CRITICAL THINKING, CLINICAL REASONING, AND CLINICAL JUDGMENT A PRACTICAL
APPROACH 7TH EDITION BY ROSALINDA ALFARO-LEFEVRE ALL CHAPTERS 1 – 7
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Table of Contents
1. What are Critical Thinking, Clinical Reasoning, and Clinical Judgment?
2. Becoming a Critical Thinker
3. Critical Thinking and Learning Cultures: Teaching, Learning, and Taking Tests
4. Interprofessional Clinical Reasoning, Decision Making, and Judgment
5. Ethical Reasoning, Professionalism, Evidence-Based Practice, and Quality
Improvement
6. Practicing Clinical Reasoning, Clinical Judgment, and Decision-making Skills
7. Interprofessional Practice Skills: Communication, Teamwork, and Self-
Management NEWinterprofessional collaboration focus!
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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
thought2)
Asks the questions why? or
how?3)
Is a hierarchical
process4)
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
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, 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
disadvantages2)
Maintain an open mind about the proposed
change3)
Apply the nursing process to the
situation4)
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)
Assessme
nt2)
Diagnosi
s3)
Plan
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