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NR222 Chp 15 Questions and Answers
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NR222 Chp 15Critical thinking involves: - answer Involves open-mindedness, continual inquiry, and
perseverance, combined with a willingness to look at each unique patient situation and
determine which identified assumptions are true and relevant
Define evidence-based knowledge: - answer knowledge based on research or clinical
expertise
As you care for a patient, you need to reflect after the caring by asking what specific
questions? - answer a. How did I act?
b. Why did I choose such an action?
c. What could I have done differently?
d. Were the results what I expected?
e. What should I do in a similar situation in the future?
Three levels of critical thinking in nursing have been identified. Briefly describe each. -
answer Basic: In basic critical thinking, the learner trusts that experts have the right
answers for every problem; thinking is concrete and based on a set of rules or
principles.
Complex: In complex critical thinking, learners begin to separate themselves from
experts and analyze and examine choices more independently.
Commitment: In commitment, learners anticipate the need to make choices without
assistance from others and accept accountability.
Scientific Method - answerSystematic, ordered appraoch to gathering data and solving
problems
Problem solving - answerObtain information and then use the information plus what you
already know to find a solution
Decision making - answerFocuses on problem resolution
Diagnostic reasoning - answerDetermining a patient's health status after you have
assigned meaning to the behaviors and symptoms presented
Inference - answerProcess of drawing conclusions from related pieces of evidence
Clinical decision making - answerCareful reasoning so the best options are chosen for
the best outcomes
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