Critical Thinking Cards for ATI Proctored Exam 2023/2024

describe critical thinking in nursing - Correct Answer CT is an active, orderly, well thought-out reasoning process that guides a nurse in various approaches to making a nursing judgement. (use knowledge, experience, problem-solving, logic, reasoning and decision making.) name the components of critical thinking - Correct Answer knowledge, experience, critical thinking competencies, attitudes, and intellectual and professional standards. Critical thinking evolves through 3 levels. Name the 3 levels - Correct Answer Basic Complex Commitment Reflection - Correct Answer purposefully thinking back or recalling a situation to discover its meaning and gain insight into the event. Language's role in CT - Correct Answer Clear, concise language demonstrates focused thinking and communicating unambiguous messages and expectations. Intuition - Correct Answer Inner sensing that something is so Intuition should spark the nurse to search the data to confirm or disprove the feeling. Basic CT - Correct Answer Trust the experts Results from limited knowledge and experience and inadequate CT experience. Complex CT - Correct Answer Beginning to express autonomy by analyzing and examining data Results from an increase in nursing knowledge, experience, intuition, and more flexible attitudes. Commitment CT - Correct Answer the nurse expects to make choices without the help from others and fully assumes responsibility for those choices. Results from expert level of knowledge, experience, developed intuition and reflective, flexible attitudes. Knowledge component of CT - Correct Answer info specific for nursing Basic nursing education Continuing Education Advanced degrees and certifications Experience component of CT - Correct Answer Decision-making ability derived from opportunities to observe, sense, and interact with clients followed by active reflection. Understand clinical situations