NURS 2300 Exam 2 Blueprint Exam
2025 Questions and Answers
Create a personal plan for test preparation and review. - --CORRECT ANSWER--
- Pre-read before lectures
- flashcards for review
- self test
- make concept maps
Identify a working definition of critical thinking - --CORRECT ANSWER--A
complex task that requires an understanding of how people thing through
problems; thinking outside the box.
Thinker improves quality of thinking by skillfully taking charge of structures
inherent in thinking and imposing intellectual standards upon them.
Identify the characteristics of a critical thinker - --CORRECT ANSWER--1) Raises
questions, problems dnd formulates them precisely and clearly.
2) Gathers and assesses relevant information using abstract ideas for interpretation.
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, 3) Arrives at conclusions/solutions that are well reasoned
4) Open-minded
5) communicates effectively with others.
Discuss how nurses use critical thinking and clinical judgement in practice. - --
CORRECT ANSWER--Patient interaction: nurses ask themselves:
"what assumption have I made about the patient? How accurate are theses
assumptions? Do I need more information? How can I look at the situation
differently?"
Nursing process is a method of critical thinking focused on solving problems in a
clinical setting.
Distinguish between novice thinking vs. expert thinking - --CORRECT
ANSWER--A novice thinker:
- rely on resources
- lack self confidence
- follow procedures directly
- has limited knowledge of problems and how to solve them
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2025 Questions and Answers
Create a personal plan for test preparation and review. - --CORRECT ANSWER--
- Pre-read before lectures
- flashcards for review
- self test
- make concept maps
Identify a working definition of critical thinking - --CORRECT ANSWER--A
complex task that requires an understanding of how people thing through
problems; thinking outside the box.
Thinker improves quality of thinking by skillfully taking charge of structures
inherent in thinking and imposing intellectual standards upon them.
Identify the characteristics of a critical thinker - --CORRECT ANSWER--1) Raises
questions, problems dnd formulates them precisely and clearly.
2) Gathers and assesses relevant information using abstract ideas for interpretation.
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, 3) Arrives at conclusions/solutions that are well reasoned
4) Open-minded
5) communicates effectively with others.
Discuss how nurses use critical thinking and clinical judgement in practice. - --
CORRECT ANSWER--Patient interaction: nurses ask themselves:
"what assumption have I made about the patient? How accurate are theses
assumptions? Do I need more information? How can I look at the situation
differently?"
Nursing process is a method of critical thinking focused on solving problems in a
clinical setting.
Distinguish between novice thinking vs. expert thinking - --CORRECT
ANSWER--A novice thinker:
- rely on resources
- lack self confidence
- follow procedures directly
- has limited knowledge of problems and how to solve them
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