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