NURS 2300 UTA Exam 2 Blueprint

Identify personal factors that affect focus and concentration - Awake and Alert (sleep, nutrition, and exercise) - Positive attitude - External distraction (type of music, study area setting) - Internal distraction (daydreaming, worrying) - Working at a fast pace (this helps you stay focused) - Ability to study for extended periods of time - Cues to start studying (setting up your workspace) Identify a working definition of critical thinking - Thinking outside of the box, thinking small details that nobody else would think of - Complex task that requires an understanding of how people think through problems - The thinker improves the quality of his or her thinking by skillfully taking charge of the structures inherent in thinking and imposing intellectual standards upon them Identify the characteristics of critical thinker - Raises questions, problems, and formulates them precisely and clearly - Gathers and assesses relevant information using abstract ideas for interpretation - Arrives at conclusions and solutions that are well reasoned and tests them against relevant standards - Is open-minded and recognizes alternate ways of seeing problems - communicates effectively with others when formulating soultions Discuss how nurses use critical thinking and clinical judgment in practice - When interacting with patients (asking themselves questions such as: what assumption have I made about the patient? How accurate are my assumptions? Do I need any more information? or How can I look at the situation differently?) - The nursing process is a method of critical thinking focused on solving problems in a professional setting Distinguish between novice thinking and expert thinking Novice - Rely heavily on sources - May undergo anxiety and lack self-confidence - Follow procedures exactly instead of adjusting the procedures to the patients needs - has limited knowledge of problems and how to solve them - Learns better with a mentor or supervisor Expert - Highly organized and structured knowledge - Knows the rules and when it's acceptable to bend them