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PN 2006 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
VERIFIED ANSWERS
critical thinking Ans: thinking that does not blindly accept arguments
and conclusions. Rather, it examines assumptions, discerns hidden
values, evaluates evidence, and assesses conclusions.
Evidence informed knowledge Ans: knowledge based on research or
clinical expertise
complex critical thinking Ans: -the nurse begins to express autonomy by
analyzing and examining data to determine the best alternative
-results from increased nursing knowledge, experience, intuition, and
more flexible attitudes
basic critical thinking Ans: -the nurse trusts the experts and thinks
concretely based on the "rules."
-results from limited nursing knowledge and experience, as well as
inadequate critical thinking experience
Scientific Method Ans: Systematic, ordered approach to gathering data
and solving problems that is used in nursing, medicine and various other
disciplines
5 steps of scientific method Ans: 1. identify problem
2. collect data
3. formulate research question or hypothesis
4. test hypothesis or question
5. evaluate results of the test or study
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problem solving Ans: obtain information and then use the information
plus what you already know to find a solution
desicion making Ans: Product of critical thinking that focuses on problem
resolution. Following a set of criteria helps you make a well reasoned
decision.
Diagnostic reasoning Ans: The process of determining a patients health
status after you make physical and behavioural observations and after
you assign meaning to the behaviours, physical signs, and symptoms
exhibited by the patient.
clinical inference Ans: the process of drawing conclusions from related
pieces of evidence and previous experience with the evidence
clinical decision making Ans: defining the problem and selecting
appropriate interventions
Nursing Process Ans: five-step systematic method for giving patient
care; involves assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing, and
evaluating
Identify the nursing diagnosis and collaborative problems of each patient.
• Analyze patients' diagnoses or problems and decide which are most
urgent in light of the patient's basic needs, changing or unstable status,
and problem complexity. • Consider the resources available for managing
each problem, including unregulated care providers assigned to work with
you and the patients' family members. • Consider how to involve the
patients as decision makers and participants in care. • Decide how to
combine activities to resolve more than one patient problem at a time. •
Decide what, if any, nursing care procedures to delegate to unregulated
care providers so that you are able to spend your time on activities
requiring professional nursing knowledge. Ans: Clinical Decision Making
for Groups of Patients
Nursing Process Ans: Cognitive framework through which one aims to
identify, diagnose and treat actual and potential health issues and
challenges of clients from a holistic perspective.
PN 2006 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
VERIFIED ANSWERS
critical thinking Ans: thinking that does not blindly accept arguments
and conclusions. Rather, it examines assumptions, discerns hidden
values, evaluates evidence, and assesses conclusions.
Evidence informed knowledge Ans: knowledge based on research or
clinical expertise
complex critical thinking Ans: -the nurse begins to express autonomy by
analyzing and examining data to determine the best alternative
-results from increased nursing knowledge, experience, intuition, and
more flexible attitudes
basic critical thinking Ans: -the nurse trusts the experts and thinks
concretely based on the "rules."
-results from limited nursing knowledge and experience, as well as
inadequate critical thinking experience
Scientific Method Ans: Systematic, ordered approach to gathering data
and solving problems that is used in nursing, medicine and various other
disciplines
5 steps of scientific method Ans: 1. identify problem
2. collect data
3. formulate research question or hypothesis
4. test hypothesis or question
5. evaluate results of the test or study
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problem solving Ans: obtain information and then use the information
plus what you already know to find a solution
desicion making Ans: Product of critical thinking that focuses on problem
resolution. Following a set of criteria helps you make a well reasoned
decision.
Diagnostic reasoning Ans: The process of determining a patients health
status after you make physical and behavioural observations and after
you assign meaning to the behaviours, physical signs, and symptoms
exhibited by the patient.
clinical inference Ans: the process of drawing conclusions from related
pieces of evidence and previous experience with the evidence
clinical decision making Ans: defining the problem and selecting
appropriate interventions
Nursing Process Ans: five-step systematic method for giving patient
care; involves assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing, and
evaluating
Identify the nursing diagnosis and collaborative problems of each patient.
• Analyze patients' diagnoses or problems and decide which are most
urgent in light of the patient's basic needs, changing or unstable status,
and problem complexity. • Consider the resources available for managing
each problem, including unregulated care providers assigned to work with
you and the patients' family members. • Consider how to involve the
patients as decision makers and participants in care. • Decide how to
combine activities to resolve more than one patient problem at a time. •
Decide what, if any, nursing care procedures to delegate to unregulated
care providers so that you are able to spend your time on activities
requiring professional nursing knowledge. Ans: Clinical Decision Making
for Groups of Patients
Nursing Process Ans: Cognitive framework through which one aims to
identify, diagnose and treat actual and potential health issues and
challenges of clients from a holistic perspective.
