NUR 380 Fundamentals Exam Questions and Answers-
Assured Satisfaction
Critical thinking - Correct Answer High level reasoning using evidence-based care
and problems solving to prioritize patient care.
What are some critical thinking skills? - Correct Answer Uses knowledge from other
subjects and fields
Flexible and able to deal with change
Able to make decisions in stressful situations
Able to prioritize most appropriate care
Can make quick decisions with quality data, not rash decisions
How do critical thinkers use creativity? - Correct Answer Finds solutions to
problems
Uses information and principles to develop new solution.
Thinking beyond a checklist
What are components of critical thinking? - Correct Answer Knowledge
Experience
Critical thinking competencies
Attitudes
Intellectual and professional attitudes
Which one is an example of critical thinking using creativity?
Placing a urinary catheter.
Starting an IV on a person with poor venous access.
Encouraging a client to do their exercises during a commercial.
Following the medication rights when giving medications. - Correct Answer
c. Encouraging a client to do their exercises during a commercial. This is not
following a standard procedure and must be creative in helping a client
complete their exercises in a positive way.
What kind of statement in an inference? - Correct Answer Conclusion drawn from
the facts: going beyond facts to make a statement about something not currently
known. (Berman et al., 2021, p. 154)
How does an opinion differ from a judgment? - Correct Answer Judgments are a
type of opinion but includes values.
What are the techniques of critical thinking? - Correct Answer Critical analysis
Socratic questioning
, Inductive reasoning
Deductive reasoning
What's the difference between inductive and deductive reasoning? - Correct
Answer Inductive starts at some facts or observations and generalizes them to a
larger group. Deductive start with broad premise to a smaller conclusion.
What are some ways to solve client problems? - Correct Answer Trial and error
Intuition
Research process
What types of attitudes should be developed for critical thinking? - Correct Answer
Independence
Fair-mindedness
Insight into egocentricity (self-aware)
Humility
Intellectual courage (Improvement oriented)
Integrity
Perseverance
Confidence
Curiosity
A nurse questions why a process is always done a certain way and asks if there is
another possible way to do it better. What attitudes is this nurse displaying? -
Correct Answer Curiosity and intellectual courage
A nurse was critical of an obese client but felt bad when the client explained that she
had been abused when she was a child. What attitudes is this nurse displaying? -
Correct Answer Insight in egocentricity and humility
What is clinical reasoning? - Correct Answer The thinking process by which a nurse
reaches a clinical judgement.
How does reflective practice improve clinical reasoning? - Correct Answer The
nurse will reflect on ways the care could have gone better such as was the nursing
process followed well, how was the communication in the situation.
What are the phases of the nursing process? - Correct Answer Assessment
Analysis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
What is concept mapping? - Correct Answer A visual picture of describing
relationships and concepts. Helps to develop clinical reasoning.
Assured Satisfaction
Critical thinking - Correct Answer High level reasoning using evidence-based care
and problems solving to prioritize patient care.
What are some critical thinking skills? - Correct Answer Uses knowledge from other
subjects and fields
Flexible and able to deal with change
Able to make decisions in stressful situations
Able to prioritize most appropriate care
Can make quick decisions with quality data, not rash decisions
How do critical thinkers use creativity? - Correct Answer Finds solutions to
problems
Uses information and principles to develop new solution.
Thinking beyond a checklist
What are components of critical thinking? - Correct Answer Knowledge
Experience
Critical thinking competencies
Attitudes
Intellectual and professional attitudes
Which one is an example of critical thinking using creativity?
Placing a urinary catheter.
Starting an IV on a person with poor venous access.
Encouraging a client to do their exercises during a commercial.
Following the medication rights when giving medications. - Correct Answer
c. Encouraging a client to do their exercises during a commercial. This is not
following a standard procedure and must be creative in helping a client
complete their exercises in a positive way.
What kind of statement in an inference? - Correct Answer Conclusion drawn from
the facts: going beyond facts to make a statement about something not currently
known. (Berman et al., 2021, p. 154)
How does an opinion differ from a judgment? - Correct Answer Judgments are a
type of opinion but includes values.
What are the techniques of critical thinking? - Correct Answer Critical analysis
Socratic questioning
, Inductive reasoning
Deductive reasoning
What's the difference between inductive and deductive reasoning? - Correct
Answer Inductive starts at some facts or observations and generalizes them to a
larger group. Deductive start with broad premise to a smaller conclusion.
What are some ways to solve client problems? - Correct Answer Trial and error
Intuition
Research process
What types of attitudes should be developed for critical thinking? - Correct Answer
Independence
Fair-mindedness
Insight into egocentricity (self-aware)
Humility
Intellectual courage (Improvement oriented)
Integrity
Perseverance
Confidence
Curiosity
A nurse questions why a process is always done a certain way and asks if there is
another possible way to do it better. What attitudes is this nurse displaying? -
Correct Answer Curiosity and intellectual courage
A nurse was critical of an obese client but felt bad when the client explained that she
had been abused when she was a child. What attitudes is this nurse displaying? -
Correct Answer Insight in egocentricity and humility
What is clinical reasoning? - Correct Answer The thinking process by which a nurse
reaches a clinical judgement.
How does reflective practice improve clinical reasoning? - Correct Answer The
nurse will reflect on ways the care could have gone better such as was the nursing
process followed well, how was the communication in the situation.
What are the phases of the nursing process? - Correct Answer Assessment
Analysis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
What is concept mapping? - Correct Answer A visual picture of describing
relationships and concepts. Helps to develop clinical reasoning.
