Exam 3: Critical Thinking

A nurse brings a client a medication that is scheduled once daily with food. The medication administration record lists it as being due at 9:00 AM. The client refuses the medication, asking to take it later. The nurse replies "That's OK. I can give it to you with your lunch if you like." Which statement about the nurse is correct? The nurse

At the beginning of the shift a student nurse is meeting with the registered nurse (RN) assigned to the student's client. The student nurse should provide the RN with which information? (Select all that apply.)

It is crucial for the nurse to be able to make sound decisions using critical thinking because

A nurse with 6 year's labor and delivery experience is floated to the intensive care unit. In this situation, the nurse would most likely function at the level of

The process by which a nurse uses purposeful thinking, informed reasoning, reflections, and thinking about thinking in clinical situations is called

A nurse is confused about the best way to confirm placement of a small flexible feeding tube before giving a bolus feeding. Colleagues on the unit suggest several different methods. The best process by which to determine a policy outlining the appropriate course of action is

A nurse is working in the intensive care unit. When assessing the clients, the nurse notes one of them, who was scheduled to transfer to a step-down unit as soon as a bed becomes available, has a respiratory rate change from 18 to 20 breaths/min and an oxygen saturation (O₂ sat) of 92%, when earlier it was 93%. The client denies complaints. The nurse calls the physician and requests a chest x-ray and arterial blood gases (ABGs). This nurse is working at which Benner Level of Competency in Nurses?

A nurse who is alert to changes, confident, open-minded, proactive, and questioning is displaying which characteristics?