CRITICAL THINKING NUR 155 MIDTERM 1 2026
MOCK PAPER COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
NOTES ANALYTICAL SUMMARY
◉ Noticing.
Answer: 1. Identify signs and symptoms
2. Complete and accurate date
3. Assessing systemically and comprehensively
4. Predicting and managing patient complications
5. Identifying assumptions
◉ analytic reasoning (interpreting).
Answer: based on theoretical knowledge. nurse makes a hypothesis
or best guess about the pt care situation and then tests. typically
students and novice nurses
◉ Interpreting.
Answer: Understanding of the situation
◉ intuitive reasoning (interpreting).
,Answer: based on unstated but understood knowledge about the pt,
the care giving context, and their previous experiences. typically
expert nurse.
◉ Responding.
Answer: Based on what you interpreted the nurse will determine
appropriate actions
◉ narrative reasoning (interpreting).
Answer: way of making sense of a situation through telling and
interpreting stories. nurse hears pt stories of past medical
experiences, helps nurse understand specific pt experiences, setting
the stage for individualized care
◉ Reflection in action.
Answer: Observing patient reaction to the action the nurse chose
and deciding if the situation was fixed
◉ responding (tanners).
Answer: taking action, ability to carry out nursing skills and effective
communication, delegating, setting priorities
◉ Reflection on action.
, Answer: Patient responses to the outcomes. Nursing refelection after
the situation was solved
◉ reflecting (tanners).
Answer: pt outcomes, evaluating data- complete actions then
reassessment data is collected again used to determine if
interventions were effective or any further actions needed,
evaluating and correcting thinking.
◉ Novice nurse.
Answer: Uses analytic reasoning. Uses textbook in a systemic
analysis of a situation
◉ reflecting-in-action (reflect).
Answer: understanding of patients response to nursing actions
while care is occurring. "real time" during pt care. determine pt
statues and adjust care accordingly.
◉ Expert nurse.
Answer: Uses intuitive reasoing. Recognizes patterns immediatly.
Able to look at the big picture
◉ reflecting-on-action (reflect).
MOCK PAPER COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
NOTES ANALYTICAL SUMMARY
◉ Noticing.
Answer: 1. Identify signs and symptoms
2. Complete and accurate date
3. Assessing systemically and comprehensively
4. Predicting and managing patient complications
5. Identifying assumptions
◉ analytic reasoning (interpreting).
Answer: based on theoretical knowledge. nurse makes a hypothesis
or best guess about the pt care situation and then tests. typically
students and novice nurses
◉ Interpreting.
Answer: Understanding of the situation
◉ intuitive reasoning (interpreting).
,Answer: based on unstated but understood knowledge about the pt,
the care giving context, and their previous experiences. typically
expert nurse.
◉ Responding.
Answer: Based on what you interpreted the nurse will determine
appropriate actions
◉ narrative reasoning (interpreting).
Answer: way of making sense of a situation through telling and
interpreting stories. nurse hears pt stories of past medical
experiences, helps nurse understand specific pt experiences, setting
the stage for individualized care
◉ Reflection in action.
Answer: Observing patient reaction to the action the nurse chose
and deciding if the situation was fixed
◉ responding (tanners).
Answer: taking action, ability to carry out nursing skills and effective
communication, delegating, setting priorities
◉ Reflection on action.
, Answer: Patient responses to the outcomes. Nursing refelection after
the situation was solved
◉ reflecting (tanners).
Answer: pt outcomes, evaluating data- complete actions then
reassessment data is collected again used to determine if
interventions were effective or any further actions needed,
evaluating and correcting thinking.
◉ Novice nurse.
Answer: Uses analytic reasoning. Uses textbook in a systemic
analysis of a situation
◉ reflecting-in-action (reflect).
Answer: understanding of patients response to nursing actions
while care is occurring. "real time" during pt care. determine pt
statues and adjust care accordingly.
◉ Expert nurse.
Answer: Uses intuitive reasoing. Recognizes patterns immediatly.
Able to look at the big picture
◉ reflecting-on-action (reflect).
