Author Question: Nurse Q has 12 patients she is responsible for on the orthopedic floor this evening. She gets a ... (Read 68 times)

kaid0807 · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

Nurse Q has 12 patients she is responsible for on the orthopedic floor this evening. She gets a feeling that she need to check on Mr. Zed in room 437 even though he was fine and sitting up in bed one hour ago when she made rounds.

She discovered him on the floor after trying to reach the bathroom and calls for help. What type of thinking was Nurse Q responding to? a. clinical thinking c. reflective thinking
b. critical thinking d. intuitive thinking

Question 2

There are a number of different types of group techniques that can be used in decision making and choices, especially when applied in health care settings. One of these techniques is called the nominal group technique.

The key component of the nominal group technique is that: a. it is nonverbal
b. it is useful when there are nominal people involved
c. it is useful when there are nominal resources available
d. it is timely

katara · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

D
When nurses and health care professionals; respond to an innate sense that helps them act in certain situations (Gardner, 2003), also referred to as gut feelings, this is called intuitive thinking. Reflective thinking is watching or observing ourselves as we perform tasks or make a decision about a specific issue (Pesut & Herman, 1999). Critical thinking is thinking about your thinking while you are thinking as a means of improving your thinking skills (Paul, 1992), and clinical thinking is what nurses and health care professionals do when in a clinical situation but is not a specified type of thinking or decision making.

Answer to Question 2

A
The nominal groups technique is another type of group decision making that can be useful in certain situations. Nominal refers to the nonverbal aspects of this technique in that the first step, no discussion is involved and group members write out their ideas or responses to questions posed by the group leader.