Module 5 Reviewer PT 1

A process where nurses integrate and analyze patient data to make decisions about patient care

• Clinical Reasoning

• Clinical Decision-Making

• Clinical Judgment

• Logical Reasoning

(Multiple answers)“In nursing . . . an essential component of professional accountability and quality nursing care [that exhibits]:

• confidence

• contextual perspective

• care

• flexibility

• creativity

A process of choosing between different options or alternatives

• Clinical Reasoning

• Clinical Decision-Making

• Clinical Judgment

• Logical Reasoning

Outcome of critical thinking in nursing practice; judgments begin with the end goal in mind; outcomes are met, involves evidence

• Clinical Judgment

• Clinical Decision-Makin

• Clinical Reasoning

• Logical Reasoning

Arriving at a conclusion based on relatively small amounts of knowledge and/or information

• Logical Reasoning

• Clinical Judgment

• Intuition

• Clinical Decision-Making

“Drawing inferences or conclusions that are supported in or justified by evidence

• Intuition

• Reflection

• Logical Reasoning

• Clinical Judgment

A purposeful analysis of one’s current and past actions

• Reflection

• Intuition

• Reasoning

• Decision-Making

Using a problem-solving approach as a basis for nursing practice requires the use of critical thinking and decision-making. Some experts have referred to that thinking more recently as:

• Clinical Reasoning

• Clinical Judgment

• Clinical Decision-Making

• Reasoning

developed a model of clinical judgment that is built on and expands the nursing process.

• NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model (NCJMM)

• Clinical Judgment Measurement Model

• NCLEX-RN

• NCLEX-PN (NGN) 

What is the R in R-A-P-G-T-E?

• Reassess Conditions

• Recognize Cues

• Reflect on Issues

• Research Alternatives