NURS 123 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
NCBSN definition of clinical judgement - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅clinical judgement is defined as the
observed outcome of critical thinking and decision making. it is an iterative process that uses nursing
knowledge to observe and assess presenting situations, identify a prioritized client concern and
generate the best possible evidence based solutions in order to deliver safe client care.
why is it important for nursing students to learn critical thinking? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. self
directed thinker
2.builds resiliency
3.transformation to clinical judgement
4. NCLEX preparation
5. situation based thinking
6. dealing with variances and reducing errors.
why is critical thinking important in nursing? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. allows us to provide safe,
quality, patient care
2. improves patients outcomes
3. helps us recognize warning signs of impending deterioration in patients.
4. improves our "failure to rescue" rate
what are some critical thinking models? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Tanners, Caputi's, Nursing process
(ADPIE), NGN clinical judgement frameworks model.
TANNERS - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Noticing, Interpreting, Responding, Reflecting
Caputi's clinical judgement Model - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Getting the information, Making Meaning of
the information, Determining actions to take, Taking Action, Evaluating Outcomes and Your thinking
NGN Clinical Judgement Measurement Model - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Recognize Cues,
2.Analyze Cues,
, 3. Prioritize Hypotheses,
4.Generate Solutions
5.Take Actions
6. Evaluate Outcomes
Nursing Process - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅ADPIE
Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
what is clinical judgement/reasoning? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the thinking nurses use to make
judgements about a patient's situation
what is a Nursing diagnosis? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- contains statement of nursing judgement.
- refers to conditions nurses are licenses to treat (think about independent nurse interventions)
- describes patient's physical, sociocultural, psychologic, and spiritual responses to illnesses or health
concerns.
what is a medical diagnosis? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- made by provider
- refers to disease processes. more diseases focused.
steps in caputi clinical judgement framework - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. getting information
2. making meaning of information
3. determining actions to take
4. taking action
5. evaluating outcomes and thinking
NCBSN definition of clinical judgement - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅clinical judgement is defined as the
observed outcome of critical thinking and decision making. it is an iterative process that uses nursing
knowledge to observe and assess presenting situations, identify a prioritized client concern and
generate the best possible evidence based solutions in order to deliver safe client care.
why is it important for nursing students to learn critical thinking? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. self
directed thinker
2.builds resiliency
3.transformation to clinical judgement
4. NCLEX preparation
5. situation based thinking
6. dealing with variances and reducing errors.
why is critical thinking important in nursing? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. allows us to provide safe,
quality, patient care
2. improves patients outcomes
3. helps us recognize warning signs of impending deterioration in patients.
4. improves our "failure to rescue" rate
what are some critical thinking models? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Tanners, Caputi's, Nursing process
(ADPIE), NGN clinical judgement frameworks model.
TANNERS - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Noticing, Interpreting, Responding, Reflecting
Caputi's clinical judgement Model - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Getting the information, Making Meaning of
the information, Determining actions to take, Taking Action, Evaluating Outcomes and Your thinking
NGN Clinical Judgement Measurement Model - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Recognize Cues,
2.Analyze Cues,
, 3. Prioritize Hypotheses,
4.Generate Solutions
5.Take Actions
6. Evaluate Outcomes
Nursing Process - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅ADPIE
Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
what is clinical judgement/reasoning? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the thinking nurses use to make
judgements about a patient's situation
what is a Nursing diagnosis? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- contains statement of nursing judgement.
- refers to conditions nurses are licenses to treat (think about independent nurse interventions)
- describes patient's physical, sociocultural, psychologic, and spiritual responses to illnesses or health
concerns.
what is a medical diagnosis? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- made by provider
- refers to disease processes. more diseases focused.
steps in caputi clinical judgement framework - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. getting information
2. making meaning of information
3. determining actions to take
4. taking action
5. evaluating outcomes and thinking
