NR 224 EXAM QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS|LATEST 2025/2026|GRADED A+|

NR 224 EXAM QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS|LATEST 2025/2026|GRADED A+|

Critical Thinking - ANSWER
B -Continuous process characterized by open-
B B B B B B



mindedness, continual inquiry, and perseverance
B B B B




-
B



Recognizing that an issue exists, analyzing information, evaluating information, and making co
B B B B B B B B B B B



nclusions using a systematic apprach
B B B B




Deductive reasoning - ANSWER
B B B Critical thinking
B




Critical thinking skills - ANSWER
B B B B Interpretation B




Analysis B




Inference B




Evaluation B




Explanation B




Self-regulation



Aspects of critical thinking - ANSWER
B B B B B Reflection B




Language B




Intuition



Reflection - ANSWER B B Review what you did and ways to improve
B B B B B B B B




-Did you follow standards/policies?
B B B




Language - ANSWER B B Always communicate clearly to the client and staff
B B B B B B B




Intuition - ANSWER
B B Develop a "gut feeling" based on your experience and knowledge
B B B B B B B B B B




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,-Realize what you do not know and then find out
B B B B B B B B B




Levels of critical thinking - ANSWER
B B B B B Commitment (level 3) B B




Complex (level 2) B B




Basic (level 1)
B B




Basic Critical Thinking - ANSWER
B B B B Task orientedB B




Trust experts have the right answer
B B B B B




Thinking based on set of rules/principles
B B B B B




Basic Critical thinking restrictions - ANSWER
B B B B B Inexperience B




Weak competencies
B B




Inflexible attitudes B




Complex critical thinking -B B B



B ANSWER Analyze clinical situation and examine choices more independently
B B B B B B B




Thinking is more creative/innovative
B B B




Commitment - B



B ANSWER Anticipate when to make choices without assistance from others
B B B B B B B B B




Accept accountability for decisions made
B B B B




Components of critical thinking - ANSWER B B B B B Knowledge base B




Experience B




Competence B




Attitudes B




Standards




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,Assessment - ANSWER B B What you see, hear, feel, touch, and smell
B B B B B B B




Diagnosis - ANSWER
B B NANDA



Planning - ANSWER
B B Set goals B




Implementation - ANSWER B B Actively doing somethingB B




Evaluation - ANSWER
B B Did you and your client meet your goals?
B B B B B B B




Infection - B



ANSWER
B Invasion of a susceptible host by pathogens or micoorganisms, resulting in dis
B B B B B B B B B B B



ease



Colonization - B



B ANSWER occurs when a microorganism invades the host but does not cause infection
B B B B B B B B B B B




Communicable disease - B B



B ANSWER Infectious disease transmitted from one person to another
B B B B B B B




Symptomatic infection - B B



B ANSWER Pathogens multiply and cause clinical signs and symptoms
B B B B B B B




Asymptomatic infection - ANSWER B B B Clinical signs and symptoms are not present
B B B B B B




Hand hygiene -
B B



BANSWER Most important technique to use in preventing and controlling transmission o
B B B B B B B B B B



f infection
B




3

, Chain of infection - ANSWER
B B B B Infectious agent or pathogen
B B B B




Reservoir or source for pathogen
B B B B B




Portal of exit
B B B




Mode of transmission
B B B




Portal of entry
B B B




Susceptible host B




Modes of transmission - ANSWER
B B B B Direct B




Indirect B




Droplet B




Airborne B




Vehicles

Vector



Direct contact - ANSWER
B B B Person to personB B B




Person to source
B B




Indirect contact - ANSWER
B B B Person to inanimate object
B B B




Droplet - ANSWER
B B Coughing, sneezing, talking (lg particle only 3ft)
B B B B B B




Airborne - ANSWER B B Droplet nuclei or residue suspended in air carried on dust particles
B B B B B B B B B B




Vehicles - ANSWER B B Food, water, drugs, and solutions, blood, fomites
B B B B B B




Vector - ANSWER
B B External transfer
B B




Internal transmission (parasitic)
B B




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