TEST BANK A
Critical Thinking Clinical Reasoning
and Clinical Judgment:
A Practical Approach
7th Edition
By Rosalinda Alfaro-LeFevre
TEST BANK A
,Critical Thinking Clinical Reasoning and Clinical Judgment 7th Edition: A Practical
Approach Test Bank by Rosalinda Alfaro-LeFevre
TableAofAContents:
1. WhatAareACriticalAThinking,AClinicalAReasoning,AandAClinicalAJudgment? 3
2. BecomingAaACriticalAThinker 10
3. CriticalAThinkingAandALearningACultures:ATeaching,ALearning,AandATakingATests 18
4. InterprofessionalAClinicalAReasoning,ADecisionAMaking,AandAJudgment 30
5. EthicalAReasoning,AProfessionalism,AEvidence-BasedAPractice,AandAQualityAImprovement 42
6. PracticingAClinicalAReasoning,AClinicalAJudgment,AandADecision-makingASkills 66
7. InterprofessionalAPracticeASkills:ACommunication,ATeamwork,AandASelf-Management 88
,ChapterA1.AWhatAareACriticalAThinking,AClinicalAReasoning,AandAClinicalAJudgment?
AlfaroLeFevre:ACriticalAThinkingAClinicalAReasoningAandAClinicalAJudgmentA7thAEditionA
A PracticalAApproachATestABank
MultipleAChoice
IdentifyAtheAchoiceAthatAbestAcompletesAtheAstatementAorAanswersAtheAquestion.
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAcharacteristicsAdoAtheAvariousAdefinitionsAofAcriticalAthinkingAhave
AinAcommon? ACriticalAthinking
RequiresAreasonedAthought
AsksAtheAquestionsAwhy?AorAhow?
IsAaAhierarchicalAprocess
DemandsAspecializedAthinkingAskills
ANS:A1
TheAdefinitionsAlistedAinAtheAtextAasAwellAasAdefinitionsAinABoxA2-
1AstateAthatAcriticalAthinkingArequiresAreasoningAorAreasonedAthinking.ACriticalAthinkingAisAneither
AlinearAnorAhierarchical.AThatAmeansAthatAtheAstepsAinvolvedAinAcriticalAthinkingAareAnotAnecessari
lyAsequential,AwhereAmasteryAofAoneAstepAisAnecessaryAtoAproceedAtoAtheAnext.ACriticalAthinkingAi
sAaApurposeful,Adynamic,AanalyticAprocessAthatAcontributesAtoAreasonedAdecisionsAandAsoundAcont
extualAjudgments.
PTS:1DIF:ModerateAhigh-levelAquestion,AanswerAnotAstatedAverbatim
KEY:ANursingAprocess:AN/AA|AClientAneed:ASECEA|ACognitiveAlevel:AAnalysis
AAfewAnursesAonAaAunitAhaveAproposedAtoAtheAnurseAmanagerAthatAtheAprocessAforAdocumenti
ngAcareAonAtheAunitAbeAchanged.ATheyAhaveAdescribedAaAcompletelyAnewAsystem.AWhyAisAitAim
portantAforAtheAnurseAmanagerAtoAhaveAaAcriticalAattitude?AItAwillAhelpAtheAmanagerAto
ConsiderAallAtheApossibleAadvantagesAandAdisadvantages
MaintainAanAopenAmindAaboutAtheAproposedAchange
ApplyAtheAnursingAprocessAtoAtheAsituation
MakeAaAdecisionAbasedAonApastAexperienceAwithAdocumentation
ANS:A2
AAcriticalAattitudeAenablesAtheApersonAtoAthinkAfairlyAandAkeepAanAopenAmind.APTS:1D
IF:ModerateKEY:ANursingAprocess:AN/AA|AClientAneed:ASECEA|ACognitiveAlevel:ACom
prehension
TheAnurseAhasAjustAbeenAassignedAtoAtheAclinicalAcareAofAaAnewlyAadmittedApatient.AToAknow
AhowAtoAbestAcareAforAtheApatient,AtheAnurseAusesAtheAnursingAprocess.AWhichAstepAwouldAtheAn
urseAprobablyAdoAfirst?
Assessment
Diagnosis
PlanAoutcomes
PlanAinterventions
,
Critical Thinking Clinical Reasoning
and Clinical Judgment:
A Practical Approach
7th Edition
By Rosalinda Alfaro-LeFevre
TEST BANK A
,Critical Thinking Clinical Reasoning and Clinical Judgment 7th Edition: A Practical
Approach Test Bank by Rosalinda Alfaro-LeFevre
TableAofAContents:
1. WhatAareACriticalAThinking,AClinicalAReasoning,AandAClinicalAJudgment? 3
2. BecomingAaACriticalAThinker 10
3. CriticalAThinkingAandALearningACultures:ATeaching,ALearning,AandATakingATests 18
4. InterprofessionalAClinicalAReasoning,ADecisionAMaking,AandAJudgment 30
5. EthicalAReasoning,AProfessionalism,AEvidence-BasedAPractice,AandAQualityAImprovement 42
6. PracticingAClinicalAReasoning,AClinicalAJudgment,AandADecision-makingASkills 66
7. InterprofessionalAPracticeASkills:ACommunication,ATeamwork,AandASelf-Management 88
,ChapterA1.AWhatAareACriticalAThinking,AClinicalAReasoning,AandAClinicalAJudgment?
AlfaroLeFevre:ACriticalAThinkingAClinicalAReasoningAandAClinicalAJudgmentA7thAEditionA
A PracticalAApproachATestABank
MultipleAChoice
IdentifyAtheAchoiceAthatAbestAcompletesAtheAstatementAorAanswersAtheAquestion.
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAcharacteristicsAdoAtheAvariousAdefinitionsAofAcriticalAthinkingAhave
AinAcommon? ACriticalAthinking
RequiresAreasonedAthought
AsksAtheAquestionsAwhy?AorAhow?
IsAaAhierarchicalAprocess
DemandsAspecializedAthinkingAskills
ANS:A1
TheAdefinitionsAlistedAinAtheAtextAasAwellAasAdefinitionsAinABoxA2-
1AstateAthatAcriticalAthinkingArequiresAreasoningAorAreasonedAthinking.ACriticalAthinkingAisAneither
AlinearAnorAhierarchical.AThatAmeansAthatAtheAstepsAinvolvedAinAcriticalAthinkingAareAnotAnecessari
lyAsequential,AwhereAmasteryAofAoneAstepAisAnecessaryAtoAproceedAtoAtheAnext.ACriticalAthinkingAi
sAaApurposeful,Adynamic,AanalyticAprocessAthatAcontributesAtoAreasonedAdecisionsAandAsoundAcont
extualAjudgments.
PTS:1DIF:ModerateAhigh-levelAquestion,AanswerAnotAstatedAverbatim
KEY:ANursingAprocess:AN/AA|AClientAneed:ASECEA|ACognitiveAlevel:AAnalysis
AAfewAnursesAonAaAunitAhaveAproposedAtoAtheAnurseAmanagerAthatAtheAprocessAforAdocumenti
ngAcareAonAtheAunitAbeAchanged.ATheyAhaveAdescribedAaAcompletelyAnewAsystem.AWhyAisAitAim
portantAforAtheAnurseAmanagerAtoAhaveAaAcriticalAattitude?AItAwillAhelpAtheAmanagerAto
ConsiderAallAtheApossibleAadvantagesAandAdisadvantages
MaintainAanAopenAmindAaboutAtheAproposedAchange
ApplyAtheAnursingAprocessAtoAtheAsituation
MakeAaAdecisionAbasedAonApastAexperienceAwithAdocumentation
ANS:A2
AAcriticalAattitudeAenablesAtheApersonAtoAthinkAfairlyAandAkeepAanAopenAmind.APTS:1D
IF:ModerateKEY:ANursingAprocess:AN/AA|AClientAneed:ASECEA|ACognitiveAlevel:ACom
prehension
TheAnurseAhasAjustAbeenAassignedAtoAtheAclinicalAcareAofAaAnewlyAadmittedApatient.AToAknow
AhowAtoAbestAcareAforAtheApatient,AtheAnurseAusesAtheAnursingAprocess.AWhichAstepAwouldAtheAn
urseAprobablyAdoAfirst?
Assessment
Diagnosis
PlanAoutcomes
PlanAinterventions
,