Rosalinda Alfaro-LeFevre
Test Bank For Critical Thinking Critical Reasoning and Critical
Judgment A Practical Approach 7th Edition by Rosalinda
Alfaro-LeFevre
,Test Bank For Critical Thinking Critical Reasoning and Critical Judgment A Practical Approach 7th Edition by
Rosalinda Alfaro-LeFevre
TEST BANK
Critical Thinking Clinical
Reasoning and Clinical Judgment:
A Practical Approach 7th
Edition
by Rosalinda Alfaro-LeFevre
,Test Bank For Critical Thinking Critical Reasoning and Critical Judgment A Practical Approach 7th Edition by Rosalinda Alfaro-
LeFevre
Critical Thinking Clinical Reasoning and Clinical Judgment 7th Edition: A Practical Approach Test
Bank by Rosalinda Alfaro-LeFevre
Table of Contents:
1. What are Critical Thinking, Clinical Reasoning, and Clinical Judgment? 3
2. Becoming a Critical Thinker 10
3. Critical Thinking and Learning Cultures: Teaching, Learning, and Taking Tests 18
4. Interprofessional Clinical Reasoning, Decision Making, and Judgment 30
5. Ethical Reasoning, Professionalism, Evidence-Based Practice, and Quality Improvement 42
6. Practicing Clinical Reasoning, Clinical Judgment, and Decision-making Skills 66
7. Interprofessional Practice Skills: Communication, Teamwork, and Self-Management 88
, Test Bank For Critical Thinking Critical Reasoning and Critical Judgment A Practical Approach 7th Edition by Rosalinda Alfaro-
LeFevre
Chapter 1. What are Critical Thinking, Clinical Reasoning, and Clinical Judgment?
Alfaro-LeFevre: Critical Thinking Clinical Reasoning and Clinical Judgment 7th Edition A Practical
Approach Test Bank
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
4) Plan interventions