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crazycityslicker · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

A nurse is caring for a patient who underwent an above-the-knee amputation that requires a dressing change, a skill the nurse has never done. The nurse asks another nurse to help with the dressing change for the amputated leg.

The nurse is demonstrating which critical thinking atti-tude? a. Humility
b. Confidence
c. Risk-taking
d. Fairness

Question 2

The patient is a 16-year-old teenager who is in the clinic for his annual check-up. During the assessment, the nurse asks the patient about his use of tobacco. Although he denies smoking, he tells the nurse that he dips snuff.

He tells the nurse that he started last year because all his friends do it. The nurse recognized this as a stressor of which of the following? a. Body image
b. Identity
c. Role performance
d. Sexuality

hollysheppard095 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A
Critical thinkers who use humility admit what they do not know and try to find the knowledge they need to make a proper decision. Humility is recognizing when one needs more information to make a decision. When a nurse is new to a clinical division and unfamiliar with the patients, he or she should ask for an orientation to the area and ask nurses regularly assigned to the area for assistance. If your knowledge causes you to question a health care provider's order, do so. This illustrates risk taking. To be confident is to feel certain in your ability to accomplish a task or goal such as performing a nursing procedure or making a diagnostic decision; do not let a patient think that you are unsure of performing care safely. Fairness is listening to both sides in any discussion and dealing with situations justly.

Answer to Question 2

B
Identity involves the sense of individuality and being distinct and separate from others. Cultural identity develops from identifying and socializing within an established group and through in-corporating the responses of individuals who do not belong to that group into one's self-concept. Body image involves attitudes related to the perception of the body, including physical appear-ance, femininity and masculinity, youthfulness, health, and strength. Role performance is the way in which a person views his or her ability to carry out significant roles. Common roles include mother or father, wife or husband. Sexuality is a broad term that refers to all aspects of being sexual. Our sexual health is based on our ability to form healthy relationships with others.