Critical Thinking Nur 200 Hondros, 200 Exam 1
Critical Thinking/ 114 Q&A.
Complete assessment - Answer: A review and physical examination of all body
systems, for stable patients only
clinical judgment - Answer: "Thinking Like A Nurse". integral to the Safety of pt.
Interpretation or conclusion about a patient's needs, concerns, or health
problems, and/or the decision to take action (or not), use or modify standard
approaches, or improvise new ones as deemed appropriate by the patient's
response.
Database - Answer: Completed health history and physical examination, large
store or bank of info
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,clinical reasoning - Answer: is the thinking process by which a nurse reaches a
clinical judgement. an iterative process of noticing, interpreting, and responding-
reasoning in transition with a fine attunement to the patient and how the patient
responds to the nurses action
Psychosocial history - Answer: Psychological and social factors
evidence-based practice - Answer: clinical decision making that integrates the
best available research with clinical expertise and patient characteristics and
preferences
1st method of data collection - Answer: Interiew patient, health history. Patient is
your primary source
Tanner's Model - Answer: Noticing
Interpreting
Responding
Reflecting
2nd method of data collection - Answer: Physical examination ( guided by
subjective and objective)
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, noticing (tanners model) - Answer: identify s/s, gather complete and accurate
data, assessing systematically and comprehensively, *predicting (and managing)
potential complications, identifying assumptions
Concepts of clinical judgment - Answer: 1. Safety
2. Healthcare quality
3. Leadership
4. Patient education
5. Evidence
6. Professionalism
7. Care coordination
objective data (noticing) - Answer: information that is seen, heard, felt, or smelled
by an observer; signs
Analytic reasoning - Answer: Situation is unfamiliar
subjective data (noticing) - Answer: things a person tells you about that you
cannot observe through your senses; symptoms
Intuitive reasoning - Answer: Able to recognize the situation immedialy. Pattern
based
factors that influence "Noticing" - Answer: -intrapersonal characteristics of the
nurse
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Critical Thinking/ 114 Q&A.
Complete assessment - Answer: A review and physical examination of all body
systems, for stable patients only
clinical judgment - Answer: "Thinking Like A Nurse". integral to the Safety of pt.
Interpretation or conclusion about a patient's needs, concerns, or health
problems, and/or the decision to take action (or not), use or modify standard
approaches, or improvise new ones as deemed appropriate by the patient's
response.
Database - Answer: Completed health history and physical examination, large
store or bank of info
Page 1 of 19
,clinical reasoning - Answer: is the thinking process by which a nurse reaches a
clinical judgement. an iterative process of noticing, interpreting, and responding-
reasoning in transition with a fine attunement to the patient and how the patient
responds to the nurses action
Psychosocial history - Answer: Psychological and social factors
evidence-based practice - Answer: clinical decision making that integrates the
best available research with clinical expertise and patient characteristics and
preferences
1st method of data collection - Answer: Interiew patient, health history. Patient is
your primary source
Tanner's Model - Answer: Noticing
Interpreting
Responding
Reflecting
2nd method of data collection - Answer: Physical examination ( guided by
subjective and objective)
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, noticing (tanners model) - Answer: identify s/s, gather complete and accurate
data, assessing systematically and comprehensively, *predicting (and managing)
potential complications, identifying assumptions
Concepts of clinical judgment - Answer: 1. Safety
2. Healthcare quality
3. Leadership
4. Patient education
5. Evidence
6. Professionalism
7. Care coordination
objective data (noticing) - Answer: information that is seen, heard, felt, or smelled
by an observer; signs
Analytic reasoning - Answer: Situation is unfamiliar
subjective data (noticing) - Answer: things a person tells you about that you
cannot observe through your senses; symptoms
Intuitive reasoning - Answer: Able to recognize the situation immedialy. Pattern
based
factors that influence "Noticing" - Answer: -intrapersonal characteristics of the
nurse
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