concepts Clinical Judgement and Collaboration Questions with
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Clinical Judgment Defined - correct answers>>-Foundation of safe and effective nursing practice
-Interpretations and inferences that influence actions in clinical practice
-Essential skill that involves the interpretation of a client's needs, concerns, or health problems and the
decision to take action or not, use or modify standard approaches, or improvise new approaches on the
basis of a client's response
Critical Thinking - correct answers>>Ability to think in systematic/logical manner with openness to
question and reflect on the reasoning process
Clinical Reasoning - correct answers>>-Thinking process by which a nurse reaches a clinical judgment
Clinical Judgment - correct answers>>Interpretations and inferences that influence actions in clinical
practice
Attributes of Clinical Judgment - correct answers>>-Nursing care is not linear! Nurses must consider
multiple complex variables
-Involves a holistic view of the patient situation
-Has a circular process orientation
-Requires reasoning and interpretation
Critical Thinking Attitudes - correct answers>>-Confidence
-Thinking Independently
-Fairness
-Responsibility & Authority
-Risk Taking
-Discipline
-Perseverance
-Creativity
-Curiosity
, -Integrity
-Humility
Clinical Judgment Process - correct answers>>-Noticing
-Interpreting
-Responding
-Reflecting
Reflection-in-action
Reflection-on-action
Clinical Judgment Process Mnemonic - correct answers>>-Nursing (Noticing)
-Intuition, (Interpreting)
-Ridiculously (Responding)
-Right! (Reflection in & on action)
Noticing - correct answers>>-A nurse notices things about a patient in the context of the nurse's
background and experience, context of environment, and knowing the patient
-Nurses look for patterns that are consistent with previous experiences and use that information to guide
care
Factors that influence noticing - correct answers>>-Interpersonal characteristics of the nurse
-Theoretical and Experiential Knowledge of the nurse
-Knowing the patient
-Context or environment of care
Interpreting - correct answers>>-The process of assembling information to make sense of it
-Types of reasoning patterns tend to vary with the experience of the nurse
Novice nurses rely on analytic reasoning.
Expert nurses draw from a variety of reasoning patterns (analytic, intuitive, and narrative).
Answers
Clinical Judgment Defined - correct answers>>-Foundation of safe and effective nursing practice
-Interpretations and inferences that influence actions in clinical practice
-Essential skill that involves the interpretation of a client's needs, concerns, or health problems and the
decision to take action or not, use or modify standard approaches, or improvise new approaches on the
basis of a client's response
Critical Thinking - correct answers>>Ability to think in systematic/logical manner with openness to
question and reflect on the reasoning process
Clinical Reasoning - correct answers>>-Thinking process by which a nurse reaches a clinical judgment
Clinical Judgment - correct answers>>Interpretations and inferences that influence actions in clinical
practice
Attributes of Clinical Judgment - correct answers>>-Nursing care is not linear! Nurses must consider
multiple complex variables
-Involves a holistic view of the patient situation
-Has a circular process orientation
-Requires reasoning and interpretation
Critical Thinking Attitudes - correct answers>>-Confidence
-Thinking Independently
-Fairness
-Responsibility & Authority
-Risk Taking
-Discipline
-Perseverance
-Creativity
-Curiosity
, -Integrity
-Humility
Clinical Judgment Process - correct answers>>-Noticing
-Interpreting
-Responding
-Reflecting
Reflection-in-action
Reflection-on-action
Clinical Judgment Process Mnemonic - correct answers>>-Nursing (Noticing)
-Intuition, (Interpreting)
-Ridiculously (Responding)
-Right! (Reflection in & on action)
Noticing - correct answers>>-A nurse notices things about a patient in the context of the nurse's
background and experience, context of environment, and knowing the patient
-Nurses look for patterns that are consistent with previous experiences and use that information to guide
care
Factors that influence noticing - correct answers>>-Interpersonal characteristics of the nurse
-Theoretical and Experiential Knowledge of the nurse
-Knowing the patient
-Context or environment of care
Interpreting - correct answers>>-The process of assembling information to make sense of it
-Types of reasoning patterns tend to vary with the experience of the nurse
Novice nurses rely on analytic reasoning.
Expert nurses draw from a variety of reasoning patterns (analytic, intuitive, and narrative).
