INTRO NRSG CONCEPTS & CLINICAL
JUDGMENT 2026/2027 | NURSING STUDY
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Describe each step of Bloom's Taxonomy:
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1. Remember: Recall facts and basic concepts
2. Understand: Explain ideas or concepts
3. Apply: Use information in new situations
4. Analyze: Draw connections among ideas
5. Evaluate: Justify a stand or decision
6. Create: Produce new or original work
, Clinical Decision Making- Process used to evaluate and select best actions to meet
goals. Nurses must use critical thinking to choose among alternatives that support
best patient outcomes.
-Used whenever choices are available.
Clinical Judgement- Highly complex cognitive process that combines critical
thinking abilities, evaluative decision making, and nursing experience. Used in
emergency situations, long-term planning of care. Slow for beginner nurses. Nursing
diagnosis is clinical judgement.
Critical Thinking- Skill of using logic/reasoning to identify strengths/weaknesses of
alternative healthcare solutions. Involves evaluating factual and belief-based
information. Skills needed are reasoning, reflection, intellect,
- Critical thinking leads to collecting data, analyzing data, and validating data in the
Mo
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- Recognize cues
- Analyze cues
- Prioritize hypothesis
- Develop solutions
- Implement priority actions (ABCs)
- Evaluate responses and outcomes
All comments are interrelated and interdependent, and lead to clinical decision
making.
A- Assessment: Collect data (objective & subjective), organize data, validate data
D- Diagnosis: Identify health problems, risks, and strengths. Formula Tate diagnostic
statements.
P- Planning: Prioritize problems/diagnoses. Formulate goals/desired outcomes.
Select nursing interventions. Write nursing interventions.
I- Implementation: Reassess the patient. Determine the nurses' need for assistance.
Implement the nursing interventions. Supervise delegated care. Document nursing
activities.
E- Evaluation: Collect data related to outcomes. Compare data with outcomes.
Relate nursing actions to patient goals/outcomes. Draw conclusions about problem
status. Continue, modify, or terminate the patient's care plan.
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JUDGMENT 2026/2027 | NURSING STUDY
GUIDE, PRACTICE QUESTIONS & EXAM
REVIEW
1 of 5
Term
Describe each step of Bloom's Taxonomy:
Give this one a go later!
1. Remember: Recall facts and basic concepts
2. Understand: Explain ideas or concepts
3. Apply: Use information in new situations
4. Analyze: Draw connections among ideas
5. Evaluate: Justify a stand or decision
6. Create: Produce new or original work
, Clinical Decision Making- Process used to evaluate and select best actions to meet
goals. Nurses must use critical thinking to choose among alternatives that support
best patient outcomes.
-Used whenever choices are available.
Clinical Judgement- Highly complex cognitive process that combines critical
thinking abilities, evaluative decision making, and nursing experience. Used in
emergency situations, long-term planning of care. Slow for beginner nurses. Nursing
diagnosis is clinical judgement.
Critical Thinking- Skill of using logic/reasoning to identify strengths/weaknesses of
alternative healthcare solutions. Involves evaluating factual and belief-based
information. Skills needed are reasoning, reflection, intellect,
- Critical thinking leads to collecting data, analyzing data, and validating data in the
Mo
A indA eD l hPaIE
s .clinical decision making at the center. The main components are ADPIE,
a
Cnlidnitchael R
oethaeso
rn
cionm
g-pC
onaerenftusl irnecaluso
dnei:ng.
- Recognize cues
- Analyze cues
- Prioritize hypothesis
- Develop solutions
- Implement priority actions (ABCs)
- Evaluate responses and outcomes
All comments are interrelated and interdependent, and lead to clinical decision
making.
A- Assessment: Collect data (objective & subjective), organize data, validate data
D- Diagnosis: Identify health problems, risks, and strengths. Formula Tate diagnostic
statements.
P- Planning: Prioritize problems/diagnoses. Formulate goals/desired outcomes.
Select nursing interventions. Write nursing interventions.
I- Implementation: Reassess the patient. Determine the nurses' need for assistance.
Implement the nursing interventions. Supervise delegated care. Document nursing
activities.
E- Evaluation: Collect data related to outcomes. Compare data with outcomes.
Relate nursing actions to patient goals/outcomes. Draw conclusions about problem
status. Continue, modify, or terminate the patient's care plan.
Don't know?
