Critical Thinking
Philosophy
Prioritizing
Professional Self Care
Communication
100
The art of thinking about thinking and is based on reason and reflection, knowledge and instinct derived from experience
What is Critical Thinking?
100
Investigation of the nature, causes, or principles of reality, knowledge, or values, based on logical reasoning
What is Philosophy?
100
Airway problems Breathing problems Cardiac and circulation problems Vital signs concerns
What is ABC + V the first level priority?
100
First step in career management
What is Setting Personal Goals?
100
cornerstones of its practice, essential for good leadership and management
What is Communication?
200
Rational and reasonable, involves conceptualization, requires reflection, and includes cognitive skills and attitudes
What are characteristics of critical thinking?
200
These help us understand who we are, to understand what is important to us, and to be more open to accepting others choice of values
What are value clarification?
200
Mental status change Untreated medical problems requiring immediate attention (e.g., hypo/hyperglycemia) Acute pain Acute urinary elimination problems Abnormal lab values Risks of infection, safety or security (for patient or others)
What are Second Level Priorities?
200
provides you with a plan on how you are going to get to your desired future
What are writing objectives?
200
Change, Anger, Group dynamics, Competition, Working environment, & Stress
What are Factors that Affect Communication?
300
Identify the problem
What is the first step in Critical Thinking
300
These are developed in response to culture, society, and personality
What are values?
300
Survival needs (e.g., food, fluids, oxygen, elimination, warmth, physical comfort) Safety and security needs (e.g., risks of injury of infection, emotional discomfort) Love and belonging needs (e.g., family problems, separation from loved ones) Self-esteem needs (e.g., need for privacy, respect, independence) Self-actualization needs (e.g., need to grow and achieve goals, self-efficacy)
What is Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?
300
provides you with a plan on how you are going to get to your desired future
What is a mission statement?
300
Receiver has responsibility to listen to, process, and understand (encode) the information and then respond to sender by giving feedback (decoding)
What is encoding and decoding?
400
Nursing Process, Concept Mapping, Journaling & Group Discussions
What are approaches to critical thinking?
400
These are manifestations or consequences of values
What are Behaviors?
400
An important Frame work for Prioritization?
What is Safety?
400
Be active on committees Volunteer to represent or be a spokesperson for the organization Written letters of support for self & others
What are 3 ways to advance your career by improving visibility?
400
this communication makes up the other 93% of communication and includes body language, facial expressions, gestures, physical appearance, touch, vocal cues (tone, pauses), and spatial territory (personal space)
What is non-verbal communication?
500
Essential to providing safe, competent, and skillful nursing care
Why critical thinking is important in nursing?
500
Choosing, Prizing, and Acting
What are Process of the Valuing?
500
deciding which needs or problems require immediate action and which ones could be delayed until a later time because they are not urgent
What is the definition of prioritization?
500
Process by which you get to know people within your organization and profession
What is Networking?
500
Ignore the conflict, Confront the conflict, & Postpone the conflict
What are conflict resolution strategies?