HESI A2 CRITICAL THINKING (NURSING)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | GRADED A
What are the 5 steps of the Nursing Process? Correct Answer: Assessment,
Diagnosing/Analyzing data gained from assessing/Planning (including outcome
identification), Implementing (according to priority), evaluating...did it work?
The nursing process is... Correct Answer: overlapping and dynamic
What does P-I-E stand for? Correct Answer: Problem, Implement, Evaluate
What is the acronym COVD used for? Correct Answer: Used during assessing?
Collecting Data
Organizing Data
Validating
Documenting Data
What are the sources of data that you retrieve during assessment? Correct Answer:
patient, support peoples, client records
What type of client records could you get data from? Correct Answer: Other
healthcare professionals, nursing and scientific literature
What are the two types of data you will take from the patient? Correct Answer:
Subjective and Objective data
What is subjective data? Correct Answer: Data that only the subject or "patient"
can feel and will tell you. Usually in a statement.
What is objective data? Correct Answer: What you observe and can measure
Besides measurable data for your objective data, what other objective data should
you collect? Correct Answer: What you see, hear, and smell.
What do you do with your data sometimes if it is off or you are to sure of it?
Correct Answer: VALIDATE
,How do you record subjective data? Correct Answer: In clients, "own words."
What does the diagnoses do? Correct Answer: Describes the patients health
problem in nursing terminology - NOT medical.
What are some qualifiers for diagnoses? Correct Answer: deficient, impaired,
decreased, ineffective or compromised
What is etiology? Correct Answer: The "related to" part....it is NURSE
FIXABLE?
What does the etiology or "related to" part do? Correct Answer: Directs the
nursing intervention
What does the correctly stated nursing problem have....PES....? Correct Answer:
Problem Statement (NANDA) only, Etiology "related to", and the supporting data
(subj. obj assessment findings)
What is planning? Correct Answer: involved determining pt goals/outcomes
You cannot have an intervention.... Correct Answer: without a goal.
You cannot have a goal... Correct Answer: without an intervention
A goal is a direct result of an... Correct Answer: intervention
When planning what do you always want to do? Correct Answer: BE
SPECIFIC...WHO, WHAT, WHEN, HOW OFTEN, HOW MUCH
For every nursing diagnoses....the nurse... Correct Answer: must write atleast one
desired outcome
The purpose of an intervention... Correct Answer: is a goal!
What is an evaluation mean? Correct Answer: A patient response to an
intervention
Risk Factors Correct Answer: do not have defining characteristics....they are not
specific
,Between an intervention and a goal...there is... Correct Answer: TEACHING
In a care plan... Correct Answer: there is always a reference in APA format
Actual nursing diagnoses Correct Answer: a client problem present at time of
assessment
Risk nursing diagnoses Correct Answer: clinical judgement that problem doesn't
exist, but presence of risk factors indicates problem may develop
Wellness Correct Answer: readiness for enhancement
The etiology is always... Correct Answer: nurse fixable
Standing Orders Correct Answer: written documentation authorizing nurse to
carry out specific actions under ceratin circumstance
standardized care plan Correct Answer: formal plan that specifies nursing care for
a group of clients with common needs
Individual care plans Correct Answer: tailored to meet unique needs of pt
What are the five components of the goal? Correct Answer: Subject, Verb,
Criteria, Condition, Time
The client, will ambulate, fifty feet in the hall, one time with assistance, by 4pm.
What can you do by for your goals! Correct Answer: BMAT...behavior, measure,
condition, time
About Rationales Correct Answer: By each nursing intervention...put page number
of rationale...
When evaluating, what do you think about? Correct Answer: What it effective,
ineffective, were goals met, not met, partially met?
Critical Thinking Correct Answer: Is an active, organized, cognitive process used
to examine one's thinking and the thinking of others.
, Evidenced-based knowledge Correct Answer: Based on research or clinical
expertise
Identify the concepts and behaviors of a critical thinker.
Truth seeking: Correct Answer: Seek the true meaning of a situation
Identify the concepts and behaviors of a critical thinker.
Open-mindedness: Correct Answer: Be tolerant of different views and own
prejudices
Identify the concepts and behaviors of a critical thinker.
Analyticity: Correct Answer: Anticipate possible results or consequences
Identify the concepts and behaviors of a critical thinker.
Systematicity: Correct Answer: Be organized
Identify the concepts and behaviors of a critical thinker.
Self-confidence: Correct Answer: Trust in your own reasoning processes
Identify the concepts and behaviors of a critical thinker.
Inquisitiveness: Correct Answer: Be eager to acquire new knowledge and value
learning
Identify the concepts and behaviors of a critical thinker.
Maturity: Correct Answer: Reflect upon your own judgments
Name Three levels of critical thinking. Correct Answer: Basic, Complex,
Commitment
Describe the Basic Level of Critical Thinking. Correct Answer: Trust that experts
have the right answers for every problem; thinking is concrete and based on a set
of rules or principles
Describe the Complex Level of Critical Thinking. Correct Answer: Begin to
separate themselves from authorities, analyze and examine choices more
independently.
Describe the Commitment Level of Critical Thinking. Correct Answer: Anticipate
the need to make choices without assistance from others, accountability
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | GRADED A
What are the 5 steps of the Nursing Process? Correct Answer: Assessment,
Diagnosing/Analyzing data gained from assessing/Planning (including outcome
identification), Implementing (according to priority), evaluating...did it work?
The nursing process is... Correct Answer: overlapping and dynamic
What does P-I-E stand for? Correct Answer: Problem, Implement, Evaluate
What is the acronym COVD used for? Correct Answer: Used during assessing?
Collecting Data
Organizing Data
Validating
Documenting Data
What are the sources of data that you retrieve during assessment? Correct Answer:
patient, support peoples, client records
What type of client records could you get data from? Correct Answer: Other
healthcare professionals, nursing and scientific literature
What are the two types of data you will take from the patient? Correct Answer:
Subjective and Objective data
What is subjective data? Correct Answer: Data that only the subject or "patient"
can feel and will tell you. Usually in a statement.
What is objective data? Correct Answer: What you observe and can measure
Besides measurable data for your objective data, what other objective data should
you collect? Correct Answer: What you see, hear, and smell.
What do you do with your data sometimes if it is off or you are to sure of it?
Correct Answer: VALIDATE
,How do you record subjective data? Correct Answer: In clients, "own words."
What does the diagnoses do? Correct Answer: Describes the patients health
problem in nursing terminology - NOT medical.
What are some qualifiers for diagnoses? Correct Answer: deficient, impaired,
decreased, ineffective or compromised
What is etiology? Correct Answer: The "related to" part....it is NURSE
FIXABLE?
What does the etiology or "related to" part do? Correct Answer: Directs the
nursing intervention
What does the correctly stated nursing problem have....PES....? Correct Answer:
Problem Statement (NANDA) only, Etiology "related to", and the supporting data
(subj. obj assessment findings)
What is planning? Correct Answer: involved determining pt goals/outcomes
You cannot have an intervention.... Correct Answer: without a goal.
You cannot have a goal... Correct Answer: without an intervention
A goal is a direct result of an... Correct Answer: intervention
When planning what do you always want to do? Correct Answer: BE
SPECIFIC...WHO, WHAT, WHEN, HOW OFTEN, HOW MUCH
For every nursing diagnoses....the nurse... Correct Answer: must write atleast one
desired outcome
The purpose of an intervention... Correct Answer: is a goal!
What is an evaluation mean? Correct Answer: A patient response to an
intervention
Risk Factors Correct Answer: do not have defining characteristics....they are not
specific
,Between an intervention and a goal...there is... Correct Answer: TEACHING
In a care plan... Correct Answer: there is always a reference in APA format
Actual nursing diagnoses Correct Answer: a client problem present at time of
assessment
Risk nursing diagnoses Correct Answer: clinical judgement that problem doesn't
exist, but presence of risk factors indicates problem may develop
Wellness Correct Answer: readiness for enhancement
The etiology is always... Correct Answer: nurse fixable
Standing Orders Correct Answer: written documentation authorizing nurse to
carry out specific actions under ceratin circumstance
standardized care plan Correct Answer: formal plan that specifies nursing care for
a group of clients with common needs
Individual care plans Correct Answer: tailored to meet unique needs of pt
What are the five components of the goal? Correct Answer: Subject, Verb,
Criteria, Condition, Time
The client, will ambulate, fifty feet in the hall, one time with assistance, by 4pm.
What can you do by for your goals! Correct Answer: BMAT...behavior, measure,
condition, time
About Rationales Correct Answer: By each nursing intervention...put page number
of rationale...
When evaluating, what do you think about? Correct Answer: What it effective,
ineffective, were goals met, not met, partially met?
Critical Thinking Correct Answer: Is an active, organized, cognitive process used
to examine one's thinking and the thinking of others.
, Evidenced-based knowledge Correct Answer: Based on research or clinical
expertise
Identify the concepts and behaviors of a critical thinker.
Truth seeking: Correct Answer: Seek the true meaning of a situation
Identify the concepts and behaviors of a critical thinker.
Open-mindedness: Correct Answer: Be tolerant of different views and own
prejudices
Identify the concepts and behaviors of a critical thinker.
Analyticity: Correct Answer: Anticipate possible results or consequences
Identify the concepts and behaviors of a critical thinker.
Systematicity: Correct Answer: Be organized
Identify the concepts and behaviors of a critical thinker.
Self-confidence: Correct Answer: Trust in your own reasoning processes
Identify the concepts and behaviors of a critical thinker.
Inquisitiveness: Correct Answer: Be eager to acquire new knowledge and value
learning
Identify the concepts and behaviors of a critical thinker.
Maturity: Correct Answer: Reflect upon your own judgments
Name Three levels of critical thinking. Correct Answer: Basic, Complex,
Commitment
Describe the Basic Level of Critical Thinking. Correct Answer: Trust that experts
have the right answers for every problem; thinking is concrete and based on a set
of rules or principles
Describe the Complex Level of Critical Thinking. Correct Answer: Begin to
separate themselves from authorities, analyze and examine choices more
independently.
Describe the Commitment Level of Critical Thinking. Correct Answer: Anticipate
the need to make choices without assistance from others, accountability
