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FUNCTION IN T
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NURSING 9TH T
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EDITION BY T
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1. What statement is true regarding decision making?
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A) It is an analysis of a situation
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B) It is closely related to evaluation
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C) It involves choosing between courses of action
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, D) It is dependent upon finding the cause of a problem Ans: C
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Fthat focuses on analyzing a difficult situation. Critical thinking, sometimes referred to as
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Freflective thinking, is related to evaluation and has a broader scope than decision making
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2. What is a weakness of the traditional problem-solving model? F T T
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D) Its failure to evaluate alternatives T
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Ans: A
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The traditional problem-solving model is less effective when time constraints are a
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Fconsideration. Decision making can occur without the full analysis required in problem
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3. Which of the following statements is true regarding decision making? F T F T F T F T T
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B) Decisions are greatly influenced by each person's value system T
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D) Past experience has little to do with the quality of the decision F T T
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Values, life experience, individual preference, and individual ways of thinking will influence
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a person's decision making. No matter how objective the criteria will be, value judgments
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will always play a part in a person's decision making, either consciously or
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D) The time of day the decision is made Ans: C F T T
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The greater the number of alternatives that can be generated by the decision maker, the
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better the final decision will be. The alternatives generated and the final choices are
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limited by each person's value system.
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,5. What does knowledge about good decision making lead one to believe?
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C) Good decisions are usually made by left-brain, logical thinkers T
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course of action. Decision making, one step in the problem-solving process, is an
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important task that relies heavily on critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills.
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A decision is made when a course of action has been chosen. Problem solving is part of
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decision making and is a systematic process that focuses on analyzing a difficult situation.
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Problem solving always includes a decision-making step.
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8. Why do our values often cause personal conflict in decision making?
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