Critical Thinking in Nursing

Critical thinking in nursing needs to include which of the following important variables?

• Consideration of ethics and responsible decision making

• Ability to act quickly, often on impulse

• Ability to determine the best nursing interventions regardless of patient's values and beliefs

• Flexible thinking that rarely follows a pattern or considers standards

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

Which of the following statements describes the purpose of the nursing process?

• Process of documentation designed to decrease liability

• Process designed to maximize reimbursement potential

• A sophisticated time-management strategy

• Process used to identify and solve patient problems

What does the process of analysis of patient data directly result in?

• Validating actual problems or diagnoses

• Determining the nursing interventions of importance

• Identifying actual or potential problems amenable to nursing intervention

• Confirming the medical diagnosis

Which of the following describes the primary difference between nursing diagnoses and medical diagnoses?

• Nursing diagnoses identify simple instead of complex problems.

• Nursing diagnoses must be verified by a physician.

• Nursing diagnoses, like medical diagnoses, identify medical diseases.

• Nursing diagnoses identify problems that can be treated with independent nursing actions.

The identification of nursing diagnosis and goal setting should ideally be a collaborative process between the nurse and which other party?

• Physician

• Nurse manager

• Patient's family

• Patient

The nurse instructs the patient about incentive spirometry as preoperative teaching. Which phase of the nursing process does this illustrate?

• Assessment

• Planning

• Implementation

• Evaluation

A nurse reviewing a patient's care plan notes a goal of "Patient will ambulate 50 feet, three times in the hallway today." According to Bloom, what taxonomic category is this goal?

• Affective domain

• Physical domain

• Psychomotor domain

• Cognitive domain

The nurse is admitting a patient for surgery. The patient is twisting a handkerchief over and over while saying, "I'm going to have a little mole removed. I'm not worried. The surgery will take only an hour, and then I will go home. I've never been sick a day in my life, so I'll be fine." Which of the following during her physical assessment is objective data?

• Twisting handkerchief

• Blood pressure 150/90

• "I'm having this little mole removed."

• Patient is worried.

The nurse says to a newly diagnosed diabetic patient, "I will be working with you during your 3-day stay to help you practice insulin injections and to review your new diet. I'm wondering if we could find a time of day to begin the teaching sessions that is good for us." This conversation would occur in which phase of the nurse-patient relationship?

• Acquaintance phase

• Orientation phase

• Working phase

• Termination phase

Which of the following suggests that a successful contract has been established between the nurse and patient in the orientation phase of the nurse-patient relationship?

• Nurse and patient agree on the goals of the treatment.

• Patient expresses concerns and questions freely.

• Nurse provides detailed explanations of the procedures.

• All of the above.