HONDROS NUR 155 EXAM 1
Questions and Answers
1. Tanner's Model of Clinical Judgement: A "MODEL" based on how a nurse thinks. Explains 4 steps in
the "CRITICAL THINKING PROCESS" that nurses use to solve any problem:
*Noticing
*Interpreting
*Responding
*Reflecting
2. Nursing Process: Uses the Scientific Method to complete a Step-by-step approach to plan patient-centered care:
"ADPIE"
*Assessment
*Diagnosis
*Planning/Outcomes
*Implementation
*Evaluation
3. Why do we study Critical Thinking?: To think with a purpose, and know why you do what you do.
A strict reasoning process that ensures a nurse is generating, implementing, and evaluating approaches.
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, 4. Benner's Theory of Stages and Clinical Competence: What theory of stages have 5 Stages?
The 5 stages:
Stage 1: Novice
Stage 2: Advanced Beginner Stage
3: Competent
Stage 4: Proficient
Stage 5: Expert
Credit to nursing-theory.org
5. Stage 1: Novice: Nursing Students first year of clinical education; inexperienced, text book knowledge, limited ability to
predict what might happen in any situation.
Credit to nursing-theory.org
6. Stage 2: Advanced Beginner: Newly graduated in their first jobs; Nurses have more experience and are able to
recognize recurrent, meaningful components of a situation. They have the knowledge and the knowhow but not the in-depth
experience.
Credit to nursing-theory.org
7. Stage 3: Competent: These nurses lack the speed and flexibility of proficient nurses, but they have some mastery
and can rely on advanced planning and organizational skills. Can recognize patterns and nature of clinical situations more
quickly and accurately than advanced beginners.
Credit to nursing-theory.org
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Questions and Answers
1. Tanner's Model of Clinical Judgement: A "MODEL" based on how a nurse thinks. Explains 4 steps in
the "CRITICAL THINKING PROCESS" that nurses use to solve any problem:
*Noticing
*Interpreting
*Responding
*Reflecting
2. Nursing Process: Uses the Scientific Method to complete a Step-by-step approach to plan patient-centered care:
"ADPIE"
*Assessment
*Diagnosis
*Planning/Outcomes
*Implementation
*Evaluation
3. Why do we study Critical Thinking?: To think with a purpose, and know why you do what you do.
A strict reasoning process that ensures a nurse is generating, implementing, and evaluating approaches.
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9
, 4. Benner's Theory of Stages and Clinical Competence: What theory of stages have 5 Stages?
The 5 stages:
Stage 1: Novice
Stage 2: Advanced Beginner Stage
3: Competent
Stage 4: Proficient
Stage 5: Expert
Credit to nursing-theory.org
5. Stage 1: Novice: Nursing Students first year of clinical education; inexperienced, text book knowledge, limited ability to
predict what might happen in any situation.
Credit to nursing-theory.org
6. Stage 2: Advanced Beginner: Newly graduated in their first jobs; Nurses have more experience and are able to
recognize recurrent, meaningful components of a situation. They have the knowledge and the knowhow but not the in-depth
experience.
Credit to nursing-theory.org
7. Stage 3: Competent: These nurses lack the speed and flexibility of proficient nurses, but they have some mastery
and can rely on advanced planning and organizational skills. Can recognize patterns and nature of clinical situations more
quickly and accurately than advanced beginners.
Credit to nursing-theory.org
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