ATI 10: Clinical Judgement Process
A charge nurse is preparing to discuss critical thinking skills with a group of newly
licensed nurses. Which of the following skills should the nurse plan to include in the
discussion? - ANS✔✔Inference, creativity, inductive reasoning
A nurse is caring for a client who has been wheezing. The nurse asked an assistive
personnel do use a stethoscope and listen to the clients lung sounds to determine if
their wheezing has improved. This is an example of which of the following concepts? -
ANS✔✔Delegation of the wrong task
A charge nurse is planning to discuss factors that can influence the clinical decision
making process in client care with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the following factors
should the charge nurse include? - ANS✔✔Available resources, awareness of client
status, support from other staff
A nurse is reviewing the concept of critical thinking with a newly licensed nurse. Which
of the following statements should the nurse make? - ANS✔✔Critical thinking is the
foundation for clinical decision making
In what order should an RN perform the steps of the nursing process? -
ANS✔✔Assessment, analysis, planning, implementation, evaluation
A nurse is reviewing methods created to assist nurses in using evidence-based
practice. Which of the following is a NCSBN model that can assist the nurse is critical
thinking and decision making? - ANS✔✔Clinical judgment
A nurse is developing a goal for a client to ambulate with assistance at least once by the
end of the shift. The nurse should identify that this is an example of which of the
following steps of the nursing process? - ANS✔✔Planning
A nurse asked the client to write the current level of pain using a scale of 0 to 10 after
administering a pain medication 30 minutes ago. Which of the following steps of the
nursing process is the nurse performing? - ANS✔✔Evaluation
A nurse and urgent care clinic is auscultating the lungs of a client who reports a cough
and shortness of breath. Which of the following steps of the nursing process is the
nurse using? - ANS✔✔Assessment
A nurse is caring for a client who is in an acute care facility. The nurse should recognize
that the clients care requires clinical reason when it is complicated by which of the
following factors? - ANS✔✔Complex clinical situations, ongoing client and family
concerns
A charge nurse is preparing to discuss critical thinking skills with a group of newly
licensed nurses. Which of the following skills should the nurse plan to include in the
discussion? - ANS✔✔Inference, creativity, inductive reasoning
A nurse is caring for a client who has been wheezing. The nurse asked an assistive
personnel do use a stethoscope and listen to the clients lung sounds to determine if
their wheezing has improved. This is an example of which of the following concepts? -
ANS✔✔Delegation of the wrong task
A charge nurse is planning to discuss factors that can influence the clinical decision
making process in client care with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the following factors
should the charge nurse include? - ANS✔✔Available resources, awareness of client
status, support from other staff
A nurse is reviewing the concept of critical thinking with a newly licensed nurse. Which
of the following statements should the nurse make? - ANS✔✔Critical thinking is the
foundation for clinical decision making
In what order should an RN perform the steps of the nursing process? -
ANS✔✔Assessment, analysis, planning, implementation, evaluation
A nurse is reviewing methods created to assist nurses in using evidence-based
practice. Which of the following is a NCSBN model that can assist the nurse is critical
thinking and decision making? - ANS✔✔Clinical judgment
A nurse is developing a goal for a client to ambulate with assistance at least once by the
end of the shift. The nurse should identify that this is an example of which of the
following steps of the nursing process? - ANS✔✔Planning
A nurse asked the client to write the current level of pain using a scale of 0 to 10 after
administering a pain medication 30 minutes ago. Which of the following steps of the
nursing process is the nurse performing? - ANS✔✔Evaluation
A nurse and urgent care clinic is auscultating the lungs of a client who reports a cough
and shortness of breath. Which of the following steps of the nursing process is the
nurse using? - ANS✔✔Assessment
A nurse is caring for a client who is in an acute care facility. The nurse should recognize
that the clients care requires clinical reason when it is complicated by which of the
following factors? - ANS✔✔Complex clinical situations, ongoing client and family
concerns
