NURS 1160 MIDTERM #1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT.
What is critical thinking? Answer - The thinkings skills you use when analyzing
client issues and problems —> allows you to look at all options of a situation
and make a well reasoned solution rather than carelessley implementing a
solution
What are the critical thinking skills? Answer - Interpretation (recognize that an
issue exists)
Analysis (examine information about the issue)
Evaluation (assess what information is best for the situation)
Inference (draw conclusions from the information and decide how to proceed)
Explanation (clarify your assumptions and the reasoning processes you
followed)
What is evidence informed knowledge? Answer - Knowledge based on
research or clinical expertise
What are critical thinking competencies? Answer - Cognitive processes that
nurses use to make judgements about the clinical care of patients
What is diagnostic reasoning? Answer - Process of determining a patient's
health status after you make physical and behavioral observations and assign
meaning to the behaviors, physical signs and symptoms exhibited by the
patient
, What is clinical reasoning? Answer - Term used to describe the cognitive
processes of thinking about patient issues, making inferences, and deciding on
the actions to be implemented in a particular situation.
What is clinical decision making? Answer - Focuses on defining patient
problems and selecting appropriate interventions.
What is the scientific method and what is it's steps? Answer - A systematic,
ordered approach to gathering data and solving problems.
1. Identify problem
2. Collect data
3. Formulate research questions/hypothesis
4. Test questions/hypothesis
5. Evaluate results of test/study
What is the nursing process? Answer - A clinical decision making approach;
consists of 5 steps:
1. Assessment (collect data about patient)
2. Diagnosis (we don't do this in BC)
3. Planning (formal plan consisting of strategies and alternatives to attain the
expected outcomes)
4. Implementation (putting the plan into effect)
5. Evaluation (look at the client's response to the interventions and determine
whether the interventions were effective)
**nursing process is a model that lays out how nursing care unfolds**
CORRECT.
What is critical thinking? Answer - The thinkings skills you use when analyzing
client issues and problems —> allows you to look at all options of a situation
and make a well reasoned solution rather than carelessley implementing a
solution
What are the critical thinking skills? Answer - Interpretation (recognize that an
issue exists)
Analysis (examine information about the issue)
Evaluation (assess what information is best for the situation)
Inference (draw conclusions from the information and decide how to proceed)
Explanation (clarify your assumptions and the reasoning processes you
followed)
What is evidence informed knowledge? Answer - Knowledge based on
research or clinical expertise
What are critical thinking competencies? Answer - Cognitive processes that
nurses use to make judgements about the clinical care of patients
What is diagnostic reasoning? Answer - Process of determining a patient's
health status after you make physical and behavioral observations and assign
meaning to the behaviors, physical signs and symptoms exhibited by the
patient
, What is clinical reasoning? Answer - Term used to describe the cognitive
processes of thinking about patient issues, making inferences, and deciding on
the actions to be implemented in a particular situation.
What is clinical decision making? Answer - Focuses on defining patient
problems and selecting appropriate interventions.
What is the scientific method and what is it's steps? Answer - A systematic,
ordered approach to gathering data and solving problems.
1. Identify problem
2. Collect data
3. Formulate research questions/hypothesis
4. Test questions/hypothesis
5. Evaluate results of test/study
What is the nursing process? Answer - A clinical decision making approach;
consists of 5 steps:
1. Assessment (collect data about patient)
2. Diagnosis (we don't do this in BC)
3. Planning (formal plan consisting of strategies and alternatives to attain the
expected outcomes)
4. Implementation (putting the plan into effect)
5. Evaluation (look at the client's response to the interventions and determine
whether the interventions were effective)
**nursing process is a model that lays out how nursing care unfolds**
