Test Bank For Critical Thinking, Clinical Reasoning, and Clinical Judgment: A Practical Approach 7th Edition by Rosalinda Alfaro-LeFevre||ISBN NO:10,0275972356||ISBN NO:13,978-0323581257||All Chapters||Complete Guide A+

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Critical Thinking Clinical
Reasoning and Clinical Judgment:
A Practical Approach
7th Edition
by Rosalinda Alfaro-LeFevre




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,Critical34Thinking34Clinical34Reasoning34and34Clinical34Judgment347th34Edition:34A34Practic
al34Approach34Test34Bank34by34Rosalinda34Alfaro-LeFevre

Table34of34Contents:

1.34What34are34Critical34Thinking,34Clinical34Reasoning,34and34Clinical34Judgment? 3

2.34Becoming34a34Critical34Thinker 10

3.34Critical34Thinking34and34Learning34Cultures:34Teaching,34Learning,34and34Taking34Tests 18

4.34Interprofessional34Clinical34Reasoning,34Decision34Making,34and34Judgment 30

5.34Ethical34Reasoning,34Professionalism,34Evidence-Based34Practice,34and34Quality34Improvement
42
6.34Practicing34Clinical34Reasoning,34Clinical34Judgment,34and34Decision-making34Skills 66

7.34Interprofessional34Practice34Skills:34Communication,34Teamwork,34and34Self-Management 88

,Chapter341.34What34are34Critical34Thinking,34Clinical34Reasoning,34and34Clinical34Judgment?
Alfaro-
LeFevre:34Critical34Thinking34Clinical34Reasoning34and34Clinical34Judgment347th34Edition34A34
Practical34Approach34Test34Bank

Multiple34Choice
Identify34the34choice34that34best34completes34the34statement34or34answers34the34question.

1. Which34of34the34following34characteristics34do34the34various34definitions34of34critical34thin
king34havein34common?34Critical34thinking
1) Requires34reasoned34thought
2) Asks34the34questions34why?34or34how?
3) Is34a34hierarchical34process
4) Demands34specialized34thinking34skills

ANS:341
The34definitions34listed34in34the34text34as34well34as34definitions34in34Box342-
134state34that34critical34thinking34requires34reasoning34or34reasoned34thinking.34Critical34thinking
34is34neither34linear34nor34hierarchical.34That34means34that34the34steps34involved34in34critical34thi
nking34are34not34necessarily34sequential,34where34mastery34of34one34step34is34necessary34to34proc
eed34to34the34next.34Critical34thinking34is34a34purposeful,34dynamic,34analytic34process34that34con
tributes34to34reasoned34decisions34and34sound34contextual34judgments.

PTS:1DIF:Moderate34high-level34question,34answer34not34stated34verbatim
KEY:34Nursing34process:34N/A34|34Client34need:34SECE34|34Cognitive34level:34Analysis

2. A34few34nurses34on34a34unit34have34proposed34to34the34nurse34manager34that34the34process34f
or34documenting34care34on34the34unit34be34changed.34They34have34described34a34completely34ne
w34system.34Why34isit34important34for34the34nurse34manager34to34have34a34critical34attitude?34It
34will34help34the34manager34to
1) Consider34all34the34possible34advantages34and34disadvantages
2) Maintain34an34open34mind34about34the34proposed34change
3) Apply34the34nursing34process34to34the34situation
4) Make34a34decision34based34on34past34experience34with34docum

entation34ANS:342

A34critical34attitude34enables34the34person34to34think34fairly34and34keep34an34open34mind.34PTS:1DIF
:ModerateKEY:34Nursing34process:34N/A34|34Client34need:34SECE34|34Cognitive34level:34Comprehensio
n
3. The34nurse34has34just34been34assigned34to34the34clinical34care34of34a34newly34admitted34pati
ent.34To34know34how34to34best34care34for34the34patient,34the34nurse34uses34the34nursing34proces
s.34Which34step34would34thenurse34probably34do34first?
1) Assessment
2) Diagnosis

, 3) Plan34outcomes
4) Plan34interventions