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ENagel · **on:** Jul 17, 2018

The nurse values respect for the individual, more than anything else, as defining high-quality patient care. What does this describe about the nurse?

1. Critical thinking
2. Caritas
3. Paradigm
4. Hierarchy of needs

Question 2

Why is critical thinking necessary for the nurse to identify and understand paradigms that exist in nursing practice?

1. Critical thinking allows the nurse to make superficial decisions.
2. Critical thinking allows the nurse to thoroughly examine situations and issues.
3. Critical thinking provides the nurse with quick answers.
4. Critical thinking allows the nurse to accept information without needing to check its validity.

Alyson.hiatt@yahoo.com · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 17, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: 3
Respect is the nurse's perspective of how care should be delivered, so this describes the nurse's paradigm.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: 2
The LPN must have the tools to identify paradigm strategies. One tool is critical thinking, which allows the nurse to identify existing paradigms and to devise strategies needed to shift paradigms. Critical thinking also allows the nurse to be open to alternative ways of thinking and to be wary of quick-fix solutions.