ATI critical thinking exam Latest Questions And Answers

what is critical thinking? - ANS the ability to think in a systematic and logical manner; knowledge, clinical experiences, and professional standards that are used to make critical judgements what is clinical judgement? - ANS a crucial skill that involves identifying patients needs, concerns, and health problems. helps us to know if we should take action or not and if we do or do not need to modify standard procedure. lastly, allows us to know if we should improvise new approaches based on the patients needs. diagnostic reasoning - ANS assigning meaning to a patients behaviors to help us diagnose the problem inference - ANS forming an idea of the problem based on a collection of data gathered from an assessment of the patient, that helps to lead us to a diagnosis critical decision making - ANS when the nurse identifies the problem and takes further action to reduce the problem. we make these decisions based off of in depth knowledge of a pattern from the patient. what are the three levels of critical thinking? - ANS 1.) basic 2.) complex 3.) commitment what is basic critical thinking? - ANS this level stems from a lack of clinical experience. these types of critical thinkers are concrete thinkers meaning that they base their thinking and thoughts off of rules and principles rather than past scenario references. these types of critical thinkers still have more trust in the experts rather than their own judgments. what is complex critical thinking? - ANS these types of critical thinkers are no longer new grad nurses, they have worked in the field long enough to emburse themselves with new ways of thinking from other nurses around them. they are starting gain more confidence in their judgements and have increased analysis skills. they have better analysis when it comes to decision making and have learned how to better weigh risks and benefits of situations. these thinkers are starting to look outside the standard routine and come up with several different choices to treat the same disease. what is commitment critical thinking? - ANS these types of critical thinkers have been nurses for 15+ years and are able to firm with their decision making, own up to their decisions and are accountable. evaluates decisions and whether or not they are appropriate in the given scenario. how should you reflect after using your critical thinking? - ANS reflect on your success' as well as where there could have been opportunities for improvement. think back over patient care interactions. reflect over your accuracy of patient care diagnosis and how you could do better next time. lastly, overall, how could you improve the experience for you and the patient.