NUFT 202 EXAM 4 QUESRIONS WITH REVISED AND UPDATED ANSWERS
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NUFT 202 EXAM 4 QUESRIONS WITH REVISED AND UPDATED ANSWERS
Critical thinking improves patients' outcomes because - Answer-it helps nurses perform evidence-based practices rathe than guessing the facts
Clinical judgement - Answer-a conclusion about a patient's needs or health problems and/or th...
NUFT 202 EXAM 4 QUESRIONS WITH
REVISED AND UPDATED ANSWERS
Critical thinking improves patients' outcomes because - Answer-it helps nurses perform
evidence-based practices rathe than guessing the facts
Clinical judgement - Answer-a conclusion about a patient's needs or health problems
and/or the decisions to take or avoid action, use or modify standard approaches, or
create new approaches based on pts response. Uses a variety of reasoning approaches
in combination
Critical thinking is - Answer-the ability to think in a systematic and logical manner with
openness to question and reflect on the reasoning process
Reflection - Answer-Purposefully reviewing a situation to discover its purpose or
meaning, it is not intuitive, allows you to gain new knowledge and raise questions about
your practice, and improves ability to problem solve
This separates professional nurses from assistive personnel - Answer-Clinical decision
making
Evidence-based knowledge - Answer-based on research or clinical expertise, makes
nurses better informed critical thinkers
Levels of critical thinking - Answer-Level 1 Basic: Learner trusts experts have the right
answers for every problem. Thinking is concrete and based on a set of rules or
principles.
Level 2 Complex: Rely less on experts and trust their own decisions more.
Level 3 Commitment: Anticipate when to make choices without assistance from others
and accept accountability for decisions made
Model for reflection: - Answer-R - Recall Events
E - Examine Response
F - Acknowledge Feelings
L - Learn
E - Explore Options
C - Create a Plan
T - Set a Time for plan to be completed
Critical thinking competencies are - Answer-the cognitive processes a nurse uses to
make judgments about the clinical care of patients
, Inductive reasoning - Answer-A type of logic in which generalizations are based on a
large number of specific observations.
Deductive reasoning - Answer-reasoning in which a conclusion is reached by stating a
general principle and then applying that principle to a specific case (The sun rises every
morning; therefore, the sun will rise on Tuesday morning.)
What are the two components of knowing your pt - Answer-Your understanding of a
specific patient and your subsequent selection of interventions
Purpose of the nursing process - Answer-To diagnose and treat human responses to
actual or potential health problems
Components of a critical thinking nurse - Answer-Competence: the ability to perform
skill proficiently
Specific Knowledge Base: information from basic sciences, humanities, behavioral
sciences, and nursing science to tx pts holistically
Experience: knowledge combined with clinical expertise from experience defines critical
thinking
Attitudes for critical thinking: confidence, independence, fairness,
responsibility/authority, risk taking, discipline, perseverance, creativity, curiosity,
integrity, humility
The nursing process and __________ go hand in hand - Answer-critical thinking
Clinical Judgement - Answer-An interpretation or conclusion about a patient's needs,
concerns or health problems, and/or the decision to take action (or not), use or modify
standard approaches, or improvise new ones as deemed appropriate by the patient's
response
What are the four components of clinical judgment? - Answer-Noticing: (Initial Grasp)
Perceptual grasp of the situation at hand
Interpreting: Developing a sufficient understanding of the situation to be able to respond
Responding: Deciding on a course of action appropriate for the situation; may be no
action
Reflecting: Attending to pts responses to nurses actions while in process of acting
What are the three reasoning patters used during the interpretation phase of the clinical
judgment model? - Answer-Analytic: example is hypothetico-deductive reasoning
Intuitive: Immediate recognition and responding tacitly
Narrative: the meaning people attribute to their illness and their ways of coping
Reflection in action - Answer-the nurse's ability to judge how the patient is responding to
the nursing intervention, and to adjust the intervention based on that assessment
ANA Standards of Nursing Practice - Answer-Assessment
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