ECPI COR 195 CHAPTER 1 & 2 Exam Questions and Answers

ECPI 2024-2025: COR 195: CHAPTER 1 &
2 Exam Questions and Answers

Nurse iiProcess: ii- iiAnswers ii-Assess
Diagnosis ii
Analyze
Plan
Implement
Evaluate ii

- iiMajor iitool iifor iiclinical iireasoning

Emotional iiQuotient: ii- iiAnswers ii-Emotional iiintelligence

Right iiBrain: ii- iiAnswers ii-- iiCreative ii
- iiGenerating iinew iiideas

Left iiBrain: ii- iiAnswers ii-- iiMath/analytical ii
- iiJudging iithe iiworth iiof iithose iiideas

Umbrella iiTerm: ii- iiAnswers ii-Critical iithinking iiis iian iiumbrella iiterm iithat iiincludes iithe
iiterms iicritical iireasoning ii(CR) iiand iicritical iijudgement ii(CJ).


Critical iiThinking: ii- iiAnswers ii-- ii"Important iithinking" iiyou iineed iito iido iito iianswer
iiquestions, iior iiassess ii, iiprevent, iimanage iiproblems. ii
- iiReasoning iiboth iiinside iiand iioutside iiclinical iisetting

What iiis iithe iidifference iibetween iithinking iiand iicritical iithinking? ii- iiAnswers ii-Critical
iithinking iirequires iipurpose iiand iicontrol, iiwhereas iithinking iicould iibe iidaydreaming.


Synonym iifor iicritical iithinking? ii- iiAnswers ii-Reasoning iibecause iiit iiimplies iicareful,
iideliberate iithought.


Clinical iiReasoning ii(CR): ii- iiAnswers ii-Processes iiyou iiuse iito iithink iiabout iiissues iiat
iithe iipoint iiof iicare.
- iiEx: iideciding iihow iito iiprevent/manage iipatient iiproblems

- iiProcess: iiCritical iithinking/clinical iireasoning

, Clinical iiJudgement ii(CJ): ii- iiAnswers ii-Refers iito iithe iiresult ii(outcome) iiof iicritical
iithinking iior iiclinical iireasoning ii- iithe iiconclusion, iidecision, iior iiopinion iiyou iimake iiafter
iithinking iiabout iithe iiissues. ii


- iiResult ii- iiClinical iijudgement

Critical iiThinking iiIn iiNursing: ii- iiAnswers ii-- iiIncludes iiclinical iireasoning iiand iiclinical
iijudgement ii- iiis iipurposeful, iiinformed, iioutcome ii- iifocused iithinking iithat: ii
- iiGuided iiby iistandards, iipolicies, iiethic iicodes, iilaws
- iiDriven iiby iipatient, iifamily, iicommunity iineeds iias iiwell iias iinurses iineeds iito iigive
iiefficient/competent iicare
- iiBased iion iiprinciples iiof iinursing iiprocess, iiproblem-solving, iiand iiscientific iimethod
- iiFocuses iion iisafety iiand iiquality, iiconstantly iire-evaluating, iiself-correcting, iistriving iito
iiimprove
- iiCarefully iiidentifies iikey iiproblems, iiissues, iirisks, iiinvolved, iiincluding iipatients,
iifamilies, iikey iistakeholders iiin iidecision-making iiearly iiin iithe iiprocess. iiStakeholders
iiwill iibe iimost iiaffected ii(patients/families) iior iifrom iiwhom iirequirements iiwill iibe iidrawn
- iiUses iilogic, iiintuition, iicreativity iiand iiis iigrounded iiin iispecific iiknowledge, iiskills,
iiexperience. ii
- iiCalls iifor iistrategies iithat iimake iimost iiof iihuman iipotential iiand iicompensate iifor
iiproblems iicreated iiby iihuman iinature


Common iiSense: ii- iiAnswers ii-- iiUsually iilearned iifrom iiexperiences
- iiEveryone's iicommon iisense iiis iidifferent

Ideal iiCritical iiThinker: ii- iiAnswers ii-- iiIs iihabitually iiinquisitive
- iiSelf-informed
- iiTrustful iiof iireason
- iiOpen-minded
- iiFlexible
- iiFair-minded iiin iievaluation
- iiHonest iiin iifacing iipersonal iibiases
- iiPrudent iiin iimaking iijudgements
- iiWilling iito iireconsider
- iiClear iiabout iiissues
- iiOrderly iiin iicomplex iimatters
- iiDiligent iiin iiseeking iirelevant iiinformation
- iiReasonable iiin iiselecting iicriteria
- iiFocused iiin iiinquiry iiand iipresent iiin iiseeking iiresults iithat iiare iias iiprecise iias iithe
iisubject iiand iithe iicircumstances iiof iiinquiry iipermit


Personal iiCritical iiThinking iiIndicators: ii- iiAnswers ii-- iiSelf iiaware
- iiGenuine/authentic
- iiEffective iicommunication
- iiCurious iiand iiinquisitive
- iiAlert iito iicontext