nur,/.304,/.-,/.Study,/.guide,/.FINAL,/.EXAM,/.-,/.chapter,/.15
Chapter,/.15:,/.Critical,/.thinking,/.in,/.nursing,/.2,/.questions,/.-,/.correct,/.answer,/.
✔ ✔
What,/.is,/.clinical,/.decision,/.making,/.and,/.how,/.does,/.it,/.set,/.the,/.nurse,/.apart,
/.from,/.assistive,/.personnel?
How,/.does,/.questioning,/.promote,/.critical,/.thinking?
What,/.are,/.the,/.three,/.levels,/.of,/.critical,/.thinking?
Clinical,/.decision,/.making,/.-,/.correct,/.answer,/.✔ ✔
separates,/.professional,/.nurses,/.from,/.assistive,/.personnel,/.(AP)
For,/.example,,/.an,/.RN:
-,/.observes,/.for,/.changes,/.in,/.patient's,/.conditions
-,/.collects,/.data,/.about,/.the,/.changes
-,/.recognizes,/.and,/.identifies,/.new,/.and,/.potential,/.problems
-,/.plans,/.nursing,/.strategies
-,/.takes,/.immediate,/.action,/.when,/.a,/.patient's,/.clinical,/.condition,/.worsens
,Nurses,/.direct,/.AP,/.to,/.perform,/.basic,/.aspects,/.of,/.care,/.based,/.on,/.patient,/.nee
d
-
AP,/.do,/.not,/.have,/.the,/.knowledge,/.or,/.critical,/.thinking,/.skills,/.to,/.analyze,/.w
,/.
hy,/.or,/.when,/.patients',/.clinical,/.conditions,/.change,/.and,/.what,/.strategies,/.are,/
.required
Good,/.clinical,/.decision,/.making,/.requires,/.you,/.to,/.investigate,/.and,/.analyze,/.
all,/.aspects,/.of,/.a,/.clinical,/.problem,/.and,/.then,/.apply,/.scientific,/.and,/.nursing,/.
knowledge,/.to,/.choose,/.the,/.best,/.course,/.of,/.action
How,/.does,/.questioning,/.promote,/.critical,/.thinking?,/.-,/.correct,/.answer,/.✔
✔
Following,/.a,/.set,/.of,/.questions,/.or,/.criteria,/.about,/.the,/.data,/.helps,/.a,/.nurse,/.
make,/.thorough,/.and,/.thoughtful,/.decisions
Socratic,/.questioning,/.is,/.a,/.technique,/.for,/.looking,/.beneath,/.the,/.surface,,/.re
cognizing,/.and,/.examining,/.assumptions,,/.searching,/.for,/.inconsistencies,,/.e
xamining,/.multiple,/.points,/.of,/.view,,/.and,/.differentiating,/.what,/.one,/.knows,/.
from,/.what,/.one,/.merely,/.believes
What,/.are,/.the,/.three,/.levels,/.of,/.critical,/.thinking?,/.-,/.correct,/.answer,/.✔ ✔
Level,/.1,/.=,/.Basic
Level,/.2,/.=,/.Complex
,Level,/.3,/.=,/.Commitment
clinical,/.judgment,/.-,/.correct,/.answer,/.✔ ✔
is,/.a,/.conclusion,/.about,/.a,/.patient's,/.needs,/.or,/.health,/.problems,/.and/or,/.the,/
.decisions,/.to,/.take,/.or,/.avoid,/.action,,/.use,/.or,/.modify,/.standard,/.approaches,,/.
or,/.create,/.new,/.approaches,/.based,/.on,/.the,/.patient's,/.response
components,/.of,/.critical,/.thinking,/.-,/.correct,/.answer,/.✔ ✔
specific,/.knowledge,/.base
experience
competencies
attitudes
standards
Basic,/.Critical,/.Thinking,/.-,/.correct,/.answer,/.✔ ✔
Beginning,/.nursing,/.students,/.are,/.task,/.oriented,/.as,/.they,/.focus,/.on,/.perfor
ming,/.skills,/.and,/.organizing,/.nursing,/.care,/.activities
, At,/.the,/.basic,/.level,/.of,/.critical,/.thinking,/.a,/.learner,/.trusts,/.that,/.experts,/.have,/.
the,/.right,/.answers,/.for,/.every,/.problem
Thinking,/.is,/.concrete,/.and,/.based,/.on,/.a,/.set,/.of,/.rules,/.or,/.principles
-
ex.,/.as,/.a,/.nursing,/.student,/.you,/.use,/.a,/.hospital,/.procedure,/.manual,/.to,/.confi
,/.
rm,/.how,/.to,/.change,/.an,/.intravenous,/.(IV),/.dressing
-
you,/.are,/.likely,/.to,/.follow,/.the,/.procedure,/.step,/.by,/.step,/.without,/.adjusting,/.
,/.
it,/.to,/.meet,/.a,/.patient's,/.unique,/.needs,/.(e.g.,,/.positioning,/.to,/.minimize,/.the,/.p
atient's,/.pain,/.or,/.mobility,/.restrictions)
---
>,/.you,/.do,/.not,/.have,/.enough,/.experience,/.to,/.anticipate,/.how,/.to,/.individualiz
e,/.the,/.procedure,/.when,/.problems,/.arise
At,/.this,/.level,,/.answers,/.to,/.complex,/.problems,/.are,/.perceived,/.as,/.either,/.rig
ht,/.or,/.wrong,/.(e.g.,,/.when,/.the,/.IV,/.is,/.not,/.infusing,/.correctly,,/.the,/.rate,/.must,/.
not,/.be,/.regulated,/.correctly),,/.and,/.a,/.single,/.solution,/.usually,/.resolves,/.each,/
.problem,/.(e.g.,,/.adjusting,/.the,/.rate,/.instead,/.of,/.trying,/.to,/.position,/.the,/.patie
nt's,/.arm,/.to,/.prevent,/.catheter,/.kinking)
Basic,/.critical,/.thinking,/.is,/.an,/.early,/.step,/.in,/.developing,/.reasoning
Chapter,/.15:,/.Critical,/.thinking,/.in,/.nursing,/.2,/.questions,/.-,/.correct,/.answer,/.
✔ ✔
What,/.is,/.clinical,/.decision,/.making,/.and,/.how,/.does,/.it,/.set,/.the,/.nurse,/.apart,
/.from,/.assistive,/.personnel?
How,/.does,/.questioning,/.promote,/.critical,/.thinking?
What,/.are,/.the,/.three,/.levels,/.of,/.critical,/.thinking?
Clinical,/.decision,/.making,/.-,/.correct,/.answer,/.✔ ✔
separates,/.professional,/.nurses,/.from,/.assistive,/.personnel,/.(AP)
For,/.example,,/.an,/.RN:
-,/.observes,/.for,/.changes,/.in,/.patient's,/.conditions
-,/.collects,/.data,/.about,/.the,/.changes
-,/.recognizes,/.and,/.identifies,/.new,/.and,/.potential,/.problems
-,/.plans,/.nursing,/.strategies
-,/.takes,/.immediate,/.action,/.when,/.a,/.patient's,/.clinical,/.condition,/.worsens
,Nurses,/.direct,/.AP,/.to,/.perform,/.basic,/.aspects,/.of,/.care,/.based,/.on,/.patient,/.nee
d
-
AP,/.do,/.not,/.have,/.the,/.knowledge,/.or,/.critical,/.thinking,/.skills,/.to,/.analyze,/.w
,/.
hy,/.or,/.when,/.patients',/.clinical,/.conditions,/.change,/.and,/.what,/.strategies,/.are,/
.required
Good,/.clinical,/.decision,/.making,/.requires,/.you,/.to,/.investigate,/.and,/.analyze,/.
all,/.aspects,/.of,/.a,/.clinical,/.problem,/.and,/.then,/.apply,/.scientific,/.and,/.nursing,/.
knowledge,/.to,/.choose,/.the,/.best,/.course,/.of,/.action
How,/.does,/.questioning,/.promote,/.critical,/.thinking?,/.-,/.correct,/.answer,/.✔
✔
Following,/.a,/.set,/.of,/.questions,/.or,/.criteria,/.about,/.the,/.data,/.helps,/.a,/.nurse,/.
make,/.thorough,/.and,/.thoughtful,/.decisions
Socratic,/.questioning,/.is,/.a,/.technique,/.for,/.looking,/.beneath,/.the,/.surface,,/.re
cognizing,/.and,/.examining,/.assumptions,,/.searching,/.for,/.inconsistencies,,/.e
xamining,/.multiple,/.points,/.of,/.view,,/.and,/.differentiating,/.what,/.one,/.knows,/.
from,/.what,/.one,/.merely,/.believes
What,/.are,/.the,/.three,/.levels,/.of,/.critical,/.thinking?,/.-,/.correct,/.answer,/.✔ ✔
Level,/.1,/.=,/.Basic
Level,/.2,/.=,/.Complex
,Level,/.3,/.=,/.Commitment
clinical,/.judgment,/.-,/.correct,/.answer,/.✔ ✔
is,/.a,/.conclusion,/.about,/.a,/.patient's,/.needs,/.or,/.health,/.problems,/.and/or,/.the,/
.decisions,/.to,/.take,/.or,/.avoid,/.action,,/.use,/.or,/.modify,/.standard,/.approaches,,/.
or,/.create,/.new,/.approaches,/.based,/.on,/.the,/.patient's,/.response
components,/.of,/.critical,/.thinking,/.-,/.correct,/.answer,/.✔ ✔
specific,/.knowledge,/.base
experience
competencies
attitudes
standards
Basic,/.Critical,/.Thinking,/.-,/.correct,/.answer,/.✔ ✔
Beginning,/.nursing,/.students,/.are,/.task,/.oriented,/.as,/.they,/.focus,/.on,/.perfor
ming,/.skills,/.and,/.organizing,/.nursing,/.care,/.activities
, At,/.the,/.basic,/.level,/.of,/.critical,/.thinking,/.a,/.learner,/.trusts,/.that,/.experts,/.have,/.
the,/.right,/.answers,/.for,/.every,/.problem
Thinking,/.is,/.concrete,/.and,/.based,/.on,/.a,/.set,/.of,/.rules,/.or,/.principles
-
ex.,/.as,/.a,/.nursing,/.student,/.you,/.use,/.a,/.hospital,/.procedure,/.manual,/.to,/.confi
,/.
rm,/.how,/.to,/.change,/.an,/.intravenous,/.(IV),/.dressing
-
you,/.are,/.likely,/.to,/.follow,/.the,/.procedure,/.step,/.by,/.step,/.without,/.adjusting,/.
,/.
it,/.to,/.meet,/.a,/.patient's,/.unique,/.needs,/.(e.g.,,/.positioning,/.to,/.minimize,/.the,/.p
atient's,/.pain,/.or,/.mobility,/.restrictions)
---
>,/.you,/.do,/.not,/.have,/.enough,/.experience,/.to,/.anticipate,/.how,/.to,/.individualiz
e,/.the,/.procedure,/.when,/.problems,/.arise
At,/.this,/.level,,/.answers,/.to,/.complex,/.problems,/.are,/.perceived,/.as,/.either,/.rig
ht,/.or,/.wrong,/.(e.g.,,/.when,/.the,/.IV,/.is,/.not,/.infusing,/.correctly,,/.the,/.rate,/.must,/.
not,/.be,/.regulated,/.correctly),,/.and,/.a,/.single,/.solution,/.usually,/.resolves,/.each,/
.problem,/.(e.g.,,/.adjusting,/.the,/.rate,/.instead,/.of,/.trying,/.to,/.position,/.the,/.patie
nt's,/.arm,/.to,/.prevent,/.catheter,/.kinking)
Basic,/.critical,/.thinking,/.is,/.an,/.early,/.step,/.in,/.developing,/.reasoning
