NURS 3517 Week 3 Questions With Complete Solutions
Clinical judgment in nursing is primarily the outcome of which
process?
A) Critical thinking or clinical reasoning
B) Patient assessment
C) Medical diagnosis
D) Communication with other healthcare professionals Correct
Answers A) Critical thinking or clinical reasoning
How do expectations influence clinical judgment in the
'Noticing' phase of Tanner's model?
A) They completely define the outcomes of care
B) They influence the initial grasp of the situation
C) They allow the nurse to skip the interpretation phase
D) They are not important in clinical decision-making Correct
Answers B) They influence the initial grasp of the situation
How does 'Reflection-on-action' in Tanner's 'Responding" phase
support clinical learning in the model?
A) It delays decision-making and causes uncertainty
B) It helps inform future noticing and decision-making
C) It encourages acting impulsively without considering patient
needs
D) It prevents further reflection on the patient's condition
Correct Answers B) It helps inform future noticing and
decision-making
In Lasater's interpretation of clinical judgment, the 'Noticing'
phase includes which of the following?
A) Analyzing data for patterns
,B) Prioritizing interventions
C) Focused observation and information-seeking
D) Reflecting on past actions Correct Answers C) Focused
observation and information-seeking
In the "establish goals" phase, the nurse:
A) Reviews the patient's medical history
B) Describes the desired outcomes and sets a time frame
C) Analyzes and prioritizes the patient's symptoms
D) Evaluates the patient's progress toward the goals Correct
Answers B) Describes the desired outcomes and sets a time
frame
Lasater's Clinical Judgment Rubric (LCJR) is used to:
A) Guide decision-making in clinical practice
B) Measure and assess clinical judgment and thinking in nurses
C) Develop a nurse's understanding of patient care
D) Predict patient outcomes based on clinical interventions
Correct Answers B) Measure and assess clinical judgment and
thinking in nurses
Lasater's evidence-based rubric to measure clinical judgment in
nurses was created using which method?
A) A qualitative interview process with nursing students
B) Simulation-based assessment
C) Literature review and expert panel discussion
D) Observation of clinical practice in real-time Correct
Answers B) Simulation-based assessment
Match each aspect of Tanner's Clinical Judgement Model to the
correct description.
, 1. Notice
2. Interpret
3. Respond
4. Reflect
A) Nurse analyzes situation and that client may be at risk for
pressure injuries and ulcers due to physiological and
environmental circumstances, considers options and possible
goals
B) Nurse evaluates client for achieve goals and how the client
feels about their care, self-evaluates own nursing performance
C) Nurse observes that an older client living with diabetes has
experienced a stroke and has very limited mobility, the client is
frequently incontinent of urine, client shares with nurse that this
affects their dignity
D) Nurse intervenes and communicates plan for frequent
position changes, toileting and hygiene to other healthcare
providers, collaborates with client on plan in reassuring manner,
involves family as appropriate Correct Answers 1. C
2. A
3. D
4. B
Match each aspect of the 'process information' stage of the
clinical reasoning cycle to the correct description.
1. Interpret
2. Discriminate
3. Relate
4. Infer
5. Match
6. Predict
Clinical judgment in nursing is primarily the outcome of which
process?
A) Critical thinking or clinical reasoning
B) Patient assessment
C) Medical diagnosis
D) Communication with other healthcare professionals Correct
Answers A) Critical thinking or clinical reasoning
How do expectations influence clinical judgment in the
'Noticing' phase of Tanner's model?
A) They completely define the outcomes of care
B) They influence the initial grasp of the situation
C) They allow the nurse to skip the interpretation phase
D) They are not important in clinical decision-making Correct
Answers B) They influence the initial grasp of the situation
How does 'Reflection-on-action' in Tanner's 'Responding" phase
support clinical learning in the model?
A) It delays decision-making and causes uncertainty
B) It helps inform future noticing and decision-making
C) It encourages acting impulsively without considering patient
needs
D) It prevents further reflection on the patient's condition
Correct Answers B) It helps inform future noticing and
decision-making
In Lasater's interpretation of clinical judgment, the 'Noticing'
phase includes which of the following?
A) Analyzing data for patterns
,B) Prioritizing interventions
C) Focused observation and information-seeking
D) Reflecting on past actions Correct Answers C) Focused
observation and information-seeking
In the "establish goals" phase, the nurse:
A) Reviews the patient's medical history
B) Describes the desired outcomes and sets a time frame
C) Analyzes and prioritizes the patient's symptoms
D) Evaluates the patient's progress toward the goals Correct
Answers B) Describes the desired outcomes and sets a time
frame
Lasater's Clinical Judgment Rubric (LCJR) is used to:
A) Guide decision-making in clinical practice
B) Measure and assess clinical judgment and thinking in nurses
C) Develop a nurse's understanding of patient care
D) Predict patient outcomes based on clinical interventions
Correct Answers B) Measure and assess clinical judgment and
thinking in nurses
Lasater's evidence-based rubric to measure clinical judgment in
nurses was created using which method?
A) A qualitative interview process with nursing students
B) Simulation-based assessment
C) Literature review and expert panel discussion
D) Observation of clinical practice in real-time Correct
Answers B) Simulation-based assessment
Match each aspect of Tanner's Clinical Judgement Model to the
correct description.
, 1. Notice
2. Interpret
3. Respond
4. Reflect
A) Nurse analyzes situation and that client may be at risk for
pressure injuries and ulcers due to physiological and
environmental circumstances, considers options and possible
goals
B) Nurse evaluates client for achieve goals and how the client
feels about their care, self-evaluates own nursing performance
C) Nurse observes that an older client living with diabetes has
experienced a stroke and has very limited mobility, the client is
frequently incontinent of urine, client shares with nurse that this
affects their dignity
D) Nurse intervenes and communicates plan for frequent
position changes, toileting and hygiene to other healthcare
providers, collaborates with client on plan in reassuring manner,
involves family as appropriate Correct Answers 1. C
2. A
3. D
4. B
Match each aspect of the 'process information' stage of the
clinical reasoning cycle to the correct description.
1. Interpret
2. Discriminate
3. Relate
4. Infer
5. Match
6. Predict
