CRITICAL THINKING CLINICAL
REASONING AND CLINICAL JUDGMENT
7TH EDITION COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
◉ List the components of critical thinking. Answer: Knowledge,
experience, competence, attitudes, intellectual and professional
standards, systemic process, reflection, language, and intuition.
◉ What are the levels of critical thinking? Answer: Basic and Complex.
◉ Describe Basic level critical thinking. Answer: Trusting experts and
thinking concretely, resulting from limited nursing knowledge and
experience.
◉ Describe Complex level critical thinking. Answer: Expressing
autonomy by analyzing data to determine the best alternative, resulting
from increased knowledge and experience.
◉ What is clinical reasoning? Answer: A complex cognitive process
using formal and informal strategies to gather and analyze patient
information.
REASONING AND CLINICAL JUDGMENT
7TH EDITION COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
◉ List the components of critical thinking. Answer: Knowledge,
experience, competence, attitudes, intellectual and professional
standards, systemic process, reflection, language, and intuition.
◉ What are the levels of critical thinking? Answer: Basic and Complex.
◉ Describe Basic level critical thinking. Answer: Trusting experts and
thinking concretely, resulting from limited nursing knowledge and
experience.
◉ Describe Complex level critical thinking. Answer: Expressing
autonomy by analyzing data to determine the best alternative, resulting
from increased knowledge and experience.
◉ What is clinical reasoning? Answer: A complex cognitive process
using formal and informal strategies to gather and analyze patient
information.
