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Critical Thinking And Clinical Reasoning
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Answer 23 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A set of questions one can apply to a particular situation or idea to determine essential information and ideas and discard superfluous information and ideas.
Critical analysis
Clinical judgment
Conclusion
Reasoning
2. Ending or end point; the final decision - determination - or result.
Clinical judgment
Scientific method
Conclusion
Critical thinking
3. The understanding or learning of things without the conscious use of reasoning.
Assumption
Intuition
Significance
Inductive reasoning
4. Seeing something clearly without bias or judgment.
Creativity
Clarity
Deductive reasoning
Concept
5. How close data measurements are to their true value.
Assumption
Clinical reasoning
Accuracy
Creativity
6. Analysis of data to reach a specific conclusion; a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something.
Reasoning
Concept
Inductive reasoning
Interpretation
7. Making generalizations from specific data.
Deductive reasoning
Intuition
Inductive reasoning
Accuracy
8. How strongly something relates to the matter at hand.
Clarity
Relevance
Assumption
Logic (or logical)
9. Accuracy as reflected by the ability to reproduce the same outcome.
Concept
Intellectual standard
Intuition
Precision
10. Formalized - logical - systematic approaches to solving problems.
Intuition
Scientific method
Concept
Inductive reasoning
11. The thinking process that allows nurses to logically draw conclusions and make a clinical judgment.
Reasoning
Clinical reasoning
Assumption
Creativity
12. A cognitive process that includes creativity - problem solving - and decision making.
Clinical reasoning
Critical thinking
Creativity
Deductive reasoning
13. Thinking that is both coherent and logical and can be inductive or deductive.
Accuracy
Reasoning
Clinical reasoning
Intellectual standard
14. Process of thinking that results in reasonable - rational thoughts - involving clarity - accuracy - relevance - logicalness - breadth - precision - significance - completeness - fairness - and depth.
Intellectual standard
Assumption
Decision making
Precision
15. Interpretations or conclusions made based on cues or observed data.
Critical analysis
Inference
Intuition
Accuracy
16. The potential to contribute to nursing science by enhancing client care - testing or generating a theory - or resolving a day-to-day clinical problem.
Concept
Precision
Significance
Reasoning
17. Making specific observations from a generalization.
Precision
Clinical judgment
Critical thinking
Deductive reasoning
18. Abstract ideas or mental images of phenomena or reality.
Significance
Critical thinking
Precision
Concept
19. Thinking that results in the development of new ideas and products.
Assumption
Creativity
Interpretation
Clinical reasoning
20. Correct reasoning using inductive or deductive thinking in order to reach a conclusion or judgment.
Logic (or logical)
Intuition
Critical thinking
Clinical reasoning
21. The process of establishing criteria by which alternative courses of action are developed and selected.
Inductive reasoning
Deductive reasoning
Decision making
Clinical judgment
22. Taking something for granted or making a logical leap to reach a conclusion without proof - resulting in a conclusion that may be true or false.
Inductive reasoning
Critical analysis
Assumption
Concept
23. Considering all relevant aspects of collected data about a client to reach a decision about the meaning of the data and the proper response.
Decision making
Intellectual standard
Clinical judgment
Deductive reasoning