Critical Thinking
Nursing Process
Definitions
ADPIE
Critical Thinking in the Nursing Process
100

A nurse is asked to help a physician with a patient, during the procedure the nurse feels like the physician is not following procedure-the nurse develops their own opinion but says nothing. What level of critical thinking is shown.

What is complex level critical thinking?

100

Which nursing process usually follows after assessment.

What is diagnosis.

100

Symptoms or issues that a client tells you that you cannot observe or measure.

What is subjective data.

100

A clinical judgment about individual, family or community responses to the actual and potential health problems or life processes.

What is a nursing diagnosis.

100

Critical thinking can be defined by what four components.

What is active, purposeful, organized, and a cognitive process

200

An RN decides to make decisions on their own without assistance from others while accepting the responsibility of this decision. What level of critical thinking is demonstrated?

What is commitment level critical thinking.

200

What are the three parts of a nursing diagnostic statement.

What is problem, etiology and symptoms.

200

The cognitive process used to develop and implement the nursing process.

What is critical thinking.

200

What is the purpose of a concept map?

What is an identification of the relationship between the client's problems and possible interventions.

200

"Tell me how you are feeling or Describe how your wife has been helping you?" What are these types of questions?

What are open-ended questions.

300

Which part of the nursing process follows diagnosis.

What is planning.

300

What stage of the nursing process is a nurse using when gathering information.

What is assessment.

300

A process known as a systematic framework used to help nurses think critically about solving client problems.

What is the nursing process.

300

Nurses use a variety of different assessment techniques to gather data, what would be the first/best option to assess and gather data.

What is interviewing the client.

300

Curious, insightful, systematic, analytical, truth-seeking, open-minded, confident and creative are all characteristics of what kind of thinker.

What are characteristics of critical thinkers.

400

After teaching a patient how to administer a medication on their own, the nurse reviews the situation and the patient's response to the teaching. This is known as what stage in the nursing process.

What is evaluation.

400

Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementing and Evaluation-can all be summed up as what acronym for the nursing process?

What is ADPIE.

400

Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Timed make up what acronym.

What are S.M.A.R.T. goals/outcome statements

400

What do collaborative interventions/implementations require?

What are multiple health care providers.

400

The RN observes for changes in patients, recognizes potential problems, identifies new problems as they arise, and takes immediate action when a patient's clinical condition worsens. What is this an example of?

What is clinical decision making or judgment. 

500

A nurse uses the hospital's procedure manual to confirm how to change a patient's dressing. What is the level of critical thinking used by the nurse?

What is basic level critical thinking.

500

After assessing the patient and finding out that they have a weakened range of motion and fatigue easily, it would be safe to say that this nurse is in what stage of the nursing process.

What is diagnosis stage.

500

Signs and symptoms in a patient that can be seen, felt, heard and/or smelled.

What is objective data.

500

Environmental factors can greatly affect how a nurse implements care. What would be the priority concern for a nurse regarding the patient environment?

What is the safety of the patient.

500

Why is critical thinking so important to nurses/nursing processes?

What is; to recognize patterns of behavior, to anticipate clients needs, develop nursing care plans and promote health/healing as well as making reasoned judgments of various different actions.