Cognitive skills - ANSWER-scientific rational
Technical skills - ANSWER-using technology
Interpersonal skills - ANSWER-the way practicioners express knowledge, know what to
call pts or clients, human dignity
Ethical and legal skills - ANSWER-professional conduct, obligation, what should be
done
Critical thinking - ANSWER-higher order thinking, reflective, autonomous, needs to be
learned, deciding what to believe or do, critical thinkers are not easily manipulated
Combines logical and intuitive thinking
Benner - ANSWER-novice to expert
Four domains of critical thinking - ANSWER-
Elements of thought - ANSWER-most basic structures of thinking
Affective dimension - ANSWER-the emotional response to the experience
Nursing process - ANSWER-- Assessment
- Diagnosis (Analysis)
- Planning
- Implementation (treatment)
- Evaluation
Holistic approach - ANSWER-Recognition of the whole person including spiritual,
physical and emotional
Utilitarian or goal-based model - ANSWER-Centers on achieving the greatest good
Deontologic or duty-based model - ANSWER-Centers on duty of health care providers
Human rights-based model - ANSWER-Centers on maintaining basic rights of
individuals
, Paternalism - ANSWER-(taking over) by health care providers
Justice (Social Justice, Distributive Justice) - ANSWER-Being fair and impartial,
Challenges: Unnecessary treatment, Social worth, Veracity
Allowing Mrs. J. to wait until her pain medication takes effect before ambulating is an
example of
A. autonomy.
B. beneficence.
C. justice. - ANSWER-A. By allowing the pain medication to take effect before
ambulating, the nurse ensures that Mrs. J will be more comfortable but also increases
the likelihood that she will comply with interventions to promote physical activity.
Ensuring a patient care environment that is safe— for example, by taking measures to
reduce the risk for falls—exemplifies which bioethical concept?
A. Autonomy
B. Beneficence
C. Justice - ANSWER-B. The concept of beneficence addresses the good of the client.
A safe environment would be considered for the good of the patient. You can extend
this discussion to the use of fall prevention devices and whether or not a client has the
"right to fall" as opposed to being placed in a more restrictive, yet safe environment.
Barriers to Critical Thinking - ANSWER-Attitudes and habits, Cognitive dissonance,
Personal values versus professional values
Clinical Decision-Making Process - ANSWER-Step 1: Clarify concepts
Step 2: Identify your own values
Step 3: Integrate data and identify missing data
Step 4: Obtain new data
Step 5: Identify the significant problem
Step 6: Examine skeptically
Step 7: Apply criteria
Step 8: Generate options and look at alternatives Step 9: Consider whether factors
change if the context changes
Step 10: evaluate and make the intervention
Three major bioethical principles guide decision making. - ANSWER-Autonomy,
Beneficence, Justice
Trial and error thinking - ANSWER-Scientific (logical) thinking, Systematic 7 step
process
Intuitive thinking - ANSWER-Near immediate understanding of a situation based on past
experience
Four Domains of Critical Thinking - ANSWER-Elements of thought, Abilities, Affective
dimensions, Intellectual standard
holistic nursine - ANSWER-Body mind and spirit
*Deontology theory - ANSWER-An act is moral if motives or intentions are good,
regardless of outcome. (Kant 1724-1804)
*Immanuel kant - ANSWER-associated with deontology, the categorical imperative (3
versions)
*Utilitarianism - ANSWER-greatest good for the greatest number
Scope of practice - ANSWER-The range of clinical procedures and activities that are
allowed by law for a profession
Technical skills - ANSWER-using technology
Interpersonal skills - ANSWER-the way practicioners express knowledge, know what to
call pts or clients, human dignity
Ethical and legal skills - ANSWER-professional conduct, obligation, what should be
done
Critical thinking - ANSWER-higher order thinking, reflective, autonomous, needs to be
learned, deciding what to believe or do, critical thinkers are not easily manipulated
Combines logical and intuitive thinking
Benner - ANSWER-novice to expert
Four domains of critical thinking - ANSWER-
Elements of thought - ANSWER-most basic structures of thinking
Affective dimension - ANSWER-the emotional response to the experience
Nursing process - ANSWER-- Assessment
- Diagnosis (Analysis)
- Planning
- Implementation (treatment)
- Evaluation
Holistic approach - ANSWER-Recognition of the whole person including spiritual,
physical and emotional
Utilitarian or goal-based model - ANSWER-Centers on achieving the greatest good
Deontologic or duty-based model - ANSWER-Centers on duty of health care providers
Human rights-based model - ANSWER-Centers on maintaining basic rights of
individuals
, Paternalism - ANSWER-(taking over) by health care providers
Justice (Social Justice, Distributive Justice) - ANSWER-Being fair and impartial,
Challenges: Unnecessary treatment, Social worth, Veracity
Allowing Mrs. J. to wait until her pain medication takes effect before ambulating is an
example of
A. autonomy.
B. beneficence.
C. justice. - ANSWER-A. By allowing the pain medication to take effect before
ambulating, the nurse ensures that Mrs. J will be more comfortable but also increases
the likelihood that she will comply with interventions to promote physical activity.
Ensuring a patient care environment that is safe— for example, by taking measures to
reduce the risk for falls—exemplifies which bioethical concept?
A. Autonomy
B. Beneficence
C. Justice - ANSWER-B. The concept of beneficence addresses the good of the client.
A safe environment would be considered for the good of the patient. You can extend
this discussion to the use of fall prevention devices and whether or not a client has the
"right to fall" as opposed to being placed in a more restrictive, yet safe environment.
Barriers to Critical Thinking - ANSWER-Attitudes and habits, Cognitive dissonance,
Personal values versus professional values
Clinical Decision-Making Process - ANSWER-Step 1: Clarify concepts
Step 2: Identify your own values
Step 3: Integrate data and identify missing data
Step 4: Obtain new data
Step 5: Identify the significant problem
Step 6: Examine skeptically
Step 7: Apply criteria
Step 8: Generate options and look at alternatives Step 9: Consider whether factors
change if the context changes
Step 10: evaluate and make the intervention
Three major bioethical principles guide decision making. - ANSWER-Autonomy,
Beneficence, Justice
Trial and error thinking - ANSWER-Scientific (logical) thinking, Systematic 7 step
process
Intuitive thinking - ANSWER-Near immediate understanding of a situation based on past
experience
Four Domains of Critical Thinking - ANSWER-Elements of thought, Abilities, Affective
dimensions, Intellectual standard
holistic nursine - ANSWER-Body mind and spirit
*Deontology theory - ANSWER-An act is moral if motives or intentions are good,
regardless of outcome. (Kant 1724-1804)
*Immanuel kant - ANSWER-associated with deontology, the categorical imperative (3
versions)
*Utilitarianism - ANSWER-greatest good for the greatest number
Scope of practice - ANSWER-The range of clinical procedures and activities that are
allowed by law for a profession
