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PNC II Exam 1 ReviewNursing is a profession in a rapidly changing healthcare environment. The most
important reason for the nurse to develop critical thinking and clinical reasoning is:
a. to be able to employ the nursing process in patient care.
b. that the licensing examination requires nurses to be adept at critical thinking.
c. because patients deserve experts who know how to care for them.
d. to provide quality care with nursing ability and knowledge. - ✅✅-d. to provide
quality care with nursing ability and knowledge.
A home health nurse reviews the nursing care with the patient and family and then
mutually discusses the expected outcomes of the nursing care to be provided. Which
step of the nursing process is the nurse illustrating?
a. Diagnosing
b. Planning
c. Implementing
d. Evaluating - ✅✅-b. Planning
The nurse maintains a journal in which to reflect on the nurse's clinical practice.
Which entry is an example of reflection for action?
a. "The client's son reported to me that the client needed medication for
postoperative pain."
b. "It has been over 4 hours since I have medicated the client for pain."
c. "I obtained the medication. When I got to the room, the client was sleeping. I
refused to give the medication."
d. "Next time I will assess the client before obtaining the medication." - ✅✅-d.
"Next time I will assess the client before obtaining the medication."
On walking into the room of a client, an experienced nurse has a strong sense that
something is going wrong with the client. Which type of clinical decision making is
the nurse demonstrating?
, a. Trial-and-error problem solving
b. Intuitive thinking
c. Scientific problem solving
d. Methodical reasoning - ✅✅-b. Intuitive thinking
What is the most important reason for the nurse to develop critical thinking and
clinical reasoning?
a. To be able to employ the nursing process in client care
b. To meet the requirements of the licensing examination
c. To become the experts in care whom clients deserve
d. To provide quality care with nursing ability and knowledge - ✅✅-d. To provide
quality care with nursing ability and knowledge
Which of the following group of terms best describes the nursing process?
a. nursing goals, medical terminology, linear
b. nurse-centered, single focus, blended skills
c. patient-centered, systematic, outcomes-oriented
d. family-centered, single point in time, intuitive - ✅✅-c. patient-centered,
systematic, outcomes-oriented
Members of the staff on a hospital unit are critical of a patient's family who has
different cultural beliefs about health and illness. A student assigned to the patient
does not agree, based on her care of the patient and family. What critical thinking
attitude is the student demonstrating?
a. being curious and persevering
b. being creative
c. demonstrating confidence
d. thinking independently - ✅✅-d. thinking independently
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