Critical Thinking Clinical Reasoning and Clinical Judgment 7th Edition A Practical Approach Test Bank Well Chaptered And Updated 2025!!

, Test Bank For Critical Thinking, Clinical Reasoning, and Clinical Judgment A Practical
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Approach 7th Edition – by Rosalinda Alfaro-LeFevre
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eBook ISBN: 9780323594721
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Table of Contents
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1. What are Critical Thinking, Clinical Reasoning, and Clinical Judgment?
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2. Becoming a Critical Thinker v v v




3. Critical Thinking and Learning Cultures: Teaching, Learning, and Taking Tests
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4. Interprofessional Clinical Reasoning, Decision Making, and Judgment
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5. Ethical Reasoning, Professionalism, Evidence-Based Practice, and Quality Improvement
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6. Practicing Clinical Reasoning, Clinical Judgment, and Decision-making Skills
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7. Interprofessional Practice Skills: Communication, Teamwork, and Self-Management NEW
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interprofessional collaboration focus!
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, Critical Thinking Clinical Reasoning and Clinical Judgment 7th Edition A Practical
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Approach Test Bank v v v




Chapter 1. What are Critical Thinking, Clinical Reasoning, and Clinical Judgment?
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vMultiple Choice v


Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. Which of the following characteristics do the various definitions of critical thinking have
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vin common? Critical thinking
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Requires reasoned thought v v


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Asks the questions why? or how?
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Is a hierarchical process
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Demands specialized thinking skills v v v


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The definitions listed in the text as well as definitions in Box 2-1 state that critical thinking
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vrequires reasoning or reasoned thinking. Critical thinking is neither linear nor hierarchical. That
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vmeans that the steps involved in critical thinking are not necessarily sequential, where mastery of
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vone step is necessary to proceed to the next. Critical thinking is a purposeful, dynamic, analytic
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vprocess that contributes to reasoned decisions and sound contextual judgments.
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KEY: Nursing process: N/A | Client need: SECE | Cognitive level: Analysis
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2. A few nurses on a unit have proposed to the nurse manager that the process for
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vdocumenting care on the unit be changed. They have described a completely new system. Why is
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vit important for the nurse manager to have a critical attitude? It will help the manager to
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Consider all the possible advantages and disadvantages
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Maintain an open mind about the proposed change v v v v v v v


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Apply the nursing process to the situation
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Make a decision based on past experience with documentation
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A critical attitude enables the person to think fairly and keep an open mind.
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vPTS:1DIF:ModerateKEY: Nursing process: N/A | Client need: SECE | Cognitive level: v v v v v v v v v v


vComprehension

, 3. The nurse has just been assigned to the clinical care of a newly admitted patient. To
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know how to best care for the patient, the nurse uses the nursing process. Which step would the
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nurse probably do first?
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Assessment
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Diagnosis
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Plan outcomes v


4)
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Plan interventions
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ANS: 1
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Assessment is the first step of the nursing process. The nursing diagnosis is derived from the data
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gathered during assessment, outcomes from the diagnosis, and interventions from the outcomes.
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KEY: Nursing process: Assessment | Client need: SECE | Cognitive level: Application
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4. Which of the following is an example of theoretical knowledge?
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1)
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A nurse uses sterile technique to catheterize a patient.
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2)
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Room air has an oxygen concentration of 21%.
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3)
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Glucose monitoring machines should be calibrated daily.
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4)
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An irregular apical heart rate should be compared with the radial pulse.
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ANS: 2
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Theoretical knowledge consists of research findings, facts, principles, and theories. The oxygen
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concentration of room air is a scientific fact. The others are examples of practical
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knowledgewhat to do and how to do it.
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KEY: Nursing process: N/A | Client need: SECE | Cognitive level: Application
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5. Which of the following is an example of practical knowledge? (Assume all are true.)
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1)
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The tricuspid valve is between the right atrium and ventricle of the heart.
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2)
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The pancreas does not produce enough insulin in type 1 diabetes.
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3)
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When assessing the abdomen, you should auscultate before palpating.
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Research shows pain medication given intravenously acts faster than by other routes.
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ANS: 3
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