ATI Clinical Decision Making Study Questions and Correct Answers

A nurse is developing a goal for a client to ambulate with assistance at least once by the end of the shift. The nurse should identify that this is an example of which of the following steps of the nursing process? A. Evaluation B. Implementation C. Analysis D. Planning D. Planning A nurse is caring for a client who is in an acute care facility. The nurse should recognize that the client's care requires clinical reasoning when it is complicated by which of the following factors? (Select all that apply.) A. Complex clinical situations B. Ongoing client and family concerns C. Cost of health care D. Decreased need for advanced health care practitioner intervention E. Availability of computerized medical records A. Complex clinical situations B. Ongoing client and family concerns A charge nurse is preparing to discuss critical thinking skills with a group of newly licensed nurses. Which of the following skills should the nurse plan to include in the discussion? (Select all that apply.) A. Inspection B. Implementation C. Inference D. Creativity E. Inductive reasoning C. Inference D. Creativity E. Inductive reasoning A nurse is reviewing the concept of critical thinking with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the following statements should the nurse make? A. "Critical thinking is the foundation for clinical decision making." B. "Critical thinking takes into consideration nursing, scientific, and technological knowledge in client situations." C. "Critical thinking is the visible or observed outcome while using evidence-based practice." D. "Critical thinking is necessary for the nurse to collect objective client data." A. "Critical thinking is the foundation for clinical decision making."