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Nurs 234 Critical Thinking, Clinical Reasoning, & Clinical Judgment
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Nurs 234 Critical Thinking, ClinicalReasoning, & Clinical Judgment
Critical thinking - thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and
conclusions. Rather, it examines assumptions, discerns hidden values, evaluates
evidence, and assesses conclusions.
all or part of the process of questioning, analysis, synthesis, interpretation,
inference, inductive and deductive reasoning, intuition, application, and
creativity. critical thinking underlies independent and interdependent decision
making.
clinical reasoning - The process used to assimilate information, analyze data, and
*make decisions* regarding patient care
clinical judgment - an interpretation or conclusion about a patient's needs,
concerns, or health problems, and the decision to take action (or not), use or
modify standard approaches, or improvise new ones as deemed appropriate by
the patient's response
the outcomes of critical thinking. clinical judgments begin with an end in mind.
Attributes of clinical judgment - Involves a holistic view of the patient situation.
, Is a process orientation (a circular process).
Requires reasoning and the interpretation of data. (recognize patterns, identify
problems, anticipate)
components of critical thinking - Interpretation, analysis, inference, evaluation,
explanation, self-regulation
interpretation - the action of explaining the meaning of something
analysis - The process or result of identifying the parts of a whole and their
relationships to one another.
an examination of something
inference - A conclusion one can draw from the presented details.
evaluation - making a judgment
assessment.
explanation - interpretation of observations
support your findings and conclusions
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