NURS 170 MIDTERM QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE
ANSWERS
4 aspects of clinical judgement correct answer noticing, interpretation,
responding, reflection
4 sections of nursing correct answer environment, nursing, patient, health
5 themes of reflection correct answer fear of interacting with patients,
developing confidence,
becoming self-aware,
connecting with knowledge,
connecting with the patient
Aesthetic (art) Knowing correct answer challenged the importance of 'how' nurses
know their patients beyond empirical knowing
assessment correct answer collecting data/info about the client
attitudes that promote critical thinking correct answer confidence, curiosity, fair-
mindedness, independence, insight, integrity, intellectual courage, intellectual
humility, perseverance
benefits of the nursing process correct answer purposeful, organized and
systemic; humanistic; step by step, cyclic, and dynamic; outcome focused and cost
effective; proactive, evidence based, intuitive and logical, selective, creative and
improvement orientated
, clinical judgement correct answer the conclusion, interpretation, or the decision
that nurses make, this needs to be holistic and the nurse needs to understand all
aspects of the situation
clinical reasoning correct answer similar to process to critical thinking but it also
focuses on the alternatives; we use this to assess the ongoing changes that our
patient experiences or what affects our care, collect info, and make
decisions/solve problems; consider the context and prioritization
Community Health Nursing correct answer knowledge of health promotion,
healthy public policy and determinants of health
discipline of nursing correct answer encompasses the knowledge
emancipatory knowing correct answer acknowledges as greater range of historical
and contextual considerations with the intent to seek freedom from conditions
that restrict the realization of full human potential
Empirical (science) Knowing correct answer Observations, Questioning, Statistics
Empirics: The Science of Nursing correct answer knowledge that is organized into
general laws and theories that describe, explain, and/or predict phenomena
"what is it?" "how does it work?"
epistemology correct answer a branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge
of truth and the methods used to acquire it
ANSWERS
4 aspects of clinical judgement correct answer noticing, interpretation,
responding, reflection
4 sections of nursing correct answer environment, nursing, patient, health
5 themes of reflection correct answer fear of interacting with patients,
developing confidence,
becoming self-aware,
connecting with knowledge,
connecting with the patient
Aesthetic (art) Knowing correct answer challenged the importance of 'how' nurses
know their patients beyond empirical knowing
assessment correct answer collecting data/info about the client
attitudes that promote critical thinking correct answer confidence, curiosity, fair-
mindedness, independence, insight, integrity, intellectual courage, intellectual
humility, perseverance
benefits of the nursing process correct answer purposeful, organized and
systemic; humanistic; step by step, cyclic, and dynamic; outcome focused and cost
effective; proactive, evidence based, intuitive and logical, selective, creative and
improvement orientated
, clinical judgement correct answer the conclusion, interpretation, or the decision
that nurses make, this needs to be holistic and the nurse needs to understand all
aspects of the situation
clinical reasoning correct answer similar to process to critical thinking but it also
focuses on the alternatives; we use this to assess the ongoing changes that our
patient experiences or what affects our care, collect info, and make
decisions/solve problems; consider the context and prioritization
Community Health Nursing correct answer knowledge of health promotion,
healthy public policy and determinants of health
discipline of nursing correct answer encompasses the knowledge
emancipatory knowing correct answer acknowledges as greater range of historical
and contextual considerations with the intent to seek freedom from conditions
that restrict the realization of full human potential
Empirical (science) Knowing correct answer Observations, Questioning, Statistics
Empirics: The Science of Nursing correct answer knowledge that is organized into
general laws and theories that describe, explain, and/or predict phenomena
"what is it?" "how does it work?"
epistemology correct answer a branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge
of truth and the methods used to acquire it
