NMNC 3110 EXAM 2 Questions and
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Critical Thinking
Ans: the deliberate nonlinear process of collecting,
interpreting, analyzing, drawing conclusions about, presenting,
and evaluating information that is both factually and belief
based. This is demonstrated in nursing by clinical judgment,
which includes ethical, diagnostic, and therapeutic dimensions
and research
whats the order of thinking Skills
Ans: -critical thinking
-clinical reasoning
-clinical judgment
-clinical decision making
Critical Thinking
Ans: identifying, evaluating, and using evidence to guide
decision making by means of logic and reasoning
Clinical Reasoning
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Ans: the thinking process by which a nurse reaches a clinical
judgment
or
a process of observing, interpreting, responding, and reflecting
situated within and emerging from the nurse's knowledge and
perspective.
Clinical Decision-Making types
Ans: -Analytic - requires the decision-maker to combine
patient cues to form a logical determination of intervention t o
address patient need
-Intuitive - based on experience and includes recognition of
similarities between patient care situations, awareness
developed over time, and a process that may appear to be
without rationale
Clinical Judgment
Ans: the observed outcome of critical thinking and decision-
making (NCSBN, 2015);
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or
a conclusion nurses reach about a patient's needs or clinical
problem; result of the clinical reasoning process
Attributes of Clinical Judgment
Ans: -Involves a holistic view of the patient situation
-Has a process orientation (a circular process)
-Requires reasoning and the interpretation of data
what is Reflective Practice
Ans: -The ability to act on the basis of critical thinking comes
with experience.
-Turning over a subject in the mind and thinking about it
seriously is reflection.
Tanner's Model
Ans: -Noticing
-Interpreting
-Responding
-Reflecting
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