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RNSG 1137 FINAL EXAM –| LATEST UPDATE
2026/2027 COMPLETE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
A care conference has been organized for a patient with complex
medical and psychosocial needs. When applying the principles of critical
thinking to this patient's care planning, the nurse should most exemplify
what characteristic?
A) Willingness to observe behaviors
B) A desire to utilize the nursing scope of practice fully
C) An ability to base decisions on what has happened in the past
D) Openness to various viewpoints ......ANSWER......D) openness to
various veiwpoints
Achieving adequate pain management for a postoperative patient will
require sophisticated critical thinking skills by the nurse. What are the
potential benefits of critical thinking in nursing? Select all that apply.
A) Enhancing the nurse's clinical decision making
B) Identifying the patient's individual preferences
C) Planning the best nursing actions to assist the patient
D) Increasing the accuracy of the nurse's judgments
E) Helping identify the patient's priority needs ......ANSWER......A)
Enhancing the nurse's clinical decision making
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C) Planning the best nursing actions to assist the patient
D) Increasing the accuracy of the nurse's judgments
E) Helping identify the patient's priority needs
The nursing instructor cites a list of skills that support critical thinking in
clinical situations. The nurse should describe skills in which of the
following domains? Select all that apply.
A) Self-esteem
B) Self-regulation
C) Inference
D) Autonomy
E) Interpretation ......ANSWER......B) Self-regulation
C) Inference
E) Interpretation
A nurse sees a patient with a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa and orders a
diet/nutrition consult. What clinical reasoning skill is used?
......ANSWER......CLINICAL JUDGEMENT
The nurse is providing care for a patient with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD). The nurse's most recent assessment reveals
an SaO2 of 89%. The nurse is aware that part of critical thinking is
determining the significance of data that have been gathered. What
characteristic of critical thinking is used in determining the best
response to this assessment finding?
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A) Extrapolation
B) Inference
C) Characterization
D) Interpretation ......ANSWER......D) Interpretation
A nurse uses critical thinking every day when going through the nursing
process. Which of the following is an outcome of critical thinking in
nursing practice?
A) A comprehensive plan of care with a high potential for success
B) Identification of the nurse's preferred goals for the patient
C) A collaborative basis for assigning care
D) Increased cost efficiency in health care ......ANSWER......A) A
comprehensive plan of care with a high potential for success
Nurses apply critical thinking to clinical reasoning and judgment in their
nursing practice every day. Which of the following are characteristics of
this practice? Select all that apply.
A) It is guided by standards, policies and procedures, ethics codes, and
laws.
B) It is based on principles of nursing process, problem solving, and
the scientific method.
C) It carefully identifies the key problems, issues, and risks involved.
D) It is driven by the nurse's need to document competent, efficient
care.
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E) It calls for strategies that make the most of human potential.
......ANSWER......A) It is guided by standards, policies and procedures,
ethics codes, and laws.
B) It is based on principles of nursing process, problem solving, and the
scientific method.
C) It carefully identifies the key problems, issues, and risks involved.
E) It calls for strategies that make the most of human potential.
Critical thinking in nursing practice results in_______________.
......ANSWER......-a comprehensive plan of care with maximized
potential for success
A nurse is collecting data from a home care client. In addition to
information about the client's health status, what is another
observation the nurse should make?
A) Number of rooms in the house
B) Safety of the immediate environment
C) Frequency of home visits to be made
D) Friendliness of the client and family ......ANSWER......B) Safety of the
immediate environment
A nurse is caring for a client with quadriplegia who is fully conscious and
able to communicate. What skills of the nurse would be the most
important for this client?
A) Comforting
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RNSG 1137 FINAL EXAM –| LATEST UPDATE
2026/2027 COMPLETE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
A care conference has been organized for a patient with complex
medical and psychosocial needs. When applying the principles of critical
thinking to this patient's care planning, the nurse should most exemplify
what characteristic?
A) Willingness to observe behaviors
B) A desire to utilize the nursing scope of practice fully
C) An ability to base decisions on what has happened in the past
D) Openness to various viewpoints ......ANSWER......D) openness to
various veiwpoints
Achieving adequate pain management for a postoperative patient will
require sophisticated critical thinking skills by the nurse. What are the
potential benefits of critical thinking in nursing? Select all that apply.
A) Enhancing the nurse's clinical decision making
B) Identifying the patient's individual preferences
C) Planning the best nursing actions to assist the patient
D) Increasing the accuracy of the nurse's judgments
E) Helping identify the patient's priority needs ......ANSWER......A)
Enhancing the nurse's clinical decision making
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C) Planning the best nursing actions to assist the patient
D) Increasing the accuracy of the nurse's judgments
E) Helping identify the patient's priority needs
The nursing instructor cites a list of skills that support critical thinking in
clinical situations. The nurse should describe skills in which of the
following domains? Select all that apply.
A) Self-esteem
B) Self-regulation
C) Inference
D) Autonomy
E) Interpretation ......ANSWER......B) Self-regulation
C) Inference
E) Interpretation
A nurse sees a patient with a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa and orders a
diet/nutrition consult. What clinical reasoning skill is used?
......ANSWER......CLINICAL JUDGEMENT
The nurse is providing care for a patient with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD). The nurse's most recent assessment reveals
an SaO2 of 89%. The nurse is aware that part of critical thinking is
determining the significance of data that have been gathered. What
characteristic of critical thinking is used in determining the best
response to this assessment finding?
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A) Extrapolation
B) Inference
C) Characterization
D) Interpretation ......ANSWER......D) Interpretation
A nurse uses critical thinking every day when going through the nursing
process. Which of the following is an outcome of critical thinking in
nursing practice?
A) A comprehensive plan of care with a high potential for success
B) Identification of the nurse's preferred goals for the patient
C) A collaborative basis for assigning care
D) Increased cost efficiency in health care ......ANSWER......A) A
comprehensive plan of care with a high potential for success
Nurses apply critical thinking to clinical reasoning and judgment in their
nursing practice every day. Which of the following are characteristics of
this practice? Select all that apply.
A) It is guided by standards, policies and procedures, ethics codes, and
laws.
B) It is based on principles of nursing process, problem solving, and
the scientific method.
C) It carefully identifies the key problems, issues, and risks involved.
D) It is driven by the nurse's need to document competent, efficient
care.
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E) It calls for strategies that make the most of human potential.
......ANSWER......A) It is guided by standards, policies and procedures,
ethics codes, and laws.
B) It is based on principles of nursing process, problem solving, and the
scientific method.
C) It carefully identifies the key problems, issues, and risks involved.
E) It calls for strategies that make the most of human potential.
Critical thinking in nursing practice results in_______________.
......ANSWER......-a comprehensive plan of care with maximized
potential for success
A nurse is collecting data from a home care client. In addition to
information about the client's health status, what is another
observation the nurse should make?
A) Number of rooms in the house
B) Safety of the immediate environment
C) Frequency of home visits to be made
D) Friendliness of the client and family ......ANSWER......B) Safety of the
immediate environment
A nurse is caring for a client with quadriplegia who is fully conscious and
able to communicate. What skills of the nurse would be the most
important for this client?
A) Comforting
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