Critical thinking nurs 200 Hondros, 200 exam 1 critical thinking Exam | 144 Questions and Answers

Complete assessment - ANSWERS A review and physical examination of all body systems, for stable patients only Database - ANSWERS Completed health history and physical examination, large store or bank of info Psychosocial history - ANSWERS Psychological and social factors 1st method of data collection - ANSWERS Interiew patient, health history. Patient is your primary source 2nd method of data collection - ANSWERS Physical examination ( guided by subjective and objective) Concepts of clinical judgment - ANSWERS 1. Safety 2. Healthcare quality 3. Leadership 4. Patient education 5. Evidence 6. Professionalism 7. Care coordination Analytic reasoning - ANSWERS Situation is unfamiliar Intuitive reasoning - ANSWERS Able to recognize the situation immedialy. Pattern based Narrative reasoning - ANSWERS Situation to patient experience with illness. Noticing - ANSWERS 1. Identify signs and symptoms 2. Complete and accurate date 3. Assessing systemically and comprehensively 4. Predicting and managing patient complications 5. Identifying assumptions Interpreting - ANSWERS Understanding of the situation Responding - ANSWERS Based on what you interpreted the nurse will determine appropriate actions Reflection in action - ANSWERS Observing patient reaction to the action the nurse chose and deciding if the situation was fixed Reflection on action - ANSWERS Patient responses to the outcomes. Nursing refelection after the situation was solved Novice nurse - ANSWERS Uses analytic reasoning. Uses textbook in a systemic analysis of a situation Expert nurse - ANSWERS Uses intuitive reasoing. Recognizes patterns immediatly. Able to look at the big picture Assessment - ANSWERS Collecting and analyzing data from the patient, family members, health care team Who does the initial assessment - ANSWERS RN Focused assessment - ANSWERS Used to gather information on a specific problem Head to toe assessment - ANSWERS Systemic approach so you dont miss something Objective data - ANSWERS What you can observe or measure. Also known as signs Subjective data - ANSWERS Can not be measured. What the patient is feeling. Also known as symptoms Clinical judgment - ANSWERS Interpretation or conclusion about a patients needs, concerns or health problems, and/or the decision to take action ( or not) use or modify standard approaches, or improvise as one deems appropriate to the patients response Reasoning - ANSWERS Leads to clinical judgment Case management - ANSWERS Planning and the coordination of care, patient advocate for providing quality care, cost effective outcomes for the patient Analysis and database - ANSWERS Lead to the identification of nursing diagnosis Data clustering - ANSWERS Defining characteristics Helps to identify patterns that assist with the identification of nursing diagnosis Attributes of clinical judgment - ANSWERS 1. Holistic view 2. Process orientation 3. Reasoning and interpretation Cue - ANSWERS A piece or pieces of data that often indicate that an actual or potential problem has occured or will occur Biographic data - ANSWERS Facts or events in a persons life Direct thinking - ANSWERS Purposeful and outcome- oriented Problem- oriented thinking - ANSWERS Focuses on a particular problem to find a solution Critical thinking - ANSWERS An advanced way of thinking or problem solving method. How can we do this better? Principles of critical thinking - ANSWERS 1. Collect data in an organized way 2. Verify data in an organized way 3. Arrange data in an organized way 4. Look for gaps in information 5. Analyze the data 6. Test it out ( is it purposeful and outcome- oriented How to think critically - ANSWERS 1. Assess information 2. Comprehend the information 3. Store the information in long term memory 4. Recall the comprehended information 5. Know what to do when information is not in long term memory Things that influence critical thinking - ANSWERS 1. Upbringing and culture 2. Motivation 3. Effective listening 4. Self confidence 5. Communication skills 6. Attitude 7. Anxiety Cognitive levels - ANSWERS Various levels of thinking Knowledge - ANSWERS Ability to recall and repeat information you have memorized ( lowest level of learning Comprehension - ANSWERS Ability to grasp the material ( lowest level of understanding) Application - ANSWERS Ability to apply learned material to a situation. ( highest level of understanding) Analysis - ANSWERS Ability to break down complex information ( organize and prioritize) also higher level of application