Exam 2: Critical Thinking: Nursing Process

The nurse enters a room to find the client sitting up in the chair,crying.The nurse best displays a critical-thinking attitude,as well as a caring attitude,by:

Which of the following is an example of practical knowledge? Assume all are true.

A full-spectrum nurse uses a critical-thinking model to organize her thinking when caring for a patient.The nurse realizes she lacks some facts about the patient's pathophysiology,so she makes sure to use a credible source for the information.She considers the alternatives for action,then again looks up some information.Before deciding what to do,she thinks about the patient's family situation.What aspect of a critical-thinking model does this best illustrate? The nurse is:

The nurse documents in the client plan of care that the wound treatment to the client's left foot has resulted in wound healing.She removed the Skin Integrity diagnosis from the plan of care.The nurse is using which aspect of the Nursing Process?