Critical Thinking, Clinical Reasoning, and Clinical
Judgment A Practical Approach
7th Edition by Rosalinda Alfaro-LeFevre
Chapters 1 - 7, Complete Newest Version
, Test Bank For Critical Thinking, Clinical Reasoning, and Clinical Judgment A Practical
Approach 7th Edition – by Rosalinda Alfaro-LeFevre
Paperback ISBN: 9780323581257
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Table of Contents
1. What are Critical Thinking, Clinical Reasoning, and Clinical Judgment?
2. Becoming a Critical Thinker
3. Critical Thinking and Learning Cultures: Teaching, Learning, and Taking Tests
4. Interprofessional Clinical Reasoning, Decision Making, and Judgment
5. Ethical Reasoning, Professionalism, Evidence-Based Practice, and Quality Improvement
6. Practicing Clinical Reasoning, Clinical Judgment, and Decision-making Skills
7. Interprofessional Practice Skills: Communication, Teamwork, and Self-Management NEW
interprofessional collaboration focus!
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mPracticalmApproach mTest mBank
Chapter m1. mWhat mare mCritical mThinking, mClinical mReasoning, mand mClinical
Judgment?mMultiple mChoice
m
Identify mthe mchoice mthat mbest mcompletes mthe mstatement mor manswers mthe mquestion.
m 1. mWhich mof mthe mfollowing mcharacteristics mdo mthe mvarious mdefinitions mof mcritical mthinking
havemin mcommon? mCritical mthinking
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1)
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Asks mthe mquestions mwhy? mor
how?m3)
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Is ma mhierarchical
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Demands mspecialized mthinking
skillsmANSWER: m1
m
The mdefinitions mlisted min mthe mtext mas mwell mas mdefinitions min mBox m2-1 mstate mthat mcritical
thinking mrequires mreasoning mor mreasoned mthinking. mCritical mthinking mis mneither mlinear mnor
m
hierarchical. mThat mmeans mthat mthe msteps minvolved min mcritical mthinking mare mnot mnecessarily
m
sequential, mwhere mmastery mofmone mstep mis mnecessary mto mproceed mto mthe mnext. mCritical mthinking
m
m is ma mpurposeful, mdynamic, manalytic mprocess mthat mcontributes mto mreasoned mdecisions mand msound
contextual mjudgments.
m
PTS:1DIF:Moderate mhigh-level mquestion, manswer mnot mstated mverbatim
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documenting mcare mon mthe munit mbe mchanged. mThey mhave mdescribed ma mcompletely mnew msystem.
m
Why mismit mimportant mfor mthe mnurse mmanager mto mhave ma mcritical mattitude? mIt mwill mhelp mthe
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, Apply mthe mnursing mprocess mto mthe
situationm4)
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Make ma mdecision mbased mon mpast mexperience mwith
documentationmANSWER: m2
m
A mcritical mattitude menables mthe mperson mto mthink mfairly mand mkeep man mopen mmind.
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m
level:mComprehension
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