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