NR 446 Collaborative Healthcare (Summer 2023)
Week 1 Exam 1 Pre-Class Questions *Ensure that you
understand the concepts involved in each section &
are able to apply them to clinical scenarios Chapter 1:
Decision Making, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking
, NR 446 Collaborative Healthcare (Summer 2023) Week 1 Exam
1 Pre-Class Questions *Ensure that you understand the concepts
involved in each section & are able to apply them to clinical
scenarios Chapter 1: Decision Making, Problem Solving, Critical
Thinking
*Ensure that you understand the concepts involved in each section & are able to apply them to clinical scenarios
Chapter 1: Decision Making, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Clinical Reasoning: Requisites for
Successful Leadership and Management
1. Describe the following terms:
o Decision making: A complex, cognitive process of choosing a particular course of action; the
thought process of selecting a logical choice from all available options.
o Problem solving: A part of decision making; systematic process focusing on analyzing a difficult
situation involving higher-order reasoning and evaluation.
o Critical thinking: The mental process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying,
analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating information to reach an answer or conclusion.
2. Describe at least 10 characteristics of a critical thinker:
1. Insight is the deep understanding of a person or thing.
2. Intuition is the ability to understand something instinctively or immediately without the need for
conscious reason.
3. Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
4. Willingness to act kind of speaks for itself but as nurses we must be willing and able to make
decisions and act for our patients.
5. Creativity is the ability or power to create things like care plans, etc.
6. Self-awareness means you have made and are constantly updating an accurate appraisal of your
personality, motivations, strengths, and weaknesses.
7. Courage is the mental or moral strength to virtue, persevere, and withstand danger fear, or
difficulty.
8. Sensitive is defined as having or displaying a quick and delicate appreciation of other feelings.
9. Energetic is defined as showing or involving great activity or vitality.
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Week 1 Exam 1 Pre-Class Questions *Ensure that you
understand the concepts involved in each section &
are able to apply them to clinical scenarios Chapter 1:
Decision Making, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking
, NR 446 Collaborative Healthcare (Summer 2023) Week 1 Exam
1 Pre-Class Questions *Ensure that you understand the concepts
involved in each section & are able to apply them to clinical
scenarios Chapter 1: Decision Making, Problem Solving, Critical
Thinking
*Ensure that you understand the concepts involved in each section & are able to apply them to clinical scenarios
Chapter 1: Decision Making, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Clinical Reasoning: Requisites for
Successful Leadership and Management
1. Describe the following terms:
o Decision making: A complex, cognitive process of choosing a particular course of action; the
thought process of selecting a logical choice from all available options.
o Problem solving: A part of decision making; systematic process focusing on analyzing a difficult
situation involving higher-order reasoning and evaluation.
o Critical thinking: The mental process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying,
analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating information to reach an answer or conclusion.
2. Describe at least 10 characteristics of a critical thinker:
1. Insight is the deep understanding of a person or thing.
2. Intuition is the ability to understand something instinctively or immediately without the need for
conscious reason.
3. Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
4. Willingness to act kind of speaks for itself but as nurses we must be willing and able to make
decisions and act for our patients.
5. Creativity is the ability or power to create things like care plans, etc.
6. Self-awareness means you have made and are constantly updating an accurate appraisal of your
personality, motivations, strengths, and weaknesses.
7. Courage is the mental or moral strength to virtue, persevere, and withstand danger fear, or
difficulty.
8. Sensitive is defined as having or displaying a quick and delicate appreciation of other feelings.
9. Energetic is defined as showing or involving great activity or vitality.
This study source was downloaded by 100000847132799 from CourseHero.com on 05-24-2023 02:38:44 GMT -05:00
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