NURS 202: Exam 1
American Nurses Association (ANA) - CORRECT ANSWER-illustrates the consistent
commitment of nurses to provide care that promotes the well-being of their patients and
communities
"Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities; prevention
of illness and injury; alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of
human response; and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and
populations
Florence Nightingale - CORRECT ANSWER-First practicing epidemiologist&
Organized first school of nursing
Clara Barton - CORRECT ANSWER-Founded the American Red Cross
Mary Mahoney - CORRECT ANSWER-First African American nurse
Isabel Hampton Robb - CORRECT ANSWER-founded American Nurses Association
critical thinking - CORRECT ANSWER-Recognizing that an issue exists, analyzing
information, evaluating information, and drawing conclusions
evidence-based practice - CORRECT ANSWER-clinical decision making that integrates
the best available research with clinical expertise and patient characteristics and
preferences
Reflection - CORRECT ANSWER-Purposefully reviewing a situation to discover its
purpose or meaning.
Levels of critical thinking in nursing - CORRECT ANSWER-Level 1: Basic
Level 2: Complex
Level 3: Commitment
Emotional Intelligence - CORRECT ANSWER-The capacity to be aware of, control, and
express one's emotions, and to handle interpersonal relationships judiciously and
empathetically.
Complex Level of Critical Thinking - CORRECT ANSWER-Complex critical thinkers
begin to separate themselves from experts. They analyze and examine choices more
independently.
, Clinical judgment positive consequences - CORRECT ANSWER-effective patient
education, positive patient outcomes, evidence-based nursing care, and effective nurse-
patient relationships.
Components of clinical judgment - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Noticing
2. Interpreting
3. Responding
4. Reflecting
Noticing (clinical judgment model) - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Context - knowledge of the
particular patient and his or her patterns of responsesBackground
2. Experience with other similar patient situations
3. Relationship
4. Expectations - vision of excellent practice and values r/t the situation
5. Initial grasp
Factors affecting clinical judgment - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Context of the situation
2. Culture of the nursing unit
3. Experience
4. Intuition and perception
Clinical grasp - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Making qualitative distinctions
2. Engaging in detective work and clinical problem solving
3. Recognizing changing clinical relevance
4. Developing clinical knowledge in specific patient populations
Clinical forethought - CORRECT ANSWER-Intertwined with clinical grasp, but it is much
more deliberate and even routinized than clinical grasp. It is a pervasive habit of thought
and action in nursing practice, and also in medicine, as clinicians think about disease
and recovery trajectories and the implications of these changes for treatment.
Four habits of thought and action (clinical forethought) - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Future
think
2. clinical forethought about specific patient populations
3. anticipation of risks for particular patients
4. seeing the unexpected
Future think - CORRECT ANSWER-The broadest category of this logic of practice.
Anticipating likely immediate futures helps the clinician make good plans and decisions
about preparing the environment so that responding rapidly to changes in the patient is
possible.
Interpreting (clinical judgment model) - CORRECT ANSWER-Reasoning patterns
1. Analytic - hypothetico-deductive reasoning pattern
2. Intuitive - immediate recognition of a pattern and responding intuitively and tacitly
3. Narrative - the meaning people attribute to their illness and their ways of coping
American Nurses Association (ANA) - CORRECT ANSWER-illustrates the consistent
commitment of nurses to provide care that promotes the well-being of their patients and
communities
"Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities; prevention
of illness and injury; alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of
human response; and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and
populations
Florence Nightingale - CORRECT ANSWER-First practicing epidemiologist&
Organized first school of nursing
Clara Barton - CORRECT ANSWER-Founded the American Red Cross
Mary Mahoney - CORRECT ANSWER-First African American nurse
Isabel Hampton Robb - CORRECT ANSWER-founded American Nurses Association
critical thinking - CORRECT ANSWER-Recognizing that an issue exists, analyzing
information, evaluating information, and drawing conclusions
evidence-based practice - CORRECT ANSWER-clinical decision making that integrates
the best available research with clinical expertise and patient characteristics and
preferences
Reflection - CORRECT ANSWER-Purposefully reviewing a situation to discover its
purpose or meaning.
Levels of critical thinking in nursing - CORRECT ANSWER-Level 1: Basic
Level 2: Complex
Level 3: Commitment
Emotional Intelligence - CORRECT ANSWER-The capacity to be aware of, control, and
express one's emotions, and to handle interpersonal relationships judiciously and
empathetically.
Complex Level of Critical Thinking - CORRECT ANSWER-Complex critical thinkers
begin to separate themselves from experts. They analyze and examine choices more
independently.
, Clinical judgment positive consequences - CORRECT ANSWER-effective patient
education, positive patient outcomes, evidence-based nursing care, and effective nurse-
patient relationships.
Components of clinical judgment - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Noticing
2. Interpreting
3. Responding
4. Reflecting
Noticing (clinical judgment model) - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Context - knowledge of the
particular patient and his or her patterns of responsesBackground
2. Experience with other similar patient situations
3. Relationship
4. Expectations - vision of excellent practice and values r/t the situation
5. Initial grasp
Factors affecting clinical judgment - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Context of the situation
2. Culture of the nursing unit
3. Experience
4. Intuition and perception
Clinical grasp - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Making qualitative distinctions
2. Engaging in detective work and clinical problem solving
3. Recognizing changing clinical relevance
4. Developing clinical knowledge in specific patient populations
Clinical forethought - CORRECT ANSWER-Intertwined with clinical grasp, but it is much
more deliberate and even routinized than clinical grasp. It is a pervasive habit of thought
and action in nursing practice, and also in medicine, as clinicians think about disease
and recovery trajectories and the implications of these changes for treatment.
Four habits of thought and action (clinical forethought) - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Future
think
2. clinical forethought about specific patient populations
3. anticipation of risks for particular patients
4. seeing the unexpected
Future think - CORRECT ANSWER-The broadest category of this logic of practice.
Anticipating likely immediate futures helps the clinician make good plans and decisions
about preparing the environment so that responding rapidly to changes in the patient is
possible.
Interpreting (clinical judgment model) - CORRECT ANSWER-Reasoning patterns
1. Analytic - hypothetico-deductive reasoning pattern
2. Intuitive - immediate recognition of a pattern and responding intuitively and tacitly
3. Narrative - the meaning people attribute to their illness and their ways of coping
