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