NMNC 3110 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
A new graduate nurse is working with a nurse who has been out of school for ten years.
The experienced nurse states, "I don't see the difference between this clinical reasoning
and the nursing process." Which statements by the graduate nurse are appropriate?
(Select all that apply.)
a. Clinical reasoning is limited to assessing, evaluating, and treating the nursing
diagnosis.
b. Clinical reasoning involves assessing, diagnosing, and planning and using
interventions based on assessments.
c. Clinical reasoning is an iterative process of noticing, interpreting, and responding—
reasoning in transition with a fine attunement to the patient and how the patient
responds to the nurse's actions.
d. Clinical reasoning is the thinking process by which a nurse reaches a clinical
judgment.
e. Clinical reasoning involves reflecting on interventions and reevaluating the plan of
care based on the results of reflection. - Answer- c. Clinical reasoning is an iterative
process of noticing, interpreting, and responding—reasoning in transition with a fine
attunement to the patient and how the patient responds to the nurse's actions.
d. Clinical reasoning is the thinking process by which a nurse reaches a clinical
judgment.
e. Clinical reasoning involves reflecting on interventions and reevaluating the plan of
care based on the results of reflection.
A nursing instructor explains how clinical judgment differs from clinical reasoning and
critical thinking. Which statements should the instructor include in the explanation?
(Select all that apply.)
a. Clinical judgment is the interpretation or conclusion about a patient's needs,
concerns, or health problems, and/or the decision whether or not to take action.
b. Critical thinking is a cognitive process that is knowledge based and used for analysis
of an issue or problem but is not situated or specific to a given patient
c. Clinical judgment is an iterative process of noticing, interpreting, and responding.
d. Clinical judgment requires the nurse to apply knowledge to the unique patient
situation to make sense of it and respond appropriately in the specific context.
e. Clinical reasoning is the thinking process by which a nurse reaches a clinical
judgment. - Answer- a. Clinical judgment is the interpretation or conclusion about a
, patient's needs, concerns, or health problems, and/or the decision whether or not to
take action.
b. Critical thinking is a cognitive process that is knowledge based and used for analysis
of an issue or problem but is not situated or specific to a given patient
d. Clinical judgment requires the nurse to apply knowledge to the unique patient
situation to make sense of it and respond appropriately in the specific context.
e. Clinical reasoning is the thinking process by which a nurse reaches a clinical
judgment.
The nursing process organizes the nurses' approach to delivering nursing care. To
provide care to patients, the nurse will need to incorporate the nursing process and:
a. problem solving.
b. decision making.
c. interview process.
d. intellectual standards. - Answer- c. interview process.
Consultation occurs most often during which phase of the nursing process?
a. Assessment
b. Evaluation
c. Diagnosis
d. Planning - Answer- d. Planning
Concept mapping is one way to (Select all that apply):
a. Improve self-reflection and critical thinking
b. connect concepts to a central subject.
c. relate ideas to patient health problems.
d. graphically display ideas by organizing data. - Answer- a. Improve self-reflection and
critical thinking
b. connect concepts to a central subject.
c. relate ideas to patient health problems.
d. graphically display ideas by organizing data.
Nurse-initiated interventions are:
a. supervised by the entire health care team.
b. developed after interventions for the recent medical diagnoses are evaluated.
c. determined by state Nurse Practice Acts.
d. initiated by the physician. - Answer- c. determined by state Nurse Practice Acts.
The nurse is writing a care plan for a newly admitted patient. Which one of these
outcome statements are written correctly?
a. The nursing assistant will set the patient up for a bath every day.
b. The patient will eat 80% of all meals.
c. The patient will identify three ways to increase dietary intake of fiber by June 5 at
1800.
d. The patient will have improved airway clearance by June 5. - Answer- c. The patient
will identify three ways to increase dietary intake of fiber by June 5 at 1800.
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
A new graduate nurse is working with a nurse who has been out of school for ten years.
The experienced nurse states, "I don't see the difference between this clinical reasoning
and the nursing process." Which statements by the graduate nurse are appropriate?
(Select all that apply.)
a. Clinical reasoning is limited to assessing, evaluating, and treating the nursing
diagnosis.
b. Clinical reasoning involves assessing, diagnosing, and planning and using
interventions based on assessments.
c. Clinical reasoning is an iterative process of noticing, interpreting, and responding—
reasoning in transition with a fine attunement to the patient and how the patient
responds to the nurse's actions.
d. Clinical reasoning is the thinking process by which a nurse reaches a clinical
judgment.
e. Clinical reasoning involves reflecting on interventions and reevaluating the plan of
care based on the results of reflection. - Answer- c. Clinical reasoning is an iterative
process of noticing, interpreting, and responding—reasoning in transition with a fine
attunement to the patient and how the patient responds to the nurse's actions.
d. Clinical reasoning is the thinking process by which a nurse reaches a clinical
judgment.
e. Clinical reasoning involves reflecting on interventions and reevaluating the plan of
care based on the results of reflection.
A nursing instructor explains how clinical judgment differs from clinical reasoning and
critical thinking. Which statements should the instructor include in the explanation?
(Select all that apply.)
a. Clinical judgment is the interpretation or conclusion about a patient's needs,
concerns, or health problems, and/or the decision whether or not to take action.
b. Critical thinking is a cognitive process that is knowledge based and used for analysis
of an issue or problem but is not situated or specific to a given patient
c. Clinical judgment is an iterative process of noticing, interpreting, and responding.
d. Clinical judgment requires the nurse to apply knowledge to the unique patient
situation to make sense of it and respond appropriately in the specific context.
e. Clinical reasoning is the thinking process by which a nurse reaches a clinical
judgment. - Answer- a. Clinical judgment is the interpretation or conclusion about a
, patient's needs, concerns, or health problems, and/or the decision whether or not to
take action.
b. Critical thinking is a cognitive process that is knowledge based and used for analysis
of an issue or problem but is not situated or specific to a given patient
d. Clinical judgment requires the nurse to apply knowledge to the unique patient
situation to make sense of it and respond appropriately in the specific context.
e. Clinical reasoning is the thinking process by which a nurse reaches a clinical
judgment.
The nursing process organizes the nurses' approach to delivering nursing care. To
provide care to patients, the nurse will need to incorporate the nursing process and:
a. problem solving.
b. decision making.
c. interview process.
d. intellectual standards. - Answer- c. interview process.
Consultation occurs most often during which phase of the nursing process?
a. Assessment
b. Evaluation
c. Diagnosis
d. Planning - Answer- d. Planning
Concept mapping is one way to (Select all that apply):
a. Improve self-reflection and critical thinking
b. connect concepts to a central subject.
c. relate ideas to patient health problems.
d. graphically display ideas by organizing data. - Answer- a. Improve self-reflection and
critical thinking
b. connect concepts to a central subject.
c. relate ideas to patient health problems.
d. graphically display ideas by organizing data.
Nurse-initiated interventions are:
a. supervised by the entire health care team.
b. developed after interventions for the recent medical diagnoses are evaluated.
c. determined by state Nurse Practice Acts.
d. initiated by the physician. - Answer- c. determined by state Nurse Practice Acts.
The nurse is writing a care plan for a newly admitted patient. Which one of these
outcome statements are written correctly?
a. The nursing assistant will set the patient up for a bath every day.
b. The patient will eat 80% of all meals.
c. The patient will identify three ways to increase dietary intake of fiber by June 5 at
1800.
d. The patient will have improved airway clearance by June 5. - Answer- c. The patient
will identify three ways to increase dietary intake of fiber by June 5 at 1800.
