NR 224 Fundamentals Week 1 UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Clinical judgment - CORRECT ANSWER - Observed outcome of critical thinking and
decision making
Clinical decision making - CORRECT ANSWER - Separates professional nurses from
technicians or other assistive personnel (AP)
Model for clinical judgment - CORRECT ANSWER - Models help to explain concepts
and the many variables involved in making decisions and clinical judgments about patients
Critical thinking - CORRECT ANSWER - The ability to think in a systematic and logical
manner with openness to question and reflect on the reasoning process
Aim of critical thinking - CORRECT ANSWER - The ability to focus on the important
issues in any clinical situation and make decisions that produce desired patient outcomes
General critical thinking - CORRECT ANSWER - Includes scientific method, problem
solving, and decision making
Specific critical thinking - CORRECT ANSWER - Includes diagnostic reasoning and
clinical decision making
Levels of Critical Thinking - CORRECT ANSWER - Basic critical thinking, complex
critical thinking, commitment
Components of Critical Thinking in the Clinical Judgment Model - CORRECT
ANSWER - Competence, knowledge base, experience, environment
, Critical Thinking Attitudes - CORRECT ANSWER - Confidence, thinking independently,
fairness, responsibility and accountability, risk taking, discipline, perseverance, creativity,
curiosity, integrity, humility and self-awareness
Evaluation of Clinical Judgments - CORRECT ANSWER - Includes reflection, meeting
with colleagues, concept mapping, critical thinking synthesis
What are the two steps involved in critical thinking during nursing assessment? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Collection of information from primary and secondary sources, and
interpretation and validation of data.
What are the two types of assessments in nursing? - CORRECT ANSWER - Patient-
centered interviews and periodic assessments.
What are the two categories of assessments? - CORRECT ANSWER - Comprehensive
assessments and problem-focused assessments.
What types of data are considered in critical thinking for assessment? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Scientific data, patient data, subjective data, objective data, family caregivers,
health care team, medical records, and diagnostic data.
What are the phases of the patient-centered interview? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Orientation and setting an agenda, working phase (collecting data), and termination phase.
What are some techniques used in patient-centered interviews? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Observation, open-ended questions, direct closed-ended questions, leading questions, back
channeling, and probing.
How does a nurse's experience influence patient assessment? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Experience provides a background for each clinical encounter, including personal, clinical, and
nursing skills experience.
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Clinical judgment - CORRECT ANSWER - Observed outcome of critical thinking and
decision making
Clinical decision making - CORRECT ANSWER - Separates professional nurses from
technicians or other assistive personnel (AP)
Model for clinical judgment - CORRECT ANSWER - Models help to explain concepts
and the many variables involved in making decisions and clinical judgments about patients
Critical thinking - CORRECT ANSWER - The ability to think in a systematic and logical
manner with openness to question and reflect on the reasoning process
Aim of critical thinking - CORRECT ANSWER - The ability to focus on the important
issues in any clinical situation and make decisions that produce desired patient outcomes
General critical thinking - CORRECT ANSWER - Includes scientific method, problem
solving, and decision making
Specific critical thinking - CORRECT ANSWER - Includes diagnostic reasoning and
clinical decision making
Levels of Critical Thinking - CORRECT ANSWER - Basic critical thinking, complex
critical thinking, commitment
Components of Critical Thinking in the Clinical Judgment Model - CORRECT
ANSWER - Competence, knowledge base, experience, environment
, Critical Thinking Attitudes - CORRECT ANSWER - Confidence, thinking independently,
fairness, responsibility and accountability, risk taking, discipline, perseverance, creativity,
curiosity, integrity, humility and self-awareness
Evaluation of Clinical Judgments - CORRECT ANSWER - Includes reflection, meeting
with colleagues, concept mapping, critical thinking synthesis
What are the two steps involved in critical thinking during nursing assessment? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Collection of information from primary and secondary sources, and
interpretation and validation of data.
What are the two types of assessments in nursing? - CORRECT ANSWER - Patient-
centered interviews and periodic assessments.
What are the two categories of assessments? - CORRECT ANSWER - Comprehensive
assessments and problem-focused assessments.
What types of data are considered in critical thinking for assessment? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Scientific data, patient data, subjective data, objective data, family caregivers,
health care team, medical records, and diagnostic data.
What are the phases of the patient-centered interview? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Orientation and setting an agenda, working phase (collecting data), and termination phase.
What are some techniques used in patient-centered interviews? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Observation, open-ended questions, direct closed-ended questions, leading questions, back
channeling, and probing.
How does a nurse's experience influence patient assessment? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Experience provides a background for each clinical encounter, including personal, clinical, and
nursing skills experience.
