Ch. 2: Critical Thinking and Nursing Process-MJ

Question 1

Define: The active, orderly, well thought-out reasoning process that guides a nurse in various approaches to making a nursing judgement by applying knowledge and experience, problem solving, logic, reasoning, and decision making

Answer 1

Critical thinking

Question 2

Define: A systematic problem-solving process that guides all nursing actions

Answer 2

Nursing process

Question 3

As a critical thinker, you should ___, explore various courses of ____, keep ___ in mind, determine appropriate ____, recognize in one’s own _____, and be _____.

Answer 3

Prioritize
Explore various courses of ACTION
Keep ETHICs in mind
Determine appropriate OUTCOMES
Recognize in one's own KNOWLEDGE, and be FLEXIBLE

Question 4

What are the 6 steps of the nursing process?

Answer 4

1. Assessment
2. Diagnosis
3. Planning OUTCOMES
4. Planning INTERVENTIONS
5. Implementation
6. Evaluation

Question 5

What is the first phase and what happens here?

Answer 5

Assessment; data gathering

regarding the patient

Question 6

What is the second step and what do you do here?

Answer 6

Diagnosis; interpret data collected and provide nursing care/direction

Question 7

What do nursing diagnosis reflect?

Answer 7

The clients actual responses to actual or potential health problems

Question 8

What is the third and forth steps of the nursing process? What do you do here?

Answer 8

Planning outcomes and planning interventions; predict outcomes and plan intervention

Question 9

What is the fifth step in the nursing process and what happens here?

Answer 9

Implementation; ACTION; provide care based on previous nursing process steps

Question 10

What is the final phase of the nursing process? What do you do here?

Answer 10

Evaluation; determine accuracy of theories; evaluate client’s response

Question 11

Is the nursing process a linear process?

Answer 11

No; it is a cyclical process that follows a logical progression

Question 12

Define: A unique blend of thinking, doing, and caring

Answer 12

Full spectrum nursing

Question 13

What are the 4 main concepts that describe full spectrum nursing?

Answer 13

Thinking
Doing
Caring
Patient situation (or context)

Question 14

Full spectrum nursing: What are the two parts to thinking?

Answer 14

Critical thinking and theoretical knowledge

Question 15

Full spectrum nursing: Thinking

Which aspect to the thinking concept enables you to fully use your knowledge and skills?

Answer 15

Critical thinking

Question 16

Full spectrum nursing: Thinking

Which aspect to the thinking concept are principles, facts, theories; what you have to thinking with

Answer 16

Theoretical knowledge

Question 17

Full spectrum nursing: The doing aspect involves _____ and ______.

Answer 17

Practical knowledge and nursing process

Question 18

Full spectrum nursing: Doing

What is practical knowledge?

Answer 18

Skills, procedures, and processes

Question 19

Full spectrum nursing: Doing

What is the nursing process?

Answer 19

Assessment and evaluation: Everything you know about the patient including context

Planning and implementation: What you do for the patient

Question 20

Full spectrum nursing: What are the two aspects of caring and describe each.

Answer 20

Self-knowledge: awareness of your values, beliefs, and biases

Ethical knowledge: Understanding your obligations; sense of right and wrong

Question 21

Full spectrum nursing: What are the two parts to patient situation?

Answer 21

Patient data and patient preferences & context

Question 22

Full spectrum nursing: Patient situation

What is patient data?

Answer 22

Physical, psychosocial, and spiritual data

Question 23

Full spectrum nursing: Patient situation

What is patient preferences and context?

Answer 23

Context for care, environment, relationships, culture, resources, supports