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bobthebuilder · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

A clinical instructor senses that a student has been struggling with clinical skills learned in lab. To combat this, the educator pairs the student with a staff nurse who has clients with a variety of treatments and cares.

Which type of problem solving is the instructor using?
1. Trial and error
2. Intuition
3. Research process
4. Experience

Question 2

The staff nurse asks why unlicensed assistive personnel are responsible for stocking the unit refrigerator with refreshments when dietary personnel place the items on the shelf in the kitchen.

What characteristic of critical thinking is this nurse demonstrating?
1. Curiosity
2. Clinical reasoning
3. Setting priorities
4. Developing rationales

mochi09 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: Trial and error uses a number of approaches until a solution is found.
Rationale 2: Intuition is the understanding or learning of things without the conscious use of reasoning. It is also known as the sixth sense, hunch, instinct, feeling, or suspicion. In this case, the educator has a sense that the student is struggling, although there are no real facts to support it.
Rationale 3: The research process is a systematic, analytical, and logical way to problem solve.
Rationale 4: Experience is part of intuition, but by itself, not a particular way to problem solve.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: Curiosity is questioning the status quo. The curious nurse may value tradition but is not afraid to examine traditions to be sure they are still valid.
Rationale 2: Clinical reasoning is the analysis of a clinical situation as it unfolds or develops.
Rationale 3: Setting priorities is determining what needs to be completed in a specific order to support client care needs.
Rationale 4: Developing rationales is when the nurse transfers nursing knowledge to the clinical situation to justify the plan of care.