Exam 1: Why Critical Thinking

The IOM project of 2003 represented pooled thinking of healthcare workers to address complex issues, such as the information and technology explosion and morbidity and mortality data. This project yielded what outcome:

Which level of stakeholder does the patient fall into?

In the book, stakeholders are described as:

In 2004 The Institute of Medicine (IOM) addressed critical thinking across various disciplines for improving national health care. The aim of the Delphi Study was:

What is the underlying goal of good nursing care?

Which level of stakeholder does a Healthcare Organization fall into?

Schon (1983) described the kinds of thinking nurses do as occurring in:

How many dimensions of CT in nursing did the Delphi Study find?

The outermost circle of stakeholders

Why questions encourage people to search for reason, purpose, meaning and value. Why helped initiate inquiry that lead to the discovery of the following:

IDT's are:

Who are the two major stakeholder groups in healthcare?

Thinking is the common denominator for service-based and academic educators who want to:

Which level of stakeholder does an educator fall into?

The book credits the great philosophers for asking important questions, such as: Why are we here? Why do we exist? Why do we care? As a nurse, asking why leads to more questions and a better understanding of: