TEST BANK Critical Thinking, Clinical Reasoning, and Clinical Judgment: A Practical Approach 7th Edition by Rosalinda Alfaro-LeFevre

TEST BANK
Critical Thinking, Clinical Reasoning, and
Clinical Judgment: A Practical Approach 7th
Edition by Rosalinda Alfaro-LeFevre




TEST BANK

,Critical Thinking Clinical Reasoning and Clinical Judgment 7th Edition: A Practical
Approach Test Bank by Rosalinda Alfaro-LeFevre


Table of Contents:

1. What are Critical Thinking, Clinical Reasoning, and Clinical Judgment? 3

2. Becoming a Critical Thinker 10

3. Critical Thinking and Learning Cultures: Teaching, Learning, and Taking Tests 18

4. Interprofessional Clinical Reasoning, Decision Making, and Judgment 30

5. Ethical Reasoning, Professionalism, Evidence-Based Practice, and Quality Improvement 42

6. Practicing Clinical Reasoning, Clinical Judgment, and Decision-making Skills 66

7. Interprofessional Practice Skills: Communication, Teamwork, and Self-Management 88

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Chapter 1. What are Critical Thinking, Clinical Reasoning, and Clinical Judgment?
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Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. Which of the following characteristics do the various definitions of critical thinking have
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Asks the questions why? or how?
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Is a hierarchical process
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The definitions listed in the text as well as definitions in Box 2-1 state that critical thinking
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orequires reasoning or reasoned thinking. Critical thinking is neither linear nor hierarchical. That
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omeans that the steps involved in critical thinking are not necessarily sequential, where mastery of
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oone step is necessary to proceed to the next. Critical thinking is a purposeful, dynamic, analytic
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oprocess that contributes to reasoned decisions and sound contextual judgments.
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KEY: Nursing process: N/A | Client need: SECE | Cognitive level: Analysis
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2. A few nurses on a unit have proposed to the nurse manager that the process for
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odocumenting care on the unit be changed. They have described a completely new system. Why is
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oit important for the nurse manager to have a critical attitude? It will help the manager to
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Consider all the possible advantages and disadvantages
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A critical attitude enables the person to think fairly and keep an open mind.
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, 3. The nurse has just been assigned to the clinical care of a newly admitted patient. To
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know how to best care for the patient, the nurse uses the nursing process. Which step would the
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nurse probably do first?
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Plan interventions
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Assessment is the first step of the nursing process. The nursing diagnosis is derived from the data
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gathered during assessment, outcomes from the diagnosis, and interventions from the outcomes.
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KEY: Nursing process: Assessment | Client need: SECE | Cognitive level: Application
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4. Which of the following is an example of theoretical knowledge?
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A nurse uses sterile technique to catheterize a patient.
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Room air has an oxygen concentration of 21%.
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Glucose monitoring machines should be calibrated daily.
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An irregular apical heart rate should be compared with the radial pulse.
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Theoretical knowledge consists of research findings, facts, principles, and theories. The oxygen
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concentration of room air is a scientific fact. The others are examples of practical
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knowledgewhat to do and how to do it.
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KEY: Nursing process: N/A | Client need: SECE | Cognitive level: Application
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5. Which of the following is an example of practical knowledge? (Assume all are true.)
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The tricuspid valve is between the right atrium and ventricle of the heart.
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The pancreas does not produce enough insulin in type 1 diabetes.
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When assessing the abdomen, you should auscultate before palpating.
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Research shows pain medication given intravenously acts faster than by other routes.
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ANS: 3
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