Answer to Question 1
ANS: A
The nursing process is the foundation of professional nursing practice. It is the framework within which nurses provide care to patients in an organized and effective manner. Paul describes critical thinking as a complex process during which individuals think about their thinking to provide clarity and increase precision and relevance in a specific situation while attempting to be fair and consistent. Critical thinking using the nursing process allows nurses to collect essential patient data, articulate the specific needs of individual patients, and effectively communicate those needs, realistic goals, and customized interventions with members of the health care team. Thinking like a nurse is facilitated by nurses using the nursing process in the development of individualized patient plans of care.
Answer to Question 2
ANS: B, C, E
Because nursing requires the application of knowledge to make clinical decisions and guide care, it involves active participation by the nurse. The application of knowledge requires development of a questioning attitude. This process is sometimes referred to as thinking like a nurse.
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