NURS 2300 UTA Exam 2 blueprint 2025
Questions and Answers
Create a personal plan for test preparation and review - --CORRECT ANSWER--
-take time to preread before lecture
-make concept maps (big picture/ideas)
-make cards to review and carry around with you
-self-test with a friend
Identify a working definition of critical thinking - --CORRECT ANSWER---
Thinking outside of the box, thinking small details that nobody else would think of
- Complex task that requires an understanding of how people think through
problems
- The thinker improves the quality of his or her thinking by skillfully taking charge
of the structures inherent in thinking and imposing intellectual standards upon
them
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,Identify the characteristics of critical thinker - --CORRECT ANSWER--- Raises
questions, problems, and formulates them precisely and clearly
- Gathers and assesses relevant information using abstract ideas for interpretation
- Arrives at conclusions and solutions that are well reasoned and tests them against
relevant standards
- Is open-minded and recognizes alternate ways of seeing problems
- communicates effectively with others when formulating soultions
Discuss how nurses use critical thinking and clinical judgment in practice - --
CORRECT ANSWER--- When interacting with patients (asking themselves
questions such as: what assumption have I made about the patient? How accurate
are my assumptions? Do I need any more information? or How can I look at the
situation differently?)
- The nursing process is a method of critical thinking focused on solving problems
in a professional setting
Distinguish between novice thinking and expert thinking - --CORRECT
ANSWER--Novice
- Rely heavily on sources
- May undergo anxiety and lack self-confidence
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, - Follow procedures exactly instead of adjusting the procedures to the patients
needs
- has limited knowledge of problems and how to solve them
- Learns better with a mentor or supervisor
Expert
- Highly organized and structured knowledge
- Knows the rules and when it's acceptable to bend them
- Aware of resources and how to use them
- Has self-confidence and less anxiety
- Knows when it's safe to skip steps and feels more comfortable modifying
procedures
- Has a better understanding/idea of suspected problems
Explain the importance of medication math skills for nurses and how this relates
to patient safety - --CORRECT ANSWER--- Nurses must know how to accurately
administer the amount of medicine needed by the patient to avoid an overdose or
causing harm to the patient or worse death
BID - --CORRECT ANSWER--Twice a day
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Questions and Answers
Create a personal plan for test preparation and review - --CORRECT ANSWER--
-take time to preread before lecture
-make concept maps (big picture/ideas)
-make cards to review and carry around with you
-self-test with a friend
Identify a working definition of critical thinking - --CORRECT ANSWER---
Thinking outside of the box, thinking small details that nobody else would think of
- Complex task that requires an understanding of how people think through
problems
- The thinker improves the quality of his or her thinking by skillfully taking charge
of the structures inherent in thinking and imposing intellectual standards upon
them
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,Identify the characteristics of critical thinker - --CORRECT ANSWER--- Raises
questions, problems, and formulates them precisely and clearly
- Gathers and assesses relevant information using abstract ideas for interpretation
- Arrives at conclusions and solutions that are well reasoned and tests them against
relevant standards
- Is open-minded and recognizes alternate ways of seeing problems
- communicates effectively with others when formulating soultions
Discuss how nurses use critical thinking and clinical judgment in practice - --
CORRECT ANSWER--- When interacting with patients (asking themselves
questions such as: what assumption have I made about the patient? How accurate
are my assumptions? Do I need any more information? or How can I look at the
situation differently?)
- The nursing process is a method of critical thinking focused on solving problems
in a professional setting
Distinguish between novice thinking and expert thinking - --CORRECT
ANSWER--Novice
- Rely heavily on sources
- May undergo anxiety and lack self-confidence
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, - Follow procedures exactly instead of adjusting the procedures to the patients
needs
- has limited knowledge of problems and how to solve them
- Learns better with a mentor or supervisor
Expert
- Highly organized and structured knowledge
- Knows the rules and when it's acceptable to bend them
- Aware of resources and how to use them
- Has self-confidence and less anxiety
- Knows when it's safe to skip steps and feels more comfortable modifying
procedures
- Has a better understanding/idea of suspected problems
Explain the importance of medication math skills for nurses and how this relates
to patient safety - --CORRECT ANSWER--- Nurses must know how to accurately
administer the amount of medicine needed by the patient to avoid an overdose or
causing harm to the patient or worse death
BID - --CORRECT ANSWER--Twice a day
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