CRITICAL THINKING CLINICAL REASONING AND CLINICAL
JUDGMENT: A PRACTICAL APPROACH 7TH EDITION
08/22/2025
Complete Test Bank_
Critical Thinking Clinical Reasoning and Clinical Judgment: A Practical
Approach 7th Edition
(Rosalinda Alfaro-LeFevre) Chapter 1-7 Complete A+ graded
T T
E E
S S
T T
B B
A A
N N
K K
,CRITICAL THINKING CLINICAL REASONING AND CLINICAL
JUDGMENT: A PRACTICAL APPROACH 7TH EDITION
08/22/2025
Chapter 1. What are Critical Thinking, Clinical Reasoning, and Clinical Judgment? .....................................3
Chapter 2. Becoming a Critical Thinker ...............................................................................................................15
Chapter 3. Critical Thinking and Learning Cultures: Teaching, Learning, and Taking Tests........................24
Chapter 4. Interprofessional Clinical Reasoning, Decision Making, and Judgment .........................................37
Chapter 5. Ethical Reasoning, Professionalism, Evidence-Based Practice, and Quality Improvement ..........50
Chapter 6. Practicing Clinical Reasoning, Clinical Judgment, and Decision-making Skills ............................76
Chapter 7. Interprofessional Practice Skills: Communication, Teamwork, and Self- Management .............101
,CRITICAL THINKING CLINICAL REASONING AND CLINICAL
JUDGMENT: A PRACTICAL APPROACH 7TH EDITION
08/22/2025
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 of
one 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
, CRITICAL THINKING CLINICAL REASONING AND CLINICAL
JUDGMENT: A PRACTICAL APPROACH 7TH EDITION
08/22/2025
4) Plan interventions
JUDGMENT: A PRACTICAL APPROACH 7TH EDITION
08/22/2025
Complete Test Bank_
Critical Thinking Clinical Reasoning and Clinical Judgment: A Practical
Approach 7th Edition
(Rosalinda Alfaro-LeFevre) Chapter 1-7 Complete A+ graded
T T
E E
S S
T T
B B
A A
N N
K K
,CRITICAL THINKING CLINICAL REASONING AND CLINICAL
JUDGMENT: A PRACTICAL APPROACH 7TH EDITION
08/22/2025
Chapter 1. What are Critical Thinking, Clinical Reasoning, and Clinical Judgment? .....................................3
Chapter 2. Becoming a Critical Thinker ...............................................................................................................15
Chapter 3. Critical Thinking and Learning Cultures: Teaching, Learning, and Taking Tests........................24
Chapter 4. Interprofessional Clinical Reasoning, Decision Making, and Judgment .........................................37
Chapter 5. Ethical Reasoning, Professionalism, Evidence-Based Practice, and Quality Improvement ..........50
Chapter 6. Practicing Clinical Reasoning, Clinical Judgment, and Decision-making Skills ............................76
Chapter 7. Interprofessional Practice Skills: Communication, Teamwork, and Self- Management .............101
,CRITICAL THINKING CLINICAL REASONING AND CLINICAL
JUDGMENT: A PRACTICAL APPROACH 7TH EDITION
08/22/2025
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 of
one 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
, CRITICAL THINKING CLINICAL REASONING AND CLINICAL
JUDGMENT: A PRACTICAL APPROACH 7TH EDITION
08/22/2025
4) Plan interventions
