CRITICAL THINKING CLINICAL REASONING
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Problem solving (Applying Critical Thinking to Nursing Practice) - ✔✔a mental
activity in which a problem is identified that represents an unsteady state.
✔✔Techniques in Critical Thinking - Deductive reasoning - ✔✔1) Reasoning from
general premise to specific conclusion
2) The premise is not always valid and, thus, the conclusion also may not be valid.
✔✔Research Process (Applying Critical Thinking to Nursing Practice) - ✔✔a formalized,
logical systematic approach to problem solving.
✔✔Insight into Egocentricity (Attitudes that Foster Critical Thinking) - ✔✔open to the
possibility that their personal biases or social pressures and customs could unduly
effect their thinking.
✔✔Intuition - ✔✔a problem-solving approach that relies on a nurses inner sense
✔✔Techniques in Critical Thinking - Inductive reasoning - ✔✔1) Generalizations are
formed from a set of facts or observations.
2) When viewed together, certain bits of information suggest a particular interpretation.
3) Moves from specific examples (premises) to a generalized conclusion.
✔✔Which reasoning process describes the nurse's actions when the nurse evaluates
possible solutions for care of an infected wound for optimal client outcomes?
1. Intuition
2. Research process
3. Trial and error
4. Problem solving - ✔✔4. Problem solving
Rationale: A nurse thinks critically, evaluates possible solutions, and uses problem
solving. Intuition (option 1) is not a sufficient basis for implementing wound care when
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Problem solving (Applying Critical Thinking to Nursing Practice) - ✔✔a mental
activity in which a problem is identified that represents an unsteady state.
✔✔Techniques in Critical Thinking - Deductive reasoning - ✔✔1) Reasoning from
general premise to specific conclusion
2) The premise is not always valid and, thus, the conclusion also may not be valid.
✔✔Research Process (Applying Critical Thinking to Nursing Practice) - ✔✔a formalized,
logical systematic approach to problem solving.
✔✔Insight into Egocentricity (Attitudes that Foster Critical Thinking) - ✔✔open to the
possibility that their personal biases or social pressures and customs could unduly
effect their thinking.
✔✔Intuition - ✔✔a problem-solving approach that relies on a nurses inner sense
✔✔Techniques in Critical Thinking - Inductive reasoning - ✔✔1) Generalizations are
formed from a set of facts or observations.
2) When viewed together, certain bits of information suggest a particular interpretation.
3) Moves from specific examples (premises) to a generalized conclusion.
✔✔Which reasoning process describes the nurse's actions when the nurse evaluates
possible solutions for care of an infected wound for optimal client outcomes?
1. Intuition
2. Research process
3. Trial and error
4. Problem solving - ✔✔4. Problem solving
Rationale: A nurse thinks critically, evaluates possible solutions, and uses problem
solving. Intuition (option 1) is not a sufficient basis for implementing wound care when
