NURS 252 FINAL EXAM |COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH EXPERT
SOLUTIONS| 2026 LATEST UPDATED| A+
Reasoned thinking, openness to alternatives, ability to reflect, a desire to seek the truth -
(answer)critical thinking includes:
Critical thinking separates the
________ nurse from the ________nurse. - (answer)technical, professional
nurses using critical thinking rely on Rely on __________ when deciding what a patient needs. -
(answer)knowledge and expertise
Clinical judgements require the nurse to _____ on knowledge, experience and information from
the patient. - (answer)reflect
•Diagnose & treat human responses to actual or potential problems - (answer)purpose of the
nursing process
steps of teh nursing process - (answer)assessment
diagnosis
,planning
implementation
evaluation
observe
use correct techniques for collecting data
differentiate between relevant and irrelevant data
organize
categorize
validate data
interpret assessment data and draw conclusion - (answer)critical thinking and assessment
identify cluster and cues,
detect inerences
recongnize an acutal or potential problem or risk
avoid making judgements - (answer)critical thinking and diagnosis/analysis
,identify goals and outcomes for client care, set priorities, determine appropriate strategies &
interventions, take knowledge and apply it to more than one situation, create outcome criteria,
therorize, consider the consequences of implementation - (answer)critical thinking & planning
use knowledge base
use appropriate skills and teaching strategies
test theories
delegate and supervise care
communicate appropriately in response to a situation - (answer)critical thinking and
implementation
determine accuracy of theories
evaluate outcomes based on specific criteria
determine understanding of teaching - (answer)critical thinking and evaluation
•A critical thinking process that professional nurses use to apply the best available evidence to
caregiving and promoting human functions and responses to health and illness." -
(answer)nursing process
, Describes a competent level of nursing care demonstrated through the nursing process:
assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification and planning, implementation, and evaluation. -
(answer)standards of nursing practice
systemic gathering of information related to the physical, mental, spiritual, socioecomonic,
cultural, status of individual, group, or community. USED IN EVERY STEP OF NURSING
PROCESS - (answer)assessment
•Collecting data: patterns emerge, start categorizing. Start record
•Using a systematic and ongoing process
•Categorizing data
•Recording data - (answer)assessment phase
•Data are used to identify the client's actual or potential health problems and strengths.
•Planning outcomes and interventions
•Data help you formulate realistic goals and choose the interventions most likely to be acceptable
to and effective for the client. - (answer)assessment with diagnosis
•You gather data by observing the client's responses as you perform interventions. -
(answer)assessment with implementation
SOLUTIONS| 2026 LATEST UPDATED| A+
Reasoned thinking, openness to alternatives, ability to reflect, a desire to seek the truth -
(answer)critical thinking includes:
Critical thinking separates the
________ nurse from the ________nurse. - (answer)technical, professional
nurses using critical thinking rely on Rely on __________ when deciding what a patient needs. -
(answer)knowledge and expertise
Clinical judgements require the nurse to _____ on knowledge, experience and information from
the patient. - (answer)reflect
•Diagnose & treat human responses to actual or potential problems - (answer)purpose of the
nursing process
steps of teh nursing process - (answer)assessment
diagnosis
,planning
implementation
evaluation
observe
use correct techniques for collecting data
differentiate between relevant and irrelevant data
organize
categorize
validate data
interpret assessment data and draw conclusion - (answer)critical thinking and assessment
identify cluster and cues,
detect inerences
recongnize an acutal or potential problem or risk
avoid making judgements - (answer)critical thinking and diagnosis/analysis
,identify goals and outcomes for client care, set priorities, determine appropriate strategies &
interventions, take knowledge and apply it to more than one situation, create outcome criteria,
therorize, consider the consequences of implementation - (answer)critical thinking & planning
use knowledge base
use appropriate skills and teaching strategies
test theories
delegate and supervise care
communicate appropriately in response to a situation - (answer)critical thinking and
implementation
determine accuracy of theories
evaluate outcomes based on specific criteria
determine understanding of teaching - (answer)critical thinking and evaluation
•A critical thinking process that professional nurses use to apply the best available evidence to
caregiving and promoting human functions and responses to health and illness." -
(answer)nursing process
, Describes a competent level of nursing care demonstrated through the nursing process:
assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification and planning, implementation, and evaluation. -
(answer)standards of nursing practice
systemic gathering of information related to the physical, mental, spiritual, socioecomonic,
cultural, status of individual, group, or community. USED IN EVERY STEP OF NURSING
PROCESS - (answer)assessment
•Collecting data: patterns emerge, start categorizing. Start record
•Using a systematic and ongoing process
•Categorizing data
•Recording data - (answer)assessment phase
•Data are used to identify the client's actual or potential health problems and strengths.
•Planning outcomes and interventions
•Data help you formulate realistic goals and choose the interventions most likely to be acceptable
to and effective for the client. - (answer)assessment with diagnosis
•You gather data by observing the client's responses as you perform interventions. -
(answer)assessment with implementation
