Critical Thinking

Question 1

What is Critical thinking?

Answer 1

A combination of reasoned thinking, openness to alternatives, and ability to reflect, and a desire to seek truth.

Question 2

What is Evidence Based Practice?

Answer 2

A research based method for judging and using nursing interventions.

Question 3

What are traits of critical thinkers?

Answer 3

Flexible, nonjudgmental, inquisitive, honest, and interested in seeking truth.

Question 4

Why is critical thinking so important?

Answer 4

Important component of critical judgment, nurses also need problem-solving, abilities/clinical reasoning, critical thinking, plus clinical reasoning equals clinical judgment.

Question 5

What is theoretical knowledge?

Answer 5

Knowing why, consists of information, facts, principles, and evidence-based theories in nursing and related disciplines.

Question 6

What is self knowledge?

Answer 6

Self understanding

Question 7

What is nursing process?

Answer 7

Nursing process is a systematic problem-solving process that guides all nursing actions.

Question 8

What are the six phases of the nursing process?

Answer 8

Assessment, analysis/diagnosis, planning outcomes, planning, interventions, implementation, and evaluation.

Question 9

What is assessment?

Answer 9

Obtaining information from many sources.

Question 10

What is analysis/diagnosis?

Answer 10

Identifying the clients health needs based on careful review of your assessment data.

Question 11

What is planning outcomes?

Answer 11

Working with the client to decide goals for your care. That is the client outcomes you want to achieve through your nursing activities.

Question 12

What is planning interventions?

Answer 12

Develop a list of possible interventions based on your nursing knowledge, then choose those most likely to help the client to achieve the stated goals.

Question 13

What is implementation?

Answer 13

During implementation, you will carry out or delegate the actions that you previously planned.

Question 14

What is evaluation?

Answer 14

You determine whether the desired outcomes have been achieved and judge whether your actions have successfully treated or prevented the clients health problems.

Question 15

What is Caring?

Answer 15

Always specific for each client, thinking and acting in ways that preserve human dignity.

Question 16

What are the five components of caring?

Answer 16

Knowing, being with, doing for, enabling, maintaining belief.

Question 17

Knowing

Answer 17

Striving to understand what an event means in the life of a patient

Question 18

Being with

Answer 18

Being emotionally present for the patient

Question 19

Doing for

Answer 19

Doing with the patient would do for himself if he was able to

Question 20

Enabling

Answer 20

Supporting the patient through coping with life changes an unfamiliar eventS

Question 21

Maintaining belief

Answer 21

Having faith in the patient’s ability to get through the change or event, and to find fulfillment and meaning

Question 22

The nurse is providing care to a group of clients. For which situation with the nurses use critical thinking be a priority
A. Administering IV. Push meds to critically ill clients.
B. Educating a home health client about treatment options.
C. Teaching new parents, car seat safety.
D. Assisting an orthopedic client with the proper use of crutches.

Answer 22

B. Educating a home health client that treatment options.

Question 23

A client with a PhD in epidemiology husband to numerous physicians and has numerous laboratory tests, all of which were abnormal, and expiratory surgery, but no one is able to explain the ideology of his problem. The client also states that he has a rare form of a neurological disorder. Which statement should the nurse make that demonstrates critical thinking?
A. Why don’t you just tell your physician what you think you have?
B. Did you bring your prior tests and results with you, so we don’t repeat anything?
C. If you know what you have, what do you want from us?
D. Describe what test you’ve had, and explain the symptoms of this disorder.

Answer 23

D. Describe what tests you’ve had, and explain the symptoms of this disorder.

Question 24

A nurse educator has always believed, august outlines are the best way to present theory Contant in class. A colleague who teaches the same group of students, but a different subject, utilizes group work, and in class activities to teach difficult content and finds that students perform as well, or better on their tests. The first educator in the situation is starting to rethink her position. What behavior is the first educator demonstrating?
A. Integrity.
B. Perseverance.
C. Fair mindedness.
D. Humility.

Answer 24

A. Integrity.

Question 25

The nurse questions, the practice of administering rectal suppositories to residence in a long-term care facility at bedtime, rather than earlier in the day. When told that this is the best time for staff, and that’s the routine that has been practiced for a long time, the nurse continues to research whether there would be a better time, especially in the best interest of the residence. Which critical thinking attitude, is this nurse demonstrating?
A. Confidence.
B. Perseverance.
C. Curiosity.
D. Integrity.

Answer 25

C. Curiosity.