TEST BANK FOR CRITICAL THINKING, CLINICAL REASONING, AND CLINICAL JUDGMENT A PRACTICAL APPROACH 7TH EDITION BY ROSALINDA ALFARO-LEFEVRE ALL CHAPTERS

TEST BANK FOR
CRITICAL THINKING, CLINICAL
REASONING, AND CLINICAL
JUDGMENT A PRACTICAL APPROACH
7TH EDITION
BY ROSALINDA ALFARO-LEFEVRE ALL CHAPTERS
COVERED 1 - 7||100% VERFIED ANSWERS

,TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1. WHAT ARE CRITICAL THINKING, CLINICAL REASONING, AND
CLINICAL JUDGMENT?............................................................................. 3
CHAPTER 2. BECOMING A CRITICAL THINKER ....................................... 13
CHAPTER 3. CRITICAL THINKING AND LEARNING CULTURES: TEACHING,
LEARNING, AND TAKING TESTS ............................................................. 23
CHAPTER 4. INTERPROFESSIONAL CLINICAL REASONING, DECISION
MAKING, AND JUDGMENT .................................................................... 37
CHAPTER 5. ETHICAL REASONING, PROFESSIONALISM, EVIDENCE-BASED
PRACTICE, AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ............................................. 52
CHAPTER 6. PRACTICING CLINICAL REASONING, CLINICAL JUDGMENT,
AND DECISION-MAKING SKILLS ............................................................. 81
CHAPTER 7. INTERPROFESSIONAL PRACTICE SKILLS: COMMUNICATION,
TEAMWORK, AND SELF-MANAGEMENT ............................................. 103

,CHAPTER 1. WHAT ARE CRITICAL THINKING, CLINICAL REASONING, AND
CLINICAL JUDGMENT?
MULTIPLE CHOICE
IDENTIFY THE CHOICE THAT BEST COMPLETES THE STATEMENT OR ANSWERS THE QUESTION.

1. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS DO THE VARIOUS DEFINITIONS OF CRITICAL
THINKING HAVEIN COMMON? CRITICAL THINKING

1)

REQUIRES REASONED THOUGHT

2)

ASKS THE QUESTIONS WHY? OR HOW?

3)

IS A HIERARCHICAL PROCESS

4)

DEMANDS SPECIALIZED THINKING SKILLS

ANS>>>1

THE DEFINITIONS LISTED IN THE TEXT AS WELL AS DEFINITIONS IN BOX 2-1 STATE THAT CRITICAL
THINKING REQUIRES REASONING OR REASONED THINKING. CRITICAL THINKING IS NEITHER LINEAR NOR
HIERARCHICAL. THAT MEANS THAT THE STEPS INVOLVED IN CRITICAL THINKING ARE NOT NECESSARILY
SEQUENTIAL, WHERE MASTERY OFONE STEP IS NECESSARY TO PROCEED TO THE NEXT. CRITICAL
THINKING IS A PURPOSEFUL, DYNAMIC, ANALYTIC PROCESS THAT CONTRIBUTES TO REASONED
DECISIONS AND SOUND CONTEXTUAL JUDGMENTS.

PTS:1DIF:MODERATE HIGH-LEVEL QUESTION, ANSWER NOT STATED VERBATIM

KEY: NURSING PROCESS: N/A | CLIENT NEED: SECE | COGNITIVE LEVEL: ANALYSIS

2. A FEW NURSES ON A UNIT HAVE PROPOSED TO THE NURSE MANAGER THAT THE PROCESS
FOR DOCUMENTING CARE ON THE UNIT BE CHANGED. THEY HAVE DESCRIBED A COMPLETELY NEW
SYSTEM. WHY ISIT IMPORTANT FOR THE NURSE MANAGER TO HAVE A CRITICAL ATTITUDE? IT WILL
HELP THE MANAGER TO

1)

CONSIDER ALL THE POSSIBLE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

2)

MAINTAIN AN OPEN MIND ABOUT THE PROPOSED CHANGE

3)

, APPLY THE NURSING PROCESS TO THE SITUATION

4)

MAKE A DECISION BASED ON PAST EXPERIENCE WITH DOCUMENTATION



ANS>>>2

A CRITICAL ATTITUDE ENABLES THE PERSON TO THINK FAIRLY AND KEEP AN OPEN MIND.
PTS:1DIF:MODERATEKEY: NURSING PROCESS: N/A | CLIENT NEED: SECE | COGNITIVE LEVEL:
COMPREHENSION



3. THE NURSE HAS JUST BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE CLINICAL CARE OF A NEWLY ADMITTED
PATIENT. TO KNOW HOW TO BEST CARE FOR THE PATIENT, THE NURSE USES THE NURSING PROCESS.
WHICH STEP WOULD THENURSE PROBABLY DO FIRST?

1)

ASSESSMENT

2)

DIAGNOSIS

3)

PLAN OUTCOMES

4)

PLAN INTERVENTIONS

CORRECT ANS>>> 1

ASSESSMENT IS THE FIRST STEP OF THE NURSING PROCESS. THE NURSING DIAGNOSIS IS DERIVED FROM
THE DATA GATHERED DURING ASSESSMENT, OUTCOMES FROM THE DIAGNOSIS, AND INTERVENTIONS
FROM THE OUTCOMES. PTS:1DIF:EASY

KEY: NURSING PROCESS: ASSESSMENT | CLIENT NEED: SECE | COGNITIVE LEVEL: APPLICATION

4. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE?1) A NURSE USES
STERILE TECHNIQUE TO CATHETERIZE A PATIENT.2)

ROOM AIR HAS AN OXYGEN CONCENTRATION OF 21%. 3)

GLUCOSE MONITORING MACHINES SHOULD BE CALIBRATED DAILY.4)

AN IRREGULAR APICAL HEART RATE SHOULD BE COMPARED WITH THE RADIAL PULSE. ANS>>>2