HONDROS NUR 155 FINAL EXAM 2
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
VERIFIED.
Tanner's Model of Clinical Judgement - ANS A model based on how a nurse THINKS, it
explains the 4 steps in the critical thinking process that nurses use to solve any problem:
Noticing
Interpereting
Responding
Reflecting
Nursing Process - ANS Uses the Scientific Method to complete a Step by step approach to
PROVIDE PATIENT centered care: ADPIE
Assessment
Diagnosis -RN only
Planning/Outcomes
Implementation
Evaluation
Why study Critical Thinking? - ANS Thinking with a purpose, know why you do what you do.
Discipline specific reasoning process that ensures a nurse is generating, implementing, and
evaluation approaches.
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, Benner's Theory of Stages of Clinical Competence - ANS 5 Stages of developing nursing
clinical competence:
Stage 1: Novice
Stage 2: Advanced Beginner
Stage 3: Competent
Stage 4: Proficient
Stage 5: Expert
Credit to nursing-theory.org
Stage 1: Novice - ANS Nursing Student in first year of clinical education; limited and inflexible,
rule based, limited ability to predict what might happen in a particular situation.
Credit to nursing-theory.org
Stage 2: Advanced Beginner - ANS New grads 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
Stage 5: Expert - ANS Nurses that are able to recognize demands and resources in situations
and attain their goals. No longer do they rely solely on rules to guide actions under certain
situations. They area able to intuitively grasp the situation based on their deep knowledge and
experience.
Credit to nursing-theory.org
Noticing - ANS First step of Tanner's model of clinical judgement.
1. Identifying signs and symptoms
2. Gathering complete and accurate data
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
VERIFIED.
Tanner's Model of Clinical Judgement - ANS A model based on how a nurse THINKS, it
explains the 4 steps in the critical thinking process that nurses use to solve any problem:
Noticing
Interpereting
Responding
Reflecting
Nursing Process - ANS Uses the Scientific Method to complete a Step by step approach to
PROVIDE PATIENT centered care: ADPIE
Assessment
Diagnosis -RN only
Planning/Outcomes
Implementation
Evaluation
Why study Critical Thinking? - ANS Thinking with a purpose, know why you do what you do.
Discipline specific reasoning process that ensures a nurse is generating, implementing, and
evaluation approaches.
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, Benner's Theory of Stages of Clinical Competence - ANS 5 Stages of developing nursing
clinical competence:
Stage 1: Novice
Stage 2: Advanced Beginner
Stage 3: Competent
Stage 4: Proficient
Stage 5: Expert
Credit to nursing-theory.org
Stage 1: Novice - ANS Nursing Student in first year of clinical education; limited and inflexible,
rule based, limited ability to predict what might happen in a particular situation.
Credit to nursing-theory.org
Stage 2: Advanced Beginner - ANS New grads 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
Stage 5: Expert - ANS Nurses that are able to recognize demands and resources in situations
and attain their goals. No longer do they rely solely on rules to guide actions under certain
situations. They area able to intuitively grasp the situation based on their deep knowledge and
experience.
Credit to nursing-theory.org
Noticing - ANS First step of Tanner's model of clinical judgement.
1. Identifying signs and symptoms
2. Gathering complete and accurate data
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