CRITICAL THINKING IN NURSING PRACTICE
QUESTION AND ANSWERS LATEST VERSION
VERIFIED RATIONALE GRADED A+
66. Professional nurses are responsible for making clinical decisions to
a. Prove traditional methods of providing nursing care to patients.
b. Take immediate action when a patient's condition worsens.
c. Apply clear textbook solutions to patients' problems.
d. Formulate standardized care plans for groups of patients - ansANS: B
Professional nurses are responsible for making clinical decisions to take immediate action when a
patient's condition worsens. Patient care should be based on evidence-based practice, not on tradition.
Clear textbooks solutions to patient problems are not always available. Care plans should be
individualized
67. The nurse needs a reminder of professional responsibility when performing which of these
actions?
a. Making an informed clinical decision
b. Making an ethical clinical decision
c. Making a clinical decision in the patient's best interest
d. Making a clinical decision based on previous shift assessments - ansANS: D
The professional nurse is responsible for assessing patients each shift. Making informed, ethical
decisions in the patient's best interest is practicing responsibly.
68. Which of the following demonstrates a nurse utilizing self-reflection to improve clinical decision
making?
a. Uses an objective approach in all situations
b. Obtains data in an orderly fashion
c. Improves a plan of care while thinking back on interventions performed
d. Provides evidence-based explanations for all nursing interventions - ansANS: C
Self-reflection utilizes critical thinking when thinking back on the effectiveness of interventions and how
they were performed. The other options are not the best examples of self-reflection but do represent
good nursing practice. Using an objective approach and obtaining data in an orderly fashion does not
, CRITICAL THINKING IN NURSING PRACTICE
QUESTION AND ANSWERS LATEST VERSION
VERIFIED RATIONALE GRADED A+
involve purposefully thinking back to discover the meaning or purpose of a situation. Providing evidence-
based explanations for nursing interventions does not always involve thinking back to discover the
meaning of a situation
69. A nursing instructor needs to evaluate students' abilities to synthesize data and identify relationships
between nursing diagnoses. Which learning assignment is best suited for this instructor's needs?
a. Concept mapping
b. Reflective journaling
c. Reading assignment with a written summary
d. Lecture and discussion - ansANS: A
Concept maps challenge the student to synthesize data and identify relationships between nursing
diagnoses. Reflective journaling involves thinking back to clarify concepts. Reading assignments and
lecture do not best provide an instructor the ability to evaluate students' abilities to synthesize data
70. What is the first component of the critical thinking model for clinical decision making?
a. Experience
b. Nursing process
c. Attitude
d. A scientific knowledge base - ansANS: D
A scientific knowledge base is the first component for clinical decision making. After acquiring a sound
knowledge base, the nurse can then apply knowledge to different clinical situations using the nursing
process to gain valuable experience. A critical thinking attitude is a guideline for how to approach a
problem and apply knowledge to make a clinical decision
71. A new graduate nurse will make the best clinical decisions by applying the components of the nursing
critical thinking model and which of the following?
a. Drawing on past clinical experiences to formulate standardized care plans
b. Relying on recall of information from past lectures and textbooks
c. Depending on the charge nurse to determine priorities of care
d. Using the nursing process - ansANS: D
QUESTION AND ANSWERS LATEST VERSION
VERIFIED RATIONALE GRADED A+
66. Professional nurses are responsible for making clinical decisions to
a. Prove traditional methods of providing nursing care to patients.
b. Take immediate action when a patient's condition worsens.
c. Apply clear textbook solutions to patients' problems.
d. Formulate standardized care plans for groups of patients - ansANS: B
Professional nurses are responsible for making clinical decisions to take immediate action when a
patient's condition worsens. Patient care should be based on evidence-based practice, not on tradition.
Clear textbooks solutions to patient problems are not always available. Care plans should be
individualized
67. The nurse needs a reminder of professional responsibility when performing which of these
actions?
a. Making an informed clinical decision
b. Making an ethical clinical decision
c. Making a clinical decision in the patient's best interest
d. Making a clinical decision based on previous shift assessments - ansANS: D
The professional nurse is responsible for assessing patients each shift. Making informed, ethical
decisions in the patient's best interest is practicing responsibly.
68. Which of the following demonstrates a nurse utilizing self-reflection to improve clinical decision
making?
a. Uses an objective approach in all situations
b. Obtains data in an orderly fashion
c. Improves a plan of care while thinking back on interventions performed
d. Provides evidence-based explanations for all nursing interventions - ansANS: C
Self-reflection utilizes critical thinking when thinking back on the effectiveness of interventions and how
they were performed. The other options are not the best examples of self-reflection but do represent
good nursing practice. Using an objective approach and obtaining data in an orderly fashion does not
, CRITICAL THINKING IN NURSING PRACTICE
QUESTION AND ANSWERS LATEST VERSION
VERIFIED RATIONALE GRADED A+
involve purposefully thinking back to discover the meaning or purpose of a situation. Providing evidence-
based explanations for nursing interventions does not always involve thinking back to discover the
meaning of a situation
69. A nursing instructor needs to evaluate students' abilities to synthesize data and identify relationships
between nursing diagnoses. Which learning assignment is best suited for this instructor's needs?
a. Concept mapping
b. Reflective journaling
c. Reading assignment with a written summary
d. Lecture and discussion - ansANS: A
Concept maps challenge the student to synthesize data and identify relationships between nursing
diagnoses. Reflective journaling involves thinking back to clarify concepts. Reading assignments and
lecture do not best provide an instructor the ability to evaluate students' abilities to synthesize data
70. What is the first component of the critical thinking model for clinical decision making?
a. Experience
b. Nursing process
c. Attitude
d. A scientific knowledge base - ansANS: D
A scientific knowledge base is the first component for clinical decision making. After acquiring a sound
knowledge base, the nurse can then apply knowledge to different clinical situations using the nursing
process to gain valuable experience. A critical thinking attitude is a guideline for how to approach a
problem and apply knowledge to make a clinical decision
71. A new graduate nurse will make the best clinical decisions by applying the components of the nursing
critical thinking model and which of the following?
a. Drawing on past clinical experiences to formulate standardized care plans
b. Relying on recall of information from past lectures and textbooks
c. Depending on the charge nurse to determine priorities of care
d. Using the nursing process - ansANS: D
