critical thinking clinical reasoning and clinical judgment 7th edition a practical approach test bank by rosalinda alfaro lefevre.

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Critical Thinking Clinical Reasonin
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g and Clinical Judgment:
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A Practical Approach 7th
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Edition
by Rosalinda Alfaro-LeFevre
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TEST BANK t

,CriticaltThinkingtClinicaltReasoningtandtClinicaltJudgmentt7thtEdition:tAtPracticaltApproach
tTesttBanktbytRosalindatAlfaro-LeFevre




TabletoftContents:

1.tWhattaretCriticaltThinking,tClinicaltReasoning,tandtClinicaltJudgment? 3

2.tBecomingtatCriticaltThinker 10

3.tCriticaltThinkingtandtLearningtCultures:tTeaching,tLearning,tandtTakingtTests 18

4.tInterprofessionaltClinicaltReasoning,tDecisiontMaking,tandtJudgment 30

5.tEthicaltReasoning,tProfessionalism,tEvidence-BasedtPractice,tandtQualitytImprovement 42

6.tPracticingtClinicaltReasoning,tClinicaltJudgment,tandtDecision-makingtSkills 66

7.tInterprofessionaltPracticetSkills:tCommunication,tTeamwork,tandtSelf-Management 88

,Chaptert1.tWhattaretCriticaltThinking,tClinicaltReasoning,tandtClinicaltJudgment?
Alfaro-
LeFevre:tCriticaltThinkingtClinicaltReasoningtandtClinicaltJudgmentt7thtEditiontAtPracticaltAp
proachtTesttBank

MultipletChoice
Identifytthetchoicetthattbesttcompletestthetstatementtortanswerstthetquestion.

1. Whichtoftthetfollowingtcharacteristicstdotthetvarioustdefinitionstoftcriticaltthinkingthaveintco
mmon?tCriticaltthinking
1) Requirestreasonedtthought
2) Askstthetquestionstwhy?torthow?
3) Istathierarchicaltprocess
4) Demandstspecializedtthinkingtskills

ANS:t1
ThetdefinitionstlistedtintthettexttastwelltastdefinitionstintBoxt2-
1tstatetthattcriticaltthinkingtrequirestreasoningtortreasonedtthinking.tCriticaltthinkingtistneithertlineart
northierarchical.tThattmeanstthattthetstepstinvolvedtintcriticaltthinkingtaretnottnecessarilytsequential,t
wheretmasterytoftonetsteptistnecessaryttotproceedttotthetnext.tCriticaltthinkingtistatpurposeful,tdynam
ic,tanalytictprocesstthattcontributesttotreasonedtdecisionstandtsoundtcontextualtjudgments.

PTS:1DIF:Moderatethigh-leveltquestion,tanswertnottstatedtverbatim
KEY:tNursingtprocess:tN/At|tClienttneed:tSECEt|tCognitivetlevel:tAnalysis

2. Atfewtnursestontatunitthavetproposedttotthetnursetmanagertthattthetprocesstfortdocumentingtcaret
ontthetunittbetchanged.tTheythavetdescribedtatcompletelytnewtsystem.tWhytisittimportanttfortthetnu
rsetmanagerttothavetatcriticaltattitude?tIttwillthelptthetmanagertto
1) Considertalltthetpossibletadvantagestandtdisadvantages
2) Maintaintantopentmindtabouttthetproposedtchange
3) Applytthetnursingtprocessttotthetsituation
4) MaketatdecisiontbasedtontpasttexperiencetwithtdocumentationtA

NS:t2

Atcriticaltattitudetenablestthetpersonttotthinktfairlytandtkeeptantopentmind.tPTS:1DIF:ModerateKEY:tNu
rsingtprocess:tN/At|tClienttneed:tSECEt|tCognitivetlevel:tComprehension
3. Thetnursethastjusttbeentassignedttotthetclinicaltcaretoftatnewlytadmittedtpatient.tTotknowthowttot
besttcaretfortthetpatient,tthetnursetusestthetnursingtprocess.tWhichtsteptwouldtthenursetprobablytdot
first?
1) Assessment
2) Diagnosis
3) Plantoutcomes
4) Plantinterventions

, ANS:t1
Assessmenttistthetfirsttsteptoftthetnursingtprocess.tThetnursingtdiagnosististderivedtfromtthetdatatgatheredt
duringtassessment,toutcomestfromtthetdiagnosis,tandtinterventionstfromtthetoutcomes.

PTS:1DIF:Easy
KEY:tNursingtprocess:tAssessmentt|tClienttneed:tSECEt|tCognitivetlevel:tApplication

4. Whichtoftthetfollowingtistantexampletofttheoreticaltknowledge?
1) Atnursetuseststerilettechniquettotcatheterizetatpatient.
2) Roomtairthastantoxygentconcentrationtoft21%.
3) Glucosetmonitoringtmachinestshouldtbetcalibratedtdaily.
4) Antirregulartapicalthearttratetshouldtbetcomparedtwithtthetradialtpul
se.

ANS:t2
Theoreticaltknowledgetconsiststoftresearchtfindings,tfacts,tprinciples,tandttheories.tThetoxygentcon
centrationtoftroomtairtistatscientifictfact.tThetotherstaretexamplestoftpracticaltknowledgewhatttotdot
andthowttotdotit.

PTS:1DIF:Moderate;thigh-leveltquestion,tanswertnottstatedtverbatim
KEY:tNursingtprocess:tN/At|tClienttneed:tSECEt|tCognitivetlevel:tApplication

5. Whichtoftthetfollowingtistantexampletoftpracticaltknowledge?t(Assumetalltarettrue.)
1) Thettricuspidtvalvetistbetweentthetrighttatriumtandtventricletoftthetheart.
2) Thetpancreastdoestnottproducetenoughtinsulintinttypet1tdiabetes.
3) Whentassessingtthetabdomen,tyoutshouldtauscultatetbeforetpalpating.
4) Researchtshowstpaintmedicationtgiventintravenouslytactstfastertthantbytothertroutes.

ANS:t3
Practicaltknowledgetistknowingtwhatttotdotandthowttotdotit,tsuchtasthowttotdotantassessment.tThetothe
rstaretexamplestofttheoreticaltknowledge,tanatomyt(tricuspidtvalve),tfactt(typet1tdiabetes),tandtresear
cht(IVtpaintmedication).
PTS:1DIF:Moderatethigh-leveltquestion,tanswertnottstatedtverbatim
KEY:tNursingtprocess:tN/At|tClienttneed:tSECEt|tCognitivetlevel:tApplication

6. Whichtoftthetfollowingtistantexampletoftself-knowledge?tThetnursetthinks,tItknowtthattI
1) Shouldttaketthetclientstapicaltpulsetfort1tminutetbeforetgivingtdigoxin
2) ShouldtfollowtthetclientstwishesteventthoughtittistnottwhattItwouldtwant
3) Havetreligioustbeliefstthattmaytmaketittdifficultttottaketcaretoftsometclients
4) NeedttothonortthetclientstrequesttnotttotdiscussthisthealthtconcerntwithtthetfamilytAN
S:t3