NURS 2300 UTA Exam 2 Blueprint
2025/2026 Exam Questions and Verified
Answers | Already Graded A+
Create a personal plan for test preparation and review - 🧠 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 - 🧠 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
Identify the characteristics of critical thinker - 🧠 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 -
🧠 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 - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Novice
- Rely heavily on sources
- May undergo anxiety and lack self-confidence
- 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
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2025/2026 Exam Questions and Verified
Answers | Already Graded A+
Create a personal plan for test preparation and review - 🧠 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 - 🧠 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
Identify the characteristics of critical thinker - 🧠 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 -
🧠 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 - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Novice
- Rely heavily on sources
- May undergo anxiety and lack self-confidence
- 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
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
