HONDROS NUR 155 EXAM 1 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS VERIFIED 2027 EDITION
1. Tanner's Model of Clinical Judgement
A model based on how a nurse thinks, it explains the 4 steps in the critical thinking process that nurses use
to solve any problem: Noticing Interpereting Responding Reflecting
2. Nursing Process
Uses the Scientific Method to complete a Step by step approach to plan patient centered care: ADPIE
Assessment Diagnosis Planning/Outcomes Implementation Evaluation
3. Why study Critical Thinking?
Thinking with a purpose, know why you do what you do. Discipline specific reasoning process that ensures
a nurse is generating, implementing, and evaluation approaches.
4. Benner's Theory of Stages of Clinical Competence
5 Stages of developing nursing clinical competence: Stage 1: Novice Stage 2: Advanced Beginner Stage 3:
Competent Stage 4: Proficient Stage 5: Expert Credit to nursing-theory.org
5. Stage 1: Novice
Nursing Student in first year of clinical education; limited and inflexible, rule based, limited ability to
predict what might happen in a particular situation. Credit to nursing-theory.org
6. Stage 2: Advanced Beginner
New grads in their first jobs, nurses have more experience and are able to recognize recurrent,
meaningful components of a situation. They have the knowledge and the knowhow but not the in-depth
experience. Credit to nursing-theory.org
7. Stage 3: Competent
These nurses lack the speed and flexibility of proficient nurses, but they have some mastery and can rely
on advance planning and organizational skills. Can recognize patterns and nature of clinical situations
more quickly and accurately than advanced beginners. Credit to nursing-theory.org
8. Stage 4: Proficient
At this level nurses are capable to see situations as wholes rather than parts. Proficient nurses learn from
experience what events typically occur and are able to modify plans in response to different events. Credit
to nursing-theory.org
9. Stage 5: Expert
Nurses that are able to recognize demands and resources in situations and attain their goals. No longer do
they rely solely on rules to guide actions under certain situations. They area able to intuitively grasp the
situation based on their deep knowledge and experience. Credit to nursing-theory.org
10. Noticing
First step of Tanner's model of clinical judgement. 1. Identifying signs and symptoms 2. Gathering
complete and accurate data 3. Assessing systematically and comprehensively 4. Predicting and managing
potential complications 5. Identifying assumptions
11. Noticing-1. Identifying signs and symptoms
The ability to recognize that a situation is different, changed, and not of a normal state. Indcates that
something is different than expected.
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ANSWERS VERIFIED 2027 EDITION
1. Tanner's Model of Clinical Judgement
A model based on how a nurse thinks, it explains the 4 steps in the critical thinking process that nurses use
to solve any problem: Noticing Interpereting Responding Reflecting
2. Nursing Process
Uses the Scientific Method to complete a Step by step approach to plan patient centered care: ADPIE
Assessment Diagnosis Planning/Outcomes Implementation Evaluation
3. Why study Critical Thinking?
Thinking with a purpose, know why you do what you do. Discipline specific reasoning process that ensures
a nurse is generating, implementing, and evaluation approaches.
4. Benner's Theory of Stages of Clinical Competence
5 Stages of developing nursing clinical competence: Stage 1: Novice Stage 2: Advanced Beginner Stage 3:
Competent Stage 4: Proficient Stage 5: Expert Credit to nursing-theory.org
5. Stage 1: Novice
Nursing Student in first year of clinical education; limited and inflexible, rule based, limited ability to
predict what might happen in a particular situation. Credit to nursing-theory.org
6. Stage 2: Advanced Beginner
New grads in their first jobs, nurses have more experience and are able to recognize recurrent,
meaningful components of a situation. They have the knowledge and the knowhow but not the in-depth
experience. Credit to nursing-theory.org
7. Stage 3: Competent
These nurses lack the speed and flexibility of proficient nurses, but they have some mastery and can rely
on advance planning and organizational skills. Can recognize patterns and nature of clinical situations
more quickly and accurately than advanced beginners. Credit to nursing-theory.org
8. Stage 4: Proficient
At this level nurses are capable to see situations as wholes rather than parts. Proficient nurses learn from
experience what events typically occur and are able to modify plans in response to different events. Credit
to nursing-theory.org
9. Stage 5: Expert
Nurses that are able to recognize demands and resources in situations and attain their goals. No longer do
they rely solely on rules to guide actions under certain situations. They area able to intuitively grasp the
situation based on their deep knowledge and experience. Credit to nursing-theory.org
10. Noticing
First step of Tanner's model of clinical judgement. 1. Identifying signs and symptoms 2. Gathering
complete and accurate data 3. Assessing systematically and comprehensively 4. Predicting and managing
potential complications 5. Identifying assumptions
11. Noticing-1. Identifying signs and symptoms
The ability to recognize that a situation is different, changed, and not of a normal state. Indcates that
something is different than expected.
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