Nurses apply critical thinking in the process of solving the problems of patients and decision-making as well as clinical skills. The quiz below is derived from Foundations of Nursing by Christensen and Kockrow, page 121-137, and centered on the connection between the nursing process and critical thinking. Do give it a shot and see just how much you know. All the best!
Uses a measurable verb
Focuses on the completion of nursing interventions
Does not interfere with the medical care plan
Includes a time frame for patient reevaluation
Ericsson's psychosocial development
Maslow's hierarchy
Glasgow Scale
Bernoulli principle
Depend on the tasks delegated by the nursing supervisor
A sequence of prioritized tasks that describe a nurse's job
Activities that promote the achievement of the desired patient outcome
An act of taking care of the sick
Ordering diagnostic tests
Drug administration
Performing wound care
Elevating an edematous leg
Turning the patient every two hours
Providing a back massage
Offering a vitamin supplement
Monitoring a patient for complications
A nursing process is written together with a nursing care plan
A nursing care plan is a product of the nursing process
Both the nursing process and the nursing care plan are purely critical thinking strategies
The nursing process is not an accurate clinical theory
Trauma center
Center for infection control
Intensive care unit
Maternity floor without a single Cesarean delivery
Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
Assessment
Planning
Intervention
Evaluation
Past educational knowledge
Theoretical research
Expertise of specialists
Integration of research and clinical experience
NIC
ANA
NOC
NANDA
A research method
Patient does not achieve expected outcome
Similar to zoning
Not the same
Suggest interventions
Gather further data to confirm problems
Discuss details of the disease as part of patient education
Observe and report signficant cues
Provides control over health care services
Standardized diagnosis and treatment
Control Cost
Primary resource for patient advocacy
Nursing career development plan
Multidisciplinary action
A concept map for care plans
Specific location in a healthcare facility