Clinical Judgment and Critical Thinking Quiz

What is critical thinking?

• The skill of learning to analyze and interpret data to solve a problem to achieve a desired outcome.

• The ability to reflect and seek truth.

• The process of making evidence-based decisions.

• The combination of reasoned thinking, openness to alternatives, and logical thinking.

What is clinical judgment?

• The mental process used when analyzing all the data of a clinical situation to make a decision based on that analysis.

• The skill of learning to analyze and interpret data to solve a problem to achieve a desired outcome.

• The combination of reasoned thinking, openness to alternatives, and logical thinking.

• The process of making evidence-based decisions.

What is the purpose of assessment in the nursing process?

• To determine the client problems.

• To systematically gather information related to the physical, mental, spiritual, socioeconomic, and cultural status of an individual, group, or community.

• To implement appropriate interventions based on nursing knowledge.

• To create a plan to address client problems.

What is the purpose of analysis in the nursing process?

• To determine the client problems.

• To systematically gather information related to the physical, mental, spiritual, socioeconomic, and cultural status of an individual, group, or community.

• To implement appropriate interventions based on nursing knowledge.

• To create a plan to address client problems.

What is the purpose of planning in the nursing process?

• To determine the client problems.

• To create a plan to address client problems.

• To systematically gather information related to the physical, mental, spiritual, socioeconomic, and cultural status of an individual, group, or community.

• To implement appropriate interventions based on nursing knowledge.

What is the purpose of implementation in the nursing process?

• To implement appropriate interventions based on nursing knowledge.

• To systematically gather information related to the physical, mental, spiritual, socioeconomic, and cultural status of an individual, group, or community.

• To determine the client problems.

• To create a plan to address client problems.

What is the purpose of evaluation in the nursing process?

• To create a plan to address client problems.

• To determine the client problems.

• To systematically gather information related to the physical, mental, spiritual, socioeconomic, and cultural status of an individual, group, or community.

• To evaluate a client’s response to nursing interventions and reach a nursing judgment regarding the extent to which outcomes have been met.

What is the purpose of the nursing process?

• To help nurses make clinical judgments that are appropriate for clients.

• To systematically gather information related to the physical, mental, spiritual, socioeconomic, and cultural status of an individual, group, or community.

• To determine the client problems.

• To create a plan to address client problems.

What is the purpose of the nursing interview?

• To create a plan to address client problems.

• To determine the client problems.

• To gather objective data through physical assessment.

• To gather subjective data through purposeful communication with the client.

What is the purpose of a basic physical assessment?

• To create a plan to address client problems.

• To gather subjective data through purposeful communication with the client.

• To gather objective data through inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation.

• To determine the client problems.