CRITICAL THINKING IN NURSING
PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
100% CORRECT and VERIFIED
ANSWERS 2025/2026
Whichloflthelfollowinglbestlreflectslthelphilosophyloflcriticall
thinkinglasltaughtlbylalnurseleducatorltolalnursinglstudent?
1.l"Thinklaboutlseverallinterventionslthatlyoulcouldluselwithl
thislclient."
2."Don'tldrawlsubjectivelinferenceslaboutlyourlclient—
belmorelobjective."
3."Pleaselthinklharder—
therelislalsinglelsolutionlforlwhichlIlamllooking."
4."Trustlyourlfeelings—
don'tlbelconcernedlaboutltryingltolfindlalrationaleltolsupport
lyourldecision."l-lCORRECT-ANSWERS1
Thelnurseleducatorlislaskinglthelstudentltolsynthesizelcritic
allthinkinglskillslbylencouraginglthelstudentltolexaminelalte
rnativesltolmeetlthelclient'sluniquelneedslwithinlthelcontextl
vendarsol
,oflthelnursinglprocess.lDrawinglinferenceslislalspecificlcritic
allthinkinglcompetencylusedlinldiagnosticlreasoning.lTheled
ucatorlwholtellslthelstudentlnotltoldrawlinferenceslislnotlallo
winglthelstudentltolpracticelcompetencieslnecessarylforlspe
cificlcriticallthinkinglinlclinicallsituations.lThelcriticallthink
erlwillllooklbeyondlalsinglelsolutionltolalproblem.lIntuitionld
evelopslaslone'slclinicallexperiencelincreases.lThelnursinglst
udentlshouldlexamine
Thelsecondlcomponentloflcriticallthinkinglinlthel"criticallthi
nkinglmodel"lis:
1.lExperience
2.lCompetencies
3.lSpecificlknowledge
4.lDiagnosticlreasoningl-lCORRECT-ANSWERS1
Experiencelislthelsecondlcomponentloflcriticallthinkinglinlth
el"criticallthinkinglmodel."lThelthirdlcomponentloflthel"criti
callthinkinglmodel"lislcompetencies.lSpecificlknowledgelbas
elislthelfirstlcomponentloflthel"criticallthinkinglmodel."lDiag
nosticlreasoninglislalspecificlcriticallthinkinglcompetencylinl
clinicallsituations.
vendarsol
, Thelnurselenterslthelroomloflalclientlwholhaslalhistoryloflhea
rtldisease.lOnllookinglatlthelclient,lthelnurselfeelslthatlsome
thinglisl"notlright"lwithlthelclientlandlproceedsltoltakelthelvi
tallsigns.lThislislthelnurselactinglon:
1.lIntuition
2.lReflection
3.lKnowledge
4.lScientificlmethodologyl-lCORRECT-ANSWERS1
Intuitionlislanlinnerlsensinglthatlsomethinglislso,laslinlthisle
xample.lReflectionlislthelprocessloflpurposefullylthinkinglba
cklorlrecallinglalsituationltoldiscoverlitslpurposelorlmeaning
.lKnowledgeloflthelnurselincludeslinformationlandltheorylfro
mlthelbasiclsciences,lhumanities,lbehaviorallsciences,landln
ursing.lScientificlmethodologylislanlapproachltolseekinglthel
truthlorlverifyinglthatlalsetloflfactslagreeslwithlreality.
Thelnurselmanagerlhasldevelopedlalstafflprotocollforlpeerlev
aluation.lThelnurseslonlherlsurgicallunitlarelnervouslaboutlu
singlherlinstrument.lIflthelnurselmanagerlcontinuesltolimpl
ementlthelnewlstrategy,lwhichloflthelfollowinglcriticallthinki
nglattitudeslislshelportraying?
vendarsol
PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
100% CORRECT and VERIFIED
ANSWERS 2025/2026
Whichloflthelfollowinglbestlreflectslthelphilosophyloflcriticall
thinkinglasltaughtlbylalnurseleducatorltolalnursinglstudent?
1.l"Thinklaboutlseverallinterventionslthatlyoulcouldluselwithl
thislclient."
2."Don'tldrawlsubjectivelinferenceslaboutlyourlclient—
belmorelobjective."
3."Pleaselthinklharder—
therelislalsinglelsolutionlforlwhichlIlamllooking."
4."Trustlyourlfeelings—
don'tlbelconcernedlaboutltryingltolfindlalrationaleltolsupport
lyourldecision."l-lCORRECT-ANSWERS1
Thelnurseleducatorlislaskinglthelstudentltolsynthesizelcritic
allthinkinglskillslbylencouraginglthelstudentltolexaminelalte
rnativesltolmeetlthelclient'sluniquelneedslwithinlthelcontextl
vendarsol
,oflthelnursinglprocess.lDrawinglinferenceslislalspecificlcritic
allthinkinglcompetencylusedlinldiagnosticlreasoning.lTheled
ucatorlwholtellslthelstudentlnotltoldrawlinferenceslislnotlallo
winglthelstudentltolpracticelcompetencieslnecessarylforlspe
cificlcriticallthinkinglinlclinicallsituations.lThelcriticallthink
erlwillllooklbeyondlalsinglelsolutionltolalproblem.lIntuitionld
evelopslaslone'slclinicallexperiencelincreases.lThelnursinglst
udentlshouldlexamine
Thelsecondlcomponentloflcriticallthinkinglinlthel"criticallthi
nkinglmodel"lis:
1.lExperience
2.lCompetencies
3.lSpecificlknowledge
4.lDiagnosticlreasoningl-lCORRECT-ANSWERS1
Experiencelislthelsecondlcomponentloflcriticallthinkinglinlth
el"criticallthinkinglmodel."lThelthirdlcomponentloflthel"criti
callthinkinglmodel"lislcompetencies.lSpecificlknowledgelbas
elislthelfirstlcomponentloflthel"criticallthinkinglmodel."lDiag
nosticlreasoninglislalspecificlcriticallthinkinglcompetencylinl
clinicallsituations.
vendarsol
, Thelnurselenterslthelroomloflalclientlwholhaslalhistoryloflhea
rtldisease.lOnllookinglatlthelclient,lthelnurselfeelslthatlsome
thinglisl"notlright"lwithlthelclientlandlproceedsltoltakelthelvi
tallsigns.lThislislthelnurselactinglon:
1.lIntuition
2.lReflection
3.lKnowledge
4.lScientificlmethodologyl-lCORRECT-ANSWERS1
Intuitionlislanlinnerlsensinglthatlsomethinglislso,laslinlthisle
xample.lReflectionlislthelprocessloflpurposefullylthinkinglba
cklorlrecallinglalsituationltoldiscoverlitslpurposelorlmeaning
.lKnowledgeloflthelnurselincludeslinformationlandltheorylfro
mlthelbasiclsciences,lhumanities,lbehaviorallsciences,landln
ursing.lScientificlmethodologylislanlapproachltolseekinglthel
truthlorlverifyinglthatlalsetloflfactslagreeslwithlreality.
Thelnurselmanagerlhasldevelopedlalstafflprotocollforlpeerlev
aluation.lThelnurseslonlherlsurgicallunitlarelnervouslaboutlu
singlherlinstrument.lIflthelnurselmanagerlcontinuesltolimpl
ementlthelnewlstrategy,lwhichloflthelfollowinglcriticallthinki
nglattitudeslislshelportraying?
vendarsol
