Fundamentals Of Nursing 7Th Ch 15

Front 1

Define clinical decision making.

Back 1

judgment that includes critical and reflective thinking and action and application of scientific and practical logic

Front 2

Define evidence-based knowledge

Back 2

knowledge based on research or clinical expertise

Front 3

When you care for a client, always think ahead and ask these questions:

Back 3

What is your client's status now? How might it change and why? What do I know to improve the client's condition? In what way will a specific therapy affect the client?

Front 4

What are the three levels of critical thinking?

Back 4

basic, complex, and commitment.

Front 5

Define diagnostic reasoning.

Back 5

The process of determining a client's health status after you assign meaning to the behaviors, physical signs, and symptoms presented by the client.

Front 6

Define inference.

Back 6

The process of drawing conclusions from related pieces of evidence

Front 7

Define prognosis.

Back 7

The usual patterns of any diagnosed problem

Front 8

The nursing process is:

Back 8

A five-step clinical decision-making approach that includes assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation

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What are the five components of critical thinking?

Back 9

knowledge base, experience, critical thinking competencies (with emphasis on the nursing process), attitudes, and standards.

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What is critical thinking?

Back 10

active, organized cognitive process used to carefully examine one's thinking

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What does database mean?

Back 11

information about clients level of health, heath practices past & present illness physical examination combined to serve as basis for plan of care

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What is reflection?

Back 12

process of thinking back or recalling an event or discovering meaning & purpose of that event

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What does prognosis mean?

Back 13

prediction of probable outcome of disease or condition of client & usual course of disease as observed in similar situations

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What is inference?

Back 14

taking one proposition as given & guessing that another proposition follows

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What is nursing process?

Back 15

systematic problem solving method by nurses individualize care for clients assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, evaluation

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What is concept map?

Back 16

visual representation of client problems & interventions that show their relationship to each other

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What is discipline in the context of critical thinking attitude?

Back 17

completing task at hand including assessments

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What is integrity in the context of critical thinking attitude?

Back 18

recognizing when one's opinions conflict with those of others and finding a mutually satisfying solution

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What is belief in the context of critical thinking attitude?

Back 19

one's knowledge and abilities

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What is perseverance in the context of critical thinking attitude?

Back 20

helps the critical thinker to find effective solutions to client care problems, especially when they have been previously unresolved

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What is fairness in the context of critical thinking attitude?

Back 21

analyzing all viewpoints to understand the situation completely before making a decision

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What is curiosity in the context of critical thinking attitude?

Back 22

gives critical thinker the motivation to continue to ask questions and learn more

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What is risk taking in the context of critical thinking attitude?

Back 23

trying different ways to solve problems

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What is humility in the context of critical thinking attitude?

Back 24

critical thinkers admit what they do not know - try to find the knowledge they need to make proper decisions

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What are professional standards in the context of in critical thinking

Back 25

ethical criteria for nursing judgement, criteria for evaluation, professional responsibility

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What is assessment?

Back 26

process of observing and collecting data, 1st step in process of instruction

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What is planning?

Back 27

step in which the diagnosis is analyzed for problem resolution

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What is intervention?

Back 28

consists of the steps actually taken after planning

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What is evaluation?

Back 29

measures the effectiveness of the plan

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What is (level 1) basic critical thinking?

Back 30

learner trusts the experts and follows a procedure step by step

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What is (level 2) complex critical thinking?

Back 31

separate themselves from authorities and analyze and examine choices more independently

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What is (level 3) commitment critical thinking?

Back 32

person anticipates the need to make choices without assistance from others

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What is reflection?

Back 33

process of purposefully thinking back and recalling a situation to discover its purpose of meaning

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What is specificity (in nursing assessment)?

Back 34

refers to the ability of the assessment to provide information about problem of interest