TEST BANK Critical Thinking Clinical Reasoning and Clinical Judgment: A Practical Approach 7th Edition by Rosalinda Alfaro-LeFevre TEST BANK

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Critical Thinking Clinical
Reasoning and Clinical Judgment:
A Practical Approach
7th Edition
by Rosalinda Alfaro-LeFevre




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,Critical36Thinking36Clinical36Reasoning36and36Clinical36Judgment367th36Edition:36A36Practic
al36Approach36Test36Bank36by36Rosalinda36Alfaro-LeFevre

Table36of36Contents:

1.36What36are36Critical36Thinking,36Clinical36Reasoning,36and36Clinical36Judgment? 3

2.36Becoming36a36Critical36Thinker 10

3.36Critical36Thinking36and36Learning36Cultures:36Teaching,36Learning,36and36Taking36Tests 18

4.36Interprofessional36Clinical36Reasoning,36Decision36Making,36and36Judgment 30

5.36Ethical36Reasoning,36Professionalism,36Evidence-Based36Practice,36and36Quality36Improvement
42
6.36Practicing36Clinical36Reasoning,36Clinical36Judgment,36and36Decision-making36Skills 66

7.36Interprofessional36Practice36Skills:36Communication,36Teamwork,36and36Self-Management 88

,Chapter361.36What36are36Critical36Thinking,36Clinical36Reasoning,36and36Clinical36Judgment?
Alfaro-
LeFevre:36Critical36Thinking36Clinical36Reasoning36and36Clinical36Judgment367th36Edition36A36
Practical36Approach36Test36Bank

Multiple36Choice
Identify36the36choice36that36best36completes36the36statement36or36answers36the36question.

1. Which36of36the36following36characteristics36do36the36various36definitions36of36critical36thin
king36havein36common?36Critical36thinking
1) Requires36reasoned36thought
2) Asks36the36questions36why?36or36how?
3) Is36a36hierarchical36process
4) Demands36specialized36thinking36skills

ANS:361
The36definitions36listed36in36the36text36as36well36as36definitions36in36Box362-
136state36that36critical36thinking36requires36reasoning36or36reasoned36thinking.36Critical36thinking
36is36neither36linear36nor36hierarchical.36That36means36that36the36steps36involved36in36critical36thi
nking36are36not36necessarily36sequential,36where36mastery36of36one36step36is36necessary36to36proc
eed36to36the36next.36Critical36thinking36is36a36purposeful,36dynamic,36analytic36process36that36con
tributes36to36reasoned36decisions36and36sound36contextual36judgments.

PTS:1DIF:Moderate36high-level36question,36answer36not36stated36verbatim
KEY:36Nursing36process:36N/A36|36Client36need:36SECE36|36Cognitive36level:36Analysis

2. A36few36nurses36on36a36unit36have36proposed36to36the36nurse36manager36that36the36process36f
or36documenting36care36on36the36unit36be36changed.36They36have36described36a36completely36ne
w36system.36Why36isit36important36for36the36nurse36manager36to36have36a36critical36attitude?36It
36will36help36the36manager36to
1) Consider36all36the36possible36advantages36and36disadvantages
2) Maintain36an36open36mind36about36the36proposed36change
3) Apply36the36nursing36process36to36the36situation
4) Make36a36decision36based36on36past36experience36with36docum

entation36ANS:362

A36critical36attitude36enables36the36person36to36think36fairly36and36keep36an36open36mind.36PTS:1DIF
:ModerateKEY:36Nursing36process:36N/A36|36Client36need:36SECE36|36Cognitive36level:36Comprehensio
n
3. The36nurse36has36just36been36assigned36to36the36clinical36care36of36a36newly36admitted36pati
ent.36To36know36how36to36best36care36for36the36patient,36the36nurse36uses36the36nursing36proces
s.36Which36step36would36thenurse36probably36do36first?
1) Assessment
2) Diagnosis

, 3) Plan36outcomes
4) Plan36interventions