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