COR 195 LATEST COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Male Vs. Female Tendencies: - ✔✔- Structurally male/female brains are different
and they are tend to be raised differently
- Women are intuitive, creative, able to multitask
- Men are focused, logical, methodical
✔✔Emotional Intelligence: - ✔✔- In many cases your EQ may be more important than
your IQ
- IQ only accounts for small part of job performance. You may be intellectually smart,
but you must be able to manage your emotions
- To develop good, working relationships, you must be sensitive to others' emotions and
learn how to work through difficult communication. If not, your great ideas/intentions
may be lost in emotional issues
- Developing EQ aids critical thinking because how you feel about something
significantly affects your thinking about it
- Many people aren't aware of deep, strong feelings clarifying your own emotions and
giving them attention they deserve, helps you adjust your behavior, be more logical,
improve results
✔✔- Communicating Effectively: - ✔✔- Critical thinking depends on accuracy/quality of
communication
, - Communication problems are major cause of mistakes
- Main problem with communication is the false impression that its been accomplished
1. Listening deeply to understand other people's point of view
2. Probing to gain most important information in non-judgemental way
3. Getting point accross clearly
- Paying attention to verbal/non-verbal messages
- Developing your communication/interpersonal skills is as important as developing your
clinical skills
✔✔Communicating Strategies: - ✔✔- Aim for mindful communication - clearing mind of
"clutter", staying focused on present moment. Pause to get centered during
communication
- Sit down: gives message that you'll take time needed to exchange, thoughts, feelings,
ideas
- Examine your "personal story" about the communication you're about to have: what
are your thoughts/feelings, what assumptions/judgements have you made? What's your
confidence level?
- Explain your intent is not to judge, but understand
- Listen first: work to understand thoughts/feelings that others expressing before trying
to get them to understand you
- Listen empathetically: "try to walk in someone else's shoes"
1. Clear your mind of thoughts about how you view situations or concerns about how
you're going to respond
2. Focus on listening to other person's feelings/perceptions
3. Rephrase the feelings/perceptions as you understand them to be
4. Detach and come back to your own frame of reference
- Consider how the other person may perceive both you and the situation
- Use clear, concise, simple language
- Evaluate your stress level and the other person's
- Choose right time/place
✔✔Building Relationships: - ✔✔- Promotes open, honest dialogue
- Crucial to getting results
- People thinking best when they like/trust each other
- Follow code of conduct
✔✔Preceptors, Mentors, Partnership: - ✔✔- Critical thinking and CR skills developed
over time on the job
- Partnerships between new nurses and mentors/preceptors helps develop key skills in
safe way
- Ensure a good "fit" between mentor and learner personalities
✔✔Personal Factors Affecting Critical Thinking: - ✔✔- Personality, learning style
culture, up-bringing
- Effective communication skills EQ
- Fair mindedness
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Male Vs. Female Tendencies: - ✔✔- Structurally male/female brains are different
and they are tend to be raised differently
- Women are intuitive, creative, able to multitask
- Men are focused, logical, methodical
✔✔Emotional Intelligence: - ✔✔- In many cases your EQ may be more important than
your IQ
- IQ only accounts for small part of job performance. You may be intellectually smart,
but you must be able to manage your emotions
- To develop good, working relationships, you must be sensitive to others' emotions and
learn how to work through difficult communication. If not, your great ideas/intentions
may be lost in emotional issues
- Developing EQ aids critical thinking because how you feel about something
significantly affects your thinking about it
- Many people aren't aware of deep, strong feelings clarifying your own emotions and
giving them attention they deserve, helps you adjust your behavior, be more logical,
improve results
✔✔- Communicating Effectively: - ✔✔- Critical thinking depends on accuracy/quality of
communication
, - Communication problems are major cause of mistakes
- Main problem with communication is the false impression that its been accomplished
1. Listening deeply to understand other people's point of view
2. Probing to gain most important information in non-judgemental way
3. Getting point accross clearly
- Paying attention to verbal/non-verbal messages
- Developing your communication/interpersonal skills is as important as developing your
clinical skills
✔✔Communicating Strategies: - ✔✔- Aim for mindful communication - clearing mind of
"clutter", staying focused on present moment. Pause to get centered during
communication
- Sit down: gives message that you'll take time needed to exchange, thoughts, feelings,
ideas
- Examine your "personal story" about the communication you're about to have: what
are your thoughts/feelings, what assumptions/judgements have you made? What's your
confidence level?
- Explain your intent is not to judge, but understand
- Listen first: work to understand thoughts/feelings that others expressing before trying
to get them to understand you
- Listen empathetically: "try to walk in someone else's shoes"
1. Clear your mind of thoughts about how you view situations or concerns about how
you're going to respond
2. Focus on listening to other person's feelings/perceptions
3. Rephrase the feelings/perceptions as you understand them to be
4. Detach and come back to your own frame of reference
- Consider how the other person may perceive both you and the situation
- Use clear, concise, simple language
- Evaluate your stress level and the other person's
- Choose right time/place
✔✔Building Relationships: - ✔✔- Promotes open, honest dialogue
- Crucial to getting results
- People thinking best when they like/trust each other
- Follow code of conduct
✔✔Preceptors, Mentors, Partnership: - ✔✔- Critical thinking and CR skills developed
over time on the job
- Partnerships between new nurses and mentors/preceptors helps develop key skills in
safe way
- Ensure a good "fit" between mentor and learner personalities
✔✔Personal Factors Affecting Critical Thinking: - ✔✔- Personality, learning style
culture, up-bringing
- Effective communication skills EQ
- Fair mindedness
