CRITICAL THINKING ENTRANCE 40 KEY
CONCEPTS AND REASONING NOTES 2026
◉ clinical judgment. Answer: "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. Answer: Completed health history and physical
examination, large store or bank of info
◉ clinical reasoning. Answer: 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. Answer: Psychological and social factors
◉ evidence-based practice. Answer: clinical decision making that
integrates the best available research with clinical expertise and
patient characteristics and preferences
,◉ 1st method of data collection. Answer: Interiew patient, health
history. Patient is your primary source
◉ Tanner's Model. Answer: Noticing
Interpreting
Responding
Reflecting
◉ 2nd method of data collection. Answer: Physical examination (
guided by subjective and objective)
◉ noticing (tanners model). Answer: identify s/s, gather complete
and accurate data, assessing systematically and comprehensively,
*predicting (and managing) potential complications, identifying
assumptions
◉ Concepts of clinical judgment. Answer: 1. Safety
2. Healthcare quality
3. Leadership
4. Patient education
5. Evidence
6. Professionalism
7. Care coordination
, ◉ objective data (noticing). Answer: information that is seen, heard,
felt, or smelled by an observer; signs
◉ Analytic reasoning. Answer: Situation is unfamiliar
◉ subjective data (noticing). Answer: things a person tells you about
that you cannot observe through your senses; symptoms
◉ Intuitive reasoning. Answer: Able to recognize the situation
immedialy. Pattern based
◉ factors that influence "Noticing". Answer: -intrapersonal
characteristics of the nurse
-theoretical and experiential knowledge of the nurse
-knowing the patient
-context or environment of care
◉ Narrative reasoning. Answer: Situation to patient experience with
illness.
◉ Interpreting (tanners). Answer: comparing and contrast data,
clustering related information, recognizing inconsistencies, checking
accuracy, distinguishing relevant from irrelevant, determine
CONCEPTS AND REASONING NOTES 2026
◉ clinical judgment. Answer: "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. Answer: Completed health history and physical
examination, large store or bank of info
◉ clinical reasoning. Answer: 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. Answer: Psychological and social factors
◉ evidence-based practice. Answer: clinical decision making that
integrates the best available research with clinical expertise and
patient characteristics and preferences
,◉ 1st method of data collection. Answer: Interiew patient, health
history. Patient is your primary source
◉ Tanner's Model. Answer: Noticing
Interpreting
Responding
Reflecting
◉ 2nd method of data collection. Answer: Physical examination (
guided by subjective and objective)
◉ noticing (tanners model). Answer: identify s/s, gather complete
and accurate data, assessing systematically and comprehensively,
*predicting (and managing) potential complications, identifying
assumptions
◉ Concepts of clinical judgment. Answer: 1. Safety
2. Healthcare quality
3. Leadership
4. Patient education
5. Evidence
6. Professionalism
7. Care coordination
, ◉ objective data (noticing). Answer: information that is seen, heard,
felt, or smelled by an observer; signs
◉ Analytic reasoning. Answer: Situation is unfamiliar
◉ subjective data (noticing). Answer: things a person tells you about
that you cannot observe through your senses; symptoms
◉ Intuitive reasoning. Answer: Able to recognize the situation
immedialy. Pattern based
◉ factors that influence "Noticing". Answer: -intrapersonal
characteristics of the nurse
-theoretical and experiential knowledge of the nurse
-knowing the patient
-context or environment of care
◉ Narrative reasoning. Answer: Situation to patient experience with
illness.
◉ Interpreting (tanners). Answer: comparing and contrast data,
clustering related information, recognizing inconsistencies, checking
accuracy, distinguishing relevant from irrelevant, determine
