Clinical Judgment Flashcards
(10 cards)
In what order should a LPN perform the steps of the nursing process?
Planning
Eval
Implementation
Data Collection
Data collection
Planning
Implementation
Eval
A nurse is reviewing the concept of critical thinking with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the following statements should the nurse make?
“Critical thinking is the foundation for clinical decision making.”
“Critical thinking takes into consideration nursing, scientific, and technological knowledge in client situations.”
“Critical thinking is the visible or observed outcome, while using evidence-based practice.”
“Critical thinking is necessary for the nurse to collect objective client data.”
“Critical thinking is the foundation for clinical decision making.”
a nurse is caring for a client who is an acute care facility. The nurse should recognize that the clients care requires clinical reasoning when it is complicated by which of the following factors?
select all that apply
Complex clinical situations
Ongoing client and family concerns
Cost of health care
Decreased need for advanced health care practitioner intervention
Availability of computerized medical records
Complex clinical situations
Ongoing client and family concerns
a nurse asks a client to rate their current level of pain using a scale of 0-10 after administering pain medication 30min ago. Which of the following steps of the nursing process is the nurse performing?
Evaluation
Implementation
Planning
Data collection
Evaluation
a charge nurse is planning to discuss factors that can influence the clinical decision-making process in client care with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the following factors should the charge nurse include?
Appropriate delegation
Cost of client care
Available resources
Awareness of client status
Support from other staff
Available resources
Awareness of client status
Support from other staff
a nurse is caring for a client who has been wheezing. The nurse asks an AP to use a stethoscope and listen to the client’s lung sounds to determine if their wheezing has improved. This is an example of which of the following concepts?
Delegation of the right circumstance
Delegation of the wrong task
Delegation to the right person
Delegation of the wrong time
Delegation of the wrong task
a charge nurse is preparing to discuss critical thinking skills with a group of newly licensed nurses. Which of the following skills should the nurse plan to include in the discussion?
select all that apply
Inspection
Implementation
Inference
Creativity
Inductive reasoning
Inference
Creativity
Inductive reasoning
a nurse at urgent care clinic is auscultating the lungs of a client who reports a cough and SOB. Which of the following steps of the nursing process is the nurse using?
Evaluation
Implementation
Planning
Data collection
Data collection
a nurse is assisting with developing a goal for a client to ambulate with assistance at least once by the end of the sift. The nurse should identify that this is an example of which of the following steps of using the nursing process?
Evaluation
Implementation
Data collection
Planning
Planning
a nurse is reviewing methods created to assist nurses in using evidence-based practice. Which of the following is a NCSBN model that can assist the nurse with critical thinking and decision making?
Clinical judgment
Critical thinking
Clinical reasoning
SMART goal
Clinical judgment
