CRITICAL THINKING NUR 200 HONDROS
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ 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.
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ 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.
