NURS 251 Lecture Test 1
What is the nursing process defined by the American Nurses Association? - ANS A critical
thinking process that professional nurses use to apply the best available evidence to caregiving
and promoting human functions and responses to health and illness
Critical thinking includes - ANS -reasoned thinking
-openness to alternatives
-ability to reflect
-a desire to see truth
Critical thinking skills include: - ANS Gathering information
Analyze
Find solutions to the problem
Reflect
Critical thinking, separates the _____ nurse from the ______ nurse - ANS Technical;
professional
Relying on _____ & ______ when deciding what a patient needs - ANS Knowledge; Experience
Critical thinking nurses: ASK - ANS Why?
What is missing?
What do I know about my patient?
What are my options?
Critical thinking nurses: before you can critically think you must attend knowledge - ANS
Evidence based knowledge
Clinical reasoning - ANS Analyze data
Clinical decision
Clinical judgment
Analyze data - ANS Nurses must assess and compile data, identify relevance
Clinical decision - ANS Choose the best action to take
Clinical judgment - ANS The observed outcome of critical thinking and decision making that
considers, nursing knowledge, client situation, prioritizing, and evidence based practice
, The nursing process is the ______ of practice for the registered nurse to deliver holistic, patient
focused care - ANS Standard
The nursing process is _______ to how nurses practice - ANS Fundamental
Standards of nursing practice - ANS Describes a competent level of nursing care,
demonstrated through the nursing process: assessment, diagnosis, outcome, identification, and
planning, implementation, and evaluation
Five. Step problem-solving/clinical decision-making approach. - ANS AD PIE
AD PIE (Nursing Process) - ANS Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
Purpose of the nursing process - ANS Treat human responses to actual or potential problems
New and improved Nursing Process - ANS Recognize cues
Analyze cues
Prioritize hypothesis
Generate Solutions
Take action
Evaluate all comes
Critical thinking: Assessment - ANS - Observe
- Use correct techniques for collecting data
- Differentiate between relevant and irrelevant data
- Organize
- Categorize
- Validate data
- Interpret assessment data and draw conclusion
Critical thinking: diagnosis - ANS Identify clusters and cues
Detect inferences
Recognize an actual or potential problem or risk
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