Professional nursing requires a commitment to lifelong learning ...

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Professional nursing requires a commitment to lifelong learning because: (Select all that apply.)
 
  a. treatment modalities and technology continue to advance.
  b. there are always new things to memorize and store in memory.
  c. nurses are expected to update and maintain competency.
  d. critical thinking is essential in nursing.
  e. nursing school gives the nurse all he/she needs to be competent.

Question 2

A patient is admitted to a skilled nursing facility with a closed head injury. The nurse believes that the patient has been pocketing food in his cheeks during the noon meal although she has not found any food pocketed.
 
  The nurse refers the patient to the speech therapist for a swallowing evaluation. The nurse is using which critical thinking component in making this decision?
  a.
  Inference
  b.
  Deductive reasoning
  c.
  Intuition
  d.
  Inductive reasoning

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A, C, D
Professional nursing requires a commitment to lifelong learning. Nurses must possess critical-thinking skills to maintain pace with ever-changing treatment modalities and technological advances. Outdated learning strategies that focus on remembering content must be replaced by a focus on understanding the rationales and outcomes. It is an expectation of professional practice that nurses update and maintain their competency and knowledge base. The increasing complexity of health care and information technology make critical thinking essential in nursing. No longer is rote memorization and recall of content sufficient for the complex decisions and judgment required in professional nursing practice. Because knowledge and technology continue to expand for nursing professionals, the content learned in nursing school is not sufficient to maintain competence in nursing practice.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
Intuition is the feeling that you know something without specific evidence. Inferences are intellectual acts that involve a conclusion being made on the basis of something. The accuracy of an inference is directly related to the accuracy of what the inference is based on. Deductive reasoning involves generating facts or details from a major theory, generalization, or premise (i.e., from general to specific). Inductive reasoning uses specific facts or details to make conclusions and generalizations; it proceeds from specific to general.

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