Hondros Nur 155 Exam 1/ Questions &
Answers/ A+ Score Solution.
Tanner's Model of Clinical Judgement - Answer: A "MODEL" based on how a nurse thinks.
Explains 4 steps in the "CRITICAL THINKING PROCESS" that nurses use to solve any problem:
*Noticing
*Interpreting
*Responding
*Reflecting
Nursing Process - Answer: Uses the Scientific Method to complete a Step-by-step approach to
plan patient-centered care:
"ADPIE"
*Assessment
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, *Diagnosis
*Planning/Outcomes
*Implementation
*Evaluation
Why do we study Critical Thinking? - Answer: To think with a purpose, and know why you do
what you do.
A strict reasoning process that ensures a nurse is generating, implementing, and evaluating
approaches.
Benner's Theory of Stages and Clinical Competence - Answer: What theory of stages have 5
Stages?
The 5 stages:
Stage 1: Novice
Stage 2: Advanced Beginner
Stage 3: Competent
Stage 4: Proficient
Stage 5: Expert
Credit to nursing-theory.org
Stage 1: Novice - Answer: Nursing Students first year of clinical education; inexperienced, text
book knowledge, limited ability to predict what might happen in any situation.
Credit to nursing-theory.org
Stage 2: Advanced Beginner - Answer: Newly graduated in their first jobs; Nurses have more
experience and are able to recognize recurrent, meaningful components of a situation. They
have the knowledge and the knowhow but not the in-depth experience.
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Answers/ A+ Score Solution.
Tanner's Model of Clinical Judgement - Answer: A "MODEL" based on how a nurse thinks.
Explains 4 steps in the "CRITICAL THINKING PROCESS" that nurses use to solve any problem:
*Noticing
*Interpreting
*Responding
*Reflecting
Nursing Process - Answer: Uses the Scientific Method to complete a Step-by-step approach to
plan patient-centered care:
"ADPIE"
*Assessment
Page 1 of 8
, *Diagnosis
*Planning/Outcomes
*Implementation
*Evaluation
Why do we study Critical Thinking? - Answer: To think with a purpose, and know why you do
what you do.
A strict reasoning process that ensures a nurse is generating, implementing, and evaluating
approaches.
Benner's Theory of Stages and Clinical Competence - Answer: What theory of stages have 5
Stages?
The 5 stages:
Stage 1: Novice
Stage 2: Advanced Beginner
Stage 3: Competent
Stage 4: Proficient
Stage 5: Expert
Credit to nursing-theory.org
Stage 1: Novice - Answer: Nursing Students first year of clinical education; inexperienced, text
book knowledge, limited ability to predict what might happen in any situation.
Credit to nursing-theory.org
Stage 2: Advanced Beginner - Answer: Newly graduated in their first jobs; Nurses have more
experience and are able to recognize recurrent, meaningful components of a situation. They
have the knowledge and the knowhow but not the in-depth experience.
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