Critical Thinking Clinical Reasoning and Clinical Judgment 7th Edition A Practical Approach Test Bank Graded A+

, Test Bank For Critical Thinking, Clinical Reasoning, and Clinical Judgment A Practical
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Approach 7th Edition – by Rosalinda Alfaro-LeFevre
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Paperback ISBN: 9780323581257
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eBook ISBN: 9780323594721
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Paperback ISBN: 9780323676922
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Table of Contents
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1. What are Critical Thinking, Clinical Reasoning, and Clinical Judgment?
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2. Becoming a Critical Thinker vv vv vv




3. Critical Thinking and Learning Cultures: Teaching, Learning, and Taking Tests
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4. Interprofessional Clinical Reasoning, Decision Making, and Judgment
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5. Ethical Reasoning, Professionalism, Evidence-Based Practice, and Quality Improvement
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6. Practicing Clinical Reasoning, Clinical Judgment, and Decision-making Skills
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7. Interprofessional Practice Skills: Communication, Teamwork, and Self-Management
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NEW interprofessional collaboration focus!
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, Critical Thinking Clinical Reasoning and Clinical Judgment 7th Edition A Practical
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Approach Test Bank vv vv vv




Chapter 1. What are Critical Thinking, Clinical Reasoning, and Clinical Judgment?
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Multiple Choice
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Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. Which of the following characteristics do the various definitions of critical thinking
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have in common? Critical thinking
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1)
Requires reasoned thought vv vv


2)
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Asks the questions why? or how?
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3)
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Is a hierarchical process
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4)
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Demands specialized thinking skills vv vv vv


ANS: 1
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The definitions listed in the text as well as definitions in Box 2-1 state that critical
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thinking requires reasoning or reasoned thinking. Critical thinking is neither linear nor
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hierarchical. That means that the steps involved in critical thinking are not necessarily
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sequential, where mastery of one step is necessary to proceed to the next. Critical thinking
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is a purposeful, dynamic, analytic process that contributes to reasoned decisions and sound
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contextual judgments.
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KEY: Nursing process: N/A | Client need: SECE | Cognitive level: Analysis
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2. A few nurses on a unit have proposed to the nurse manager that the process for
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documenting care on the unit be changed. They have described a completely new system.
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Why is it important for the nurse manager to have a critical attitude? It will help the
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manager to
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Consider all the possible advantages and disadvantages
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2)
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Maintain an open mind about the proposed vv vv vv vv vv vv


change 3)
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Apply the nursing process to the situation
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4)
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Make a decision based on past experience with documentation
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ANS: 2
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A critical attitude enables the person to think fairly and keep an open mind.
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PTS:1DIF:ModerateKEY: Nursing process: N/A | Client need: SECE | Cognitive level:
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Comprehension
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, 3. The nurse has just been assigned to the clinical care of a newly admitted patient.
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To know how to best care for the patient, the nurse uses the nursing process. Which step
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would the nurse probably do first?
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1)
Assessment
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Diagnosis
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4)
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Plan interventions
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ANS: 1
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Assessment is the first step of the nursing process. The nursing diagnosis is derived from the
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data gathered during assessment, outcomes from the diagnosis, and interventions from the
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outcomes. PTS:1DIF:Easy
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KEY: Nursing process: Assessment | Client need: SECE | Cognitive level: Application
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4. Which of the following is an example of theoretical
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knowledge? 1)
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A nurse uses sterile technique to catheterize a
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patient. 2)
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Room air has an oxygen concentration of
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21%. 3)
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Glucose monitoring machines should be calibrated daily.
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4)
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An irregular apical heart rate should be compared with the radial
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pulse. ANS: 2
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Theoretical knowledge consists of research findings, facts, principles, and theories. The
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oxygen concentration of room air is a scientific fact. The others are examples of practical
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knowledgewhat to do and how to do it.
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KEY: Nursing process: N/A | Client need: SECE | Cognitive level: Application
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5. Which of the following is an example of practical knowledge? (Assume all are
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true.) 1)
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The tricuspid valve is between the right atrium and ventricle of the
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heart. 2)
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The pancreas does not produce enough insulin in type 1
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diabetes. 3)
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When assessing the abdomen, you should auscultate before
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palpating. 4)
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Research shows pain medication given intravenously acts faster than by other
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routes. ANS: 3
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