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Overview Of Clinical Reasoning
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The nurse is caring for a complex patient in the Intensive Care Unit. While developing the plan of care, the nurse includes actions to implement in the event that complications occur. Which domain of critical thinking is the nurse exercising? | Analyticity |
Which nursing action facilitates critical thinking? | Continually reevaluating the approach to patient care |
Which scenario requires critical thinking by the nurse? | Assessing a change in a patient’s bowel patterns |
Which behaviors are demonstrated during effective clinical judgment? | -Citing facts -Identifying patterns in patient behavior -Implementing actions to meet patient outcomes |
The pediatric nurse has identified a problem with an assigned patient. Using critical thinking, the nurse has decided on the most appropriate action to address the problem. Which step of the clinical judgment model is represented by this decision? | Responding |
The charge nurse in a busy emergency department praises the staff for quickly developing inventive ways to manage patient care. Which part of the problem-solving and decision-making model are the staff nurses demonstrating? | Creativity |
Which statement describes the process of clinical reasoning? | Allows for moving back and forth between steps as the situation changes |
Which factor might influence the nurse’s ability to use effective clinical reasoning? | Patient diversity |
The nurse in the respiratory care unit is assessing a patient admitted with exacerbation of asthma. How does the use of biomedical technology enhance clinical reasoning in this situation? | Helps the nurse make better patient care decisions |