Critical Thinking & Clinical Judgment
Components of Critical Thinking - ANS-1. Knowledge
2. Experience
3. Competencies
4. Attitudes
5. Standards
3 Levels of Critical Thinking - ANS-1. Basic critical thinking
2. Complex critical thinking
3. Commitment
What is basic critical thinking? - ANS-A novice/student nurse thinks concretely based on the
rules.
What is Complex critical thinking? - ANS-Nurse begins to express autonomy by analyzing and
examining data to determine the best alternative.
What is commitment? - ANS-The expert level of knowledge nurse expects to make choices
without help from others and fully assumes the responsibility for those choices.
Components of critical thinking - knowledge - ANS-Nursing education, use of Evidence Based
practice, continuing education courses, advanced degrees and certifications
Components of critical thinking - Competence - ANS-Cognitive processes nurse uses to make
nursing judgement
General Critical Thinking - ANS-Scientific method
Problem-solving
Decision-making
Diagnostic reasoning and inference
Clinical decision - making; collaboration
Critical thinking and the nursing process - ANS-Assessment
Analysis/data collection
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
Components of critical thinking - attitudes - ANS-Mindsets that affect how a nurse approaches a
problem
Components of Critical Thinking - ANS-1. Knowledge
2. Experience
3. Competencies
4. Attitudes
5. Standards
3 Levels of Critical Thinking - ANS-1. Basic critical thinking
2. Complex critical thinking
3. Commitment
What is basic critical thinking? - ANS-A novice/student nurse thinks concretely based on the
rules.
What is Complex critical thinking? - ANS-Nurse begins to express autonomy by analyzing and
examining data to determine the best alternative.
What is commitment? - ANS-The expert level of knowledge nurse expects to make choices
without help from others and fully assumes the responsibility for those choices.
Components of critical thinking - knowledge - ANS-Nursing education, use of Evidence Based
practice, continuing education courses, advanced degrees and certifications
Components of critical thinking - Competence - ANS-Cognitive processes nurse uses to make
nursing judgement
General Critical Thinking - ANS-Scientific method
Problem-solving
Decision-making
Diagnostic reasoning and inference
Clinical decision - making; collaboration
Critical thinking and the nursing process - ANS-Assessment
Analysis/data collection
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
Components of critical thinking - attitudes - ANS-Mindsets that affect how a nurse approaches a
problem