Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and ...

[pepyto]

Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act without consciously labeling it. These responses are referred to as:
 
  a. Intuition.
  b. The nursing process.
  c. Clinical knowledge.
  d. Diagnostic reasoning.

Question 2

The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. During the teaching session, the nurse should keep in mind that novice nurses, without a background of skills and experience from which to draw, are more likely to make their decisions using:
 
  a. Intuition.
  b. A set of rules.
  c. Articles in journals.
  d. Advice from supervisors.

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Intuition is characterized by pattern recognitionexpert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act without consciously labeling it. The other options are not correct.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Novice nurses operate from a set of defined, structured rules. The expert practitioner uses intuitive links.

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