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NSG 121 Chapter 4, 5, & 6 Exam - 3 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
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NSG 121 Chapter 4, 5, & 6 Exam # 3QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
What is critical thinking? - ANSWER -The ability to focus your thinking to get the results
you need. & A way of thinking in order to solve our patient problems
Nursing Assessments - ANSWER -systematic and continuous collection and analysis of
information about the client
Skills for Critical Thinking - ANSWER -*Effective reading
*Effective writing
*Attentive listening *Effective communicating
Critical Thinking Involves - ANSWER -Taking your knowledge and assessments to
reach the best outcome for the patient. & Reaching the outcomes you need to hit
interventions to have great outcomes per situation.
Clinical reasoning - ANSWER -Inside clinical setting
Code of Ethics - ANSWER -Guide of principals of Code of conducts for nurses to use to
act with honesty and integrity
What are the FIVE SKILLS for CRITICAL THINKING IN NURSING - ANSWER -
*Knowledge
*Experience
*Attitude
*Competence
*Standards
Basic Critical Thinking - ANSWER -•Nurse expresses autonomy
•Analyzes and examines data
*Problem Solving
•Increase in nursing knowledge, experience, and intuition
•Makes decisions without help of others
Complex Critical Thinking - ANSWER -•Nurse expresses autonomy
•Analyzes and examines data
•Increase in nursing knowledge, experience, and intuition
•Makes decisions without help of others
A nurse is caring for a client who has a new prescription for antihypertensive
medication. Prior to administering the mediation, the nurse uses the electronic database
NSG 121 Chapter 4, 5, & 6 Exam # 3
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
, to gather information about the medication. Which component of critical thinking is the
nurse using when he review the medication information.? - ANSWER -Knowledge. The
nurse uses takes initiative to increase their knowledge base.
Basic Critical Thinking Example:
A client reports pain 1 hour 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 dose. - ANSWER -Basic Critical Thinking results from limited nursing
knowledge & experience, as well as inadequate critical thinking experience.
Complex Critical Thinking Example:
A nurse realizes that a client is not ambulating as often as prescribed because of a fear
of a missing daughter's phone call. The nurse assures the client that the staff will listen
for and answer her phone the she is out of her room. - ANSWER -The nurse begins to
express autonomy by analyzing & examine date to determine the best alternative (CCT)
results from an increase in nursing knowledge, EXPERIENCE, INTUITION, and more
flexible attitudes. ATTITUDES,
Persevarance - ANSWER -Continues to work at a problem until there is a resolution.
Integrity - ANSWER -Practices truthfully and ethically (Honesty)
Humility - ANSWER -Acknowledges weakness; humbleness.
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 is
expressing a desire for "real food." The nurse tells the client "I will call the surgeon and
ask for a change in diet." The surgeon hears the nurses report and prescribes a full
liquid diet. The nurse used which of the following levels of critical thinking? - ANSWER -
ANSWER: Basic
WHY: At the basic level, thinking is concrete and based on a set of rules (obtaining the
prescription for diet progression.)
A nurse receives a prescription for an antbioti for a client who has cellulitis. The nurse
checks the clients medical record, discovers, that they client is allergic to the antibiotic,
and calls the provider to request a prescription for a different antibiotic. Which of the
following critical thinking attitudes did the nurse demonstrate? - ANSWER -ANSWER:
Responsibility
WHY: The nurse is RESPONSIBLE for administering medications in a safe manner and
according to standards of practice. Checking the medical record for allergies helps
ensure safety.
NSG 121 Chapter 4, 5, & 6 Exam # 3
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
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