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Critical Thinking Clinical b b
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Judgment: b
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A Practical Approach
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by V V b V V Rosalinda V V b V V Alfaro-LeFevre
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,Critical Thinking Clinical Reasoning and Clinical Judgment 7th Edition: A
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1. bWhat bare bCritical bThinking, bClinical bReasoning, band bClinical bJudgment?
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2. bBecoming ba bCritical bThinker
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3. bCritical bThinking band bLearning bCultures: bTeaching, bLearning, band bTaking bTests
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4. bInterprofessional bClinical bReasoning, bDecision bMaking, band bJudgment
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5. bEthical bReasoning, bProfessionalism, bEvidence-Based bPractice, band bQuality bImprovement
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6. bPracticing bClinical bReasoning, bClinical bJudgment, band bDecision-making bSkills
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7. bInterprofessional bPractice bSkills: bCommunication, bTeamwork, band bSelf-Management
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, Chapter 1. What are Critical Thinking, Clinical Reasoning, and Clinical
Judgment?
Alfaro-LeFevre: Critical Thinking Clinical Reasoning and Clinical Judgment
7th Edition A Practical Approach Test Bank
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Which of the following characteristics do the various definitions of
critical thinking havein common? Critical thinking
1) Requires reasoned thought
2) Asks the questions why? or how?
3) Is a hierarchical process
4) Demands specialized thinking skills
ANS: 1
The definitions listed in the text as well as definitions in Box 2-1 state
that critical thinking requires reasoning or reasoned thinking. Critical
thinking is neither linear nor hierarchical. That means that the steps
involved in critical thinking are not necessarily sequential, where mastery of
one step is necessary to proceed to the next. Critical thinking is a
purposeful, dynamic, analytic process that contributes to reasoned decisions
and sound contextual judgments.
PTS:1DIF:Moderate high-level question, answer not stated verbatim
KEY: Nursing process: N/A | Client need: SECE | Cognitive level: Analysis
2. A few nurses on a unit have proposed to the nurse manager that the process for
documenting care on the unit be changed. They have described a
completely new system. Why isit important for the nurse manager to
have a critical attitude? It will help the manager to
1) Consider all the possible advantages and disadvantages
2) Maintain an open mind about the proposed change
3) Apply the nursing process to the situation
4) Make a decision based on past
experience with documentation ANS: 2
A critical attitude enables the person to think fairly and keep an open mind.
PTS:1DIF:ModerateKEY: Nursing process: N/A | Client need: SECE | Cognitive
level: Comprehension
3. The nurse has just been assigned to the clinical care of a
newly admitted patient. To know how to best care for the patient, the
nurse uses the nursing process. Which step would thenurse probably do
first?
