Nurse A has taken the state boards and has passed the test. She ...

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Nurse A has taken the state boards and has passed the test. She will receive her license and has agreed to begin work in the next month at the local hospital. In discussing her good news with her mother who has been a nurse in the profession for 20 years,
 
  she finds that they have different methods of using the same process. Nurse A suggests that she must routinely follow the steps in order from assessment to evaluation to keep her approach consistent. Which type of cognitive nursing process is Nurse A using?
  A) Connected
  B) Linear
  C) Integrative
  D) Circular

Question 2

Which of the following models suggests that the new nurse utilizes steps of the nursing process in order and that experienced nurses use a more engaged and practical reasoning approach to clinical judgment, bypassing some steps of the nursing process?
 
  A) Peplau's Interpersonal Relations Model
  B) Paterson and Zderad's Humanistic Theory
  C) Tanner's Model of Clinical Judgment
  D) Benner's Novice-to-Expert Model

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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

D