Exam 9: Think Like a Nurse: Essential Thinking Skills for Professional Nurses

A nurse studying critical thinking theories can generalize the process as:

The student nurse learning to write nursing care plans learns that evaluation:

When the nurse is assessing a patient, the best action by the nurse is to:

A nurse assessing a patient knows that secondary sources of information include: (Select all that apply.)

A preceptor nurse is critiquing the student nurse's outcome statements on a patient's care plan.The preceptor tells the student the most well-written outcome statement is "The patient will:

Some nursing students are complaining about having to write "so many journals." Which statement by the nursing instructor provides the best explanation for this? "Journaling:

A nurse is thought of as being difficult to work with because of the attitude that his answers are always correct (even in differing situations)and that no other options can work.The nurse manager should counsel this nurse on developing the critical thinking disposition of:

A faculty member explains to a class of nursing students that the primary goal of critical thinking in clinical practice is to:

A new graduate nurse is working with an experienced nurse to chart assessment findings.The experienced nurse warns that charting assessment data can be difficult.The best explanation for this statement is that assessment data:

The faculty member teaches nursing students that a nursing diagnosis: (Select all that apply.)

The nursing student knows that critical thinking is:

A practicing nurse uses the Universal Intellectual Standards when providing care.Which standards do these include? (Select all that apply.)

A student nurse asks how the nursing process is different from critical thinking.The best reply by the faculty member is that the nursing process is:

A patient has been admitted for a complex operation that will require complicated home care, including dressing changes.The primary nurse should begin the process of teaching and discharge planning:

When applying the nursing process to patients, the nurse knows that the goal of data analysis is:

A recent graduate nurse charts the following entry: "1200: Ambulated patient 25 feet with walker." The preceptor nurse critiques the entry.Which statement by the preceptor nurse is most accurate? "This charting:

An experienced nurse explains to a nursing student that validating, organizing, and categorizing data are critical thinking processes most correlated with the nursing process step of:

A nurse wishes to obtain data about a new patient's self-esteem.To gain the clearest picture, the nurse uses the assessment technique of: (Select all that apply.)

A nurse readily admits errors when they occur and is aware of the limits of his knowledge in practice.The nurse's manager would evaluate that this nurse demonstrates which traits of mind of a critical thinker? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse has committed a serious medication error.The manager is a firm believer in developing critical thinking skills.From this standpoint, what action by the manager would best nurture this ability in the nurse who made the error?