Leadership Roles
and Management
Functions in
, Nursing Theory
and Application
11th Edition
By Bessie L. Marquis,
Carol Jorgensen Huston
,Chapter 1 Decision Making, Problem Solving, Critical
Thinking, and Clinical Reasoning:
, Requisites for successful
leadership and management
1. What statement is true regarding decision making?
A) It is an analysis of a situation
B) It is closely related to evaluation
C) It involves choosing between courses of action
D) It is dependent upon finding the cause of a problemAns: C
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Decision making is a complex cognitive process often defined
as choosing a particular course of action. Problemsolving is
part of decision making and is a systematic process that
focuses on analyzing a difficult situation. Critical thinking,
sometimes referred to as reflective thinking, is related to
evaluation and has a broader scope than decision making
and problemsolving.