NURS 8004 FINAL 2026 CERTIFICATION
PREPARATION GUIDE ADVANCED NURSING
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Critical thinking separates the
________ nurse from the ________nurse.
Answer: technical, professional
◉ nurses using critical thinking rely on Rely on __________ when
deciding what a patient needs..
Answer: knowledge and expertise
◉ Clinical judgements require the nurse to _____ on knowledge,
experience and information from the patient..
Answer: reflect
◉ •Diagnose & treat human responses to actual or potential
problems.
Answer: purpose of the nursing process
◉ steps of teh nursing process.
Answer: assessment
,diagnosis
planning
implementation
evaluation
◉ observe
use correct techniques for collecting data
differentiate between relevant and irrelevant data
organize
categorize
validate data
interpret assessment data and draw conclusion.
Answer: critical thinking and assessment
◉ identify cluster and cues,
detect inerences
recongnize an acutal or potential problem or risk
avoid making judgements.
Answer: critical thinking and diagnosis/analysis
◉ identify goals and outcomes for client care, set priorities,
determine appropriate strategies & interventions, take knowledge
,and apply it to more than one situation, create outcome criteria,
therorize, consider the consequences of implementation.
Answer: critical thinking & planning
◉ use knowledge base
use appropriate skills and teaching strategies
test theories
delegate and supervise care
communicate appropriately in response to a situation.
Answer: critical thinking and implementation
◉ determine accuracy of theories
evaluate outcomes based on specific criteria
determine understanding of teaching.
Answer: critical thinking and evaluation
◉ •A critical thinking process that professional nurses use to apply
the best available evidence to caregiving and promoting human
functions and responses to health and illness.".
Answer: nursing process
, ◉ Describes a competent level of nursing care demonstrated
through the nursing process: assessment, diagnosis, outcome
identification and planning, implementation, and evaluation..
Answer: standards of nursing practice
◉ systemic gathering of information related to the physical, mental,
spiritual, socioecomonic, cultural, status of individual, group, or
community. USED IN EVERY STEP OF NURSING PROCESS.
Answer: assessment
◉ •Collecting data: patterns emerge, start categorizing. Start record
•Using a systematic and ongoing process
•Categorizing data
•Recording data.
Answer: assessment phase
◉ •Data are used to identify the client's actual or potential health
problems and strengths.
•Planning outcomes and interventions
•Data help you formulate realistic goals and choose the
interventions most likely to be acceptable to and effective for the
client..
Answer: assessment with diagnosis
PREPARATION GUIDE ADVANCED NURSING
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Critical thinking separates the
________ nurse from the ________nurse.
Answer: technical, professional
◉ nurses using critical thinking rely on Rely on __________ when
deciding what a patient needs..
Answer: knowledge and expertise
◉ Clinical judgements require the nurse to _____ on knowledge,
experience and information from the patient..
Answer: reflect
◉ •Diagnose & treat human responses to actual or potential
problems.
Answer: purpose of the nursing process
◉ steps of teh nursing process.
Answer: assessment
,diagnosis
planning
implementation
evaluation
◉ observe
use correct techniques for collecting data
differentiate between relevant and irrelevant data
organize
categorize
validate data
interpret assessment data and draw conclusion.
Answer: critical thinking and assessment
◉ identify cluster and cues,
detect inerences
recongnize an acutal or potential problem or risk
avoid making judgements.
Answer: critical thinking and diagnosis/analysis
◉ identify goals and outcomes for client care, set priorities,
determine appropriate strategies & interventions, take knowledge
,and apply it to more than one situation, create outcome criteria,
therorize, consider the consequences of implementation.
Answer: critical thinking & planning
◉ use knowledge base
use appropriate skills and teaching strategies
test theories
delegate and supervise care
communicate appropriately in response to a situation.
Answer: critical thinking and implementation
◉ determine accuracy of theories
evaluate outcomes based on specific criteria
determine understanding of teaching.
Answer: critical thinking and evaluation
◉ •A critical thinking process that professional nurses use to apply
the best available evidence to caregiving and promoting human
functions and responses to health and illness.".
Answer: nursing process
, ◉ Describes a competent level of nursing care demonstrated
through the nursing process: assessment, diagnosis, outcome
identification and planning, implementation, and evaluation..
Answer: standards of nursing practice
◉ systemic gathering of information related to the physical, mental,
spiritual, socioecomonic, cultural, status of individual, group, or
community. USED IN EVERY STEP OF NURSING PROCESS.
Answer: assessment
◉ •Collecting data: patterns emerge, start categorizing. Start record
•Using a systematic and ongoing process
•Categorizing data
•Recording data.
Answer: assessment phase
◉ •Data are used to identify the client's actual or potential health
problems and strengths.
•Planning outcomes and interventions
•Data help you formulate realistic goals and choose the
interventions most likely to be acceptable to and effective for the
client..
Answer: assessment with diagnosis
