commitment.
B) scientific method.
C) basic.
D) complex. - Answer C) basic critical thinking
Which of the following is unique to the commitment level of critical thinking?
A) Weighs benefits and risks of making a decision
B) Analyzes and examines choices more independently
C) Requires concrete thinking
D) Anticipates when to make choices without other's assistance - Answer D) Anticipates when to make
choices without other's assistance
A client reports pain 1 hr after receiving a
pain medication. Instead of reassessing the client's
pain, the nurse tells the client he must wait two
more hours before he can receive another dos
This is an example of what level of critical thinking?
1. Basic Critical thinking
2. Complex Critical thinking
3. Commitment - Answer 1. Basic Critical thinking
A nurse is caring for a client who is 24 hr postoperative following an inguinal hernia repair. The client is
tolerating clear liquids well, has active bowel sounds, and
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