Critical Thinking Nur 200 Hondros, 200
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Complete assessment - A review and physical examination of all body systems, for stable patients only
clinical judgment - "Thinking Like A Nurse". integral to the Safety of pt. Interpretation or conclusion
about a patient's needs, concerns, or health problems, and/or the decision to take action (or not), use or
modify standard approaches, or improvise new ones as deemed appropriate by the patient's response.
Database - Completed health history and physical examination, large store or bank of info
clinical reasoning - is the thinking process by which a nurse reaches a clinical judgement. an iterative
process of noticing, interpreting, and responding- reasoning in transition with a fine attunement to the
patient and how the patient responds to the nurses action
Psychosocial history - Psychological and social factors
evidence-based practice - clinical decision making that integrates the best available research with
clinical expertise and patient characteristics and preferences
1st method of data collection - Interiew patient, health history. Patient is your primary source
Tanner's Model - Noticing
Interpreting
Responding
Reflecting
2nd method of data collection - Physical examination ( guided by subjective and objective)
, noticing (tanners model) - identify s/s, gather complete and accurate data, assessing systematically and
comprehensively, *predicting (and managing) potential complications, identifying assumptions
Concepts of clinical judgment - 1. Safety
2. Healthcare quality
3. Leadership
4. Patient education
5. Evidence
6. Professionalism
7. Care coordination
objective data (noticing) - information that is seen, heard, felt, or smelled by an observer; signs
Analytic reasoning - Situation is unfamiliar
subjective data (noticing) - things a person tells you about that you cannot observe through your
senses; symptoms
Intuitive reasoning - Able to recognize the situation immedialy. Pattern based
factors that influence "Noticing" - -intrapersonal characteristics of the nurse
-theoretical and experiential knowledge of the nurse
-knowing the patient
-context or environment of care
Narrative reasoning - Situation to patient experience with illness.
Interpreting (tanners) - comparing and contrast data, clustering related information, recognizing
inconsistencies, checking accuracy, distinguishing relevant from irrelevant, determine importance of
Exam With Solved Solutions
Complete assessment - A review and physical examination of all body systems, for stable patients only
clinical judgment - "Thinking Like A Nurse". integral to the Safety of pt. Interpretation or conclusion
about a patient's needs, concerns, or health problems, and/or the decision to take action (or not), use or
modify standard approaches, or improvise new ones as deemed appropriate by the patient's response.
Database - Completed health history and physical examination, large store or bank of info
clinical reasoning - is the thinking process by which a nurse reaches a clinical judgement. an iterative
process of noticing, interpreting, and responding- reasoning in transition with a fine attunement to the
patient and how the patient responds to the nurses action
Psychosocial history - Psychological and social factors
evidence-based practice - clinical decision making that integrates the best available research with
clinical expertise and patient characteristics and preferences
1st method of data collection - Interiew patient, health history. Patient is your primary source
Tanner's Model - Noticing
Interpreting
Responding
Reflecting
2nd method of data collection - Physical examination ( guided by subjective and objective)
, noticing (tanners model) - identify s/s, gather complete and accurate data, assessing systematically and
comprehensively, *predicting (and managing) potential complications, identifying assumptions
Concepts of clinical judgment - 1. Safety
2. Healthcare quality
3. Leadership
4. Patient education
5. Evidence
6. Professionalism
7. Care coordination
objective data (noticing) - information that is seen, heard, felt, or smelled by an observer; signs
Analytic reasoning - Situation is unfamiliar
subjective data (noticing) - things a person tells you about that you cannot observe through your
senses; symptoms
Intuitive reasoning - Able to recognize the situation immedialy. Pattern based
factors that influence "Noticing" - -intrapersonal characteristics of the nurse
-theoretical and experiential knowledge of the nurse
-knowing the patient
-context or environment of care
Narrative reasoning - Situation to patient experience with illness.
Interpreting (tanners) - comparing and contrast data, clustering related information, recognizing
inconsistencies, checking accuracy, distinguishing relevant from irrelevant, determine importance of
