Fundamentals Of Nursing Chapter 4

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Accuracy

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Representing something in a true and accurate way

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Bias

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an inclination or tendency to favoritism or partiality. Bias may be related to a preconceived notion or prejudice

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Breadth

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considering a topic, problem, or issue from every relative viewpoint

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Clarity

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Being easily understood or precise in thought and style; considered a gateway standard because a statement cannot be evaluated for accuracy or precision if it is ambiguous

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Clinical Reasoning

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Uses critical thinking, knowledge, and experience to develop solutions to problems and make decisions in a clinical setting

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Decision making

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Choosing a solution or answer from among different options; often considered a step in the problem solving process

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Deductive Reasoning

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involves generating facts or details from a major theory, generalization or premise

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Depth

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getting beneath the surface of the topic to identify and manage related complexities

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Fairness

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thinking or acting in accord with reason and without bias

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Inductive Reasoning

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uses specific facts or details to make conclusions and generalizations; it proceeds from specific to general

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Judgment

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The result or decision related to the process of thinking and reasoning

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Logic

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Using a mutually supportive and sensible combination of thoughts and facts to form a conclusion

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Precision

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Providing sufficient detail to understand exactly what was meant

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Problem Solving

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Systematic, analytic approach to finding a solution to a problem

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Reasoning

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Logical thinking that links thoughts, ideas, and facts together in a meaningful way; used in scientific inquiry and problem solving

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Relevance

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Focusing on facts and ideas directly related and pertinent to a topic

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Significance

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concentrating on the most important information (ex: concepts, facts) when considering an issue

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Validation

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"the process of gathering information to determine whether the information or data collected are factual and true"

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Critical Thinking

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is a complex process that is the " art of thinking about your thinking while you're thinking so you make your thinking more clear, precise, accurate, relevant, consistent, and fair