NSG 100 Exam #1 Review Questions
With Correct Answers
Systematic decision-making method focusing on identifying and treating
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responses of individuals or groups to actual or potential alterations in health best
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describes:
A.Critical Thinking |
B.Clinical Reasoning |
C.Clinical Judgement |
D.Nursing Process - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-ANS: D
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According to NANDA, the nursing process is a five-part systematic decision-
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making method focusing on identifying and treating responses of individuals or
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groups to actual or potential alterations in health. ACEN defines critical thinking
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as, the deliberate nonlinear process of collecting, interpreting, analyzing, drawing
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conclusions about, presenting, and evaluating information that is both factual and
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belief-based. Clinical reasoning-thinking process by which a nurse reaches a
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clinical judgement. A clinical judgment is the nurse's determination and provision
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of appropriate care to the patient, refers to the result (outcome) of critical
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thinking or clinical reasoning-the conclusion, decision, or opinion made.
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A nurse is caring for a group of clients. Which of the following actions by the
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nurse demonstrates the use of critical thinking skills?
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A.Administer an influenza vaccine after asking a client about allergies.
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,B.Check a client's armband before dispensing daily thyroid medication to a client
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who has hypothyroidism.
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C.Give a client who has type 1 diabetes mellitus her morning dose of insulin after
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checking her blood glucose level.
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D.Intervene after reviewing arterial blood gas results for a client who is on
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mechanical ventilation. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-ANS: D
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The nurse is using critical thinking when analyzing a client's critical issues and
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then planning to intervene with an appropriate action.
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The registered nurse (RN) is explaining Tanner's clinical judgment model to a
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student nurse. Which element should the RN explain is needed first to make a
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clinical judgment? |
A.Intuition
B.Initiation of practice | |
C.Nursing school education | |
D.Multiple years of experience - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-ANS: C
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According to Tanner's clinical judgment model, thinking like a nurse begins with
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nursing education, which teaches fundamental nursing skills and knowledge.
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Intuition develops from experience and nursing knowledge over time. Initiation of
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|practice does improve critical thinking skills but is not the initiating factor.
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During the process of reflection, what is the most appropriate question for a
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nurse to ask himself or herself?
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A."What could I have done differently?"
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,B."What's going on right now?" | | | |
C."How can the patient's status change?"
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D."What should I do to communicate this information?" - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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ANS: A |
Reflection is the action of retrospectively making sense of occurrences,
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experiences, situations, or decisions and learning from them. What did or did not
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work? What could have been done differently to achieve better outcomes?
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Entering a room at 2:00 am, a nurse notes that the patient is not in bed; the
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patient is sitting in the chair and states that she is having difficulty sleeping.
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Employing critical thinking, the nurse responds by:
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A.Assisting the patient back into bed | | | | |
B.Asking more about the patient's sleep problem
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C.Positioning the patient and providing a warm blanket | | | | | | |
D.Obtaining an order for a hypnotic medication - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-ANS: B
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Critical thinking involves collecting, interpreting, analyzing, drawing conclusions
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first prior to acting. A, C and D are interventions.
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Which of the following definitions best describes Critical Thinking?
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A. The thinking process by which a nurse reaches a clinical judgement.
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B.The result (outcome) of critical thinking or clinical reasoning-the conclusion,
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decision, or opinion made | | |
C.Systematic decision-making method focusing on identifying and treating
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responses of individuals or groups to actual or potential alterations in health.
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, D.The deliberate nonlinear process of collecting, interpreting, analyzing, drawing
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conclusions about, presenting, and evaluating information. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-ANS: D |
Critical thinking is a broad/umbrella term that includes reasoning outside and
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inside of the clinical setting. Definition is from The Accreditation Commission for
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Education in Nursing (ACEN). Critical thinking skills are necessary for sound
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clinical decision making. Clinical Reasoning is the thinking process by which a
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nurse reaches a clinical judgement. Clinical Judgement refers to the result
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(outcome) of critical thinking or clinical reasoning-the conclusion, decision, or
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opinion made. Nursing Process: Five-part systematic decision-making method
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focusing on identifying and treating responses of individuals or groups to actual
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or potential alterations in health. (NANDA: North American Nursing Diagnosis
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Association)
A nurse completes an initial assessment of a client. The nurse clusters related
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data, recognizes a pattern, signs and symptoms and determines a diagnosis. The
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nurse is engaged in which step of Tanner's clinical judgment model?
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A.Noticing
B.Interpreting
C.Responding
D.Reflecting - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-ANS: B | | | |
The step of interpreting in Tanner's clinal judgment model includes: Comparing
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and contrasting data, clustering related information, recognizing inconsistencies,
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checking accuracy and reliability, distinguishing relevant from irrelevant
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information and determining the importance of information
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Which of the statements best describes the purpose of the nursing process?
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With Correct Answers
Systematic decision-making method focusing on identifying and treating
| | | | | | | |
responses of individuals or groups to actual or potential alterations in health best
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
describes:
A.Critical Thinking |
B.Clinical Reasoning |
C.Clinical Judgement |
D.Nursing Process - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-ANS: D
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According to NANDA, the nursing process is a five-part systematic decision-
| | | | | | | | | |
making method focusing on identifying and treating responses of individuals or
| | | | | | | | | | |
groups to actual or potential alterations in health. ACEN defines critical thinking
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as, the deliberate nonlinear process of collecting, interpreting, analyzing, drawing
| | | | | | | | | |
conclusions about, presenting, and evaluating information that is both factual and
| | | | | | | | | |
belief-based. Clinical reasoning-thinking process by which a nurse reaches a
| | | | | | | | | | |
clinical judgement. A clinical judgment is the nurse's determination and provision
| | | | | | | | | | |
of appropriate care to the patient, refers to the result (outcome) of critical
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
thinking or clinical reasoning-the conclusion, decision, or opinion made.
| | | | | | | |
A nurse is caring for a group of clients. Which of the following actions by the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
nurse demonstrates the use of critical thinking skills?
| | | | | | |
A.Administer an influenza vaccine after asking a client about allergies.
| | | | | | | | |
,B.Check a client's armband before dispensing daily thyroid medication to a client
| | | | | | | | | | | |
who has hypothyroidism.
| |
C.Give a client who has type 1 diabetes mellitus her morning dose of insulin after
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
checking her blood glucose level.
| | | |
D.Intervene after reviewing arterial blood gas results for a client who is on
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
mechanical ventilation. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-ANS: D
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The nurse is using critical thinking when analyzing a client's critical issues and
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
then planning to intervene with an appropriate action.
| | | | | | |
The registered nurse (RN) is explaining Tanner's clinical judgment model to a
| | | | | | | | | | | |
student nurse. Which element should the RN explain is needed first to make a
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
clinical judgment? |
A.Intuition
B.Initiation of practice | |
C.Nursing school education | |
D.Multiple years of experience - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-ANS: C
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According to Tanner's clinical judgment model, thinking like a nurse begins with
| | | | | | | | | | | |
nursing education, which teaches fundamental nursing skills and knowledge.
| | | | | | | | |
Intuition develops from experience and nursing knowledge over time. Initiation of
| | | | | | | | | |
|practice does improve critical thinking skills but is not the initiating factor.
| | | | | | | | | | |
During the process of reflection, what is the most appropriate question for a
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
nurse to ask himself or herself?
| | | | |
A."What could I have done differently?"
| | | | |
,B."What's going on right now?" | | | |
C."How can the patient's status change?"
| | | | |
D."What should I do to communicate this information?" - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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ANS: A |
Reflection is the action of retrospectively making sense of occurrences,
| | | | | | | | | |
experiences, situations, or decisions and learning from them. What did or did not
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
work? What could have been done differently to achieve better outcomes?
| | | | | | | | | |
Entering a room at 2:00 am, a nurse notes that the patient is not in bed; the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
patient is sitting in the chair and states that she is having difficulty sleeping.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Employing critical thinking, the nurse responds by:
| | | | | |
A.Assisting the patient back into bed | | | | |
B.Asking more about the patient's sleep problem
| | | | | |
C.Positioning the patient and providing a warm blanket | | | | | | |
D.Obtaining an order for a hypnotic medication - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-ANS: B
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Critical thinking involves collecting, interpreting, analyzing, drawing conclusions
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first prior to acting. A, C and D are interventions.
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Which of the following definitions best describes Critical Thinking?
| | | | | | | |
A. The thinking process by which a nurse reaches a clinical judgement.
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B.The result (outcome) of critical thinking or clinical reasoning-the conclusion,
| | | | | | | | | |
decision, or opinion made | | |
C.Systematic decision-making method focusing on identifying and treating
| | | | | | | |
responses of individuals or groups to actual or potential alterations in health.
| | | | | | | | | | |
, D.The deliberate nonlinear process of collecting, interpreting, analyzing, drawing
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conclusions about, presenting, and evaluating information. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-ANS: D |
Critical thinking is a broad/umbrella term that includes reasoning outside and
| | | | | | | | | | |
inside of the clinical setting. Definition is from The Accreditation Commission for
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Education in Nursing (ACEN). Critical thinking skills are necessary for sound
| | | | | | | | | | |
clinical decision making. Clinical Reasoning is the thinking process by which a
| | | | | | | | | | | |
nurse reaches a clinical judgement. Clinical Judgement refers to the result
| | | | | | | | | | |
(outcome) of critical thinking or clinical reasoning-the conclusion, decision, or
| | | | | | | | | |
opinion made. Nursing Process: Five-part systematic decision-making method
| | | | | | | |
focusing on identifying and treating responses of individuals or groups to actual
| | | | | | | | | | | |
or potential alterations in health. (NANDA: North American Nursing Diagnosis
| | | | | | | | | |
Association)
A nurse completes an initial assessment of a client. The nurse clusters related
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
data, recognizes a pattern, signs and symptoms and determines a diagnosis. The
| | | | | | | | | | | |
nurse is engaged in which step of Tanner's clinical judgment model?
| | | | | | | | | |
A.Noticing
B.Interpreting
C.Responding
D.Reflecting - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-ANS: B | | | |
The step of interpreting in Tanner's clinal judgment model includes: Comparing
| | | | | | | | | | |
and contrasting data, clustering related information, recognizing inconsistencies,
| | | | | | | |
checking accuracy and reliability, distinguishing relevant from irrelevant
| | | | | | | |
information and determining the importance of information
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Which of the statements best describes the purpose of the nursing process?
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