Author Question: Which of these statements about the relationship between nursing process and critical thinking is ... (Read 59 times)

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

Which of these statements about the relationship between nursing process and critical thinking is TRUE?

a. Critical thinking is important to the nurse primarily during the assessment phase.
b. Critical thinking is important to the nurse primarily during the evaluation phase.
c. The nurse must use critical thinking in every component of the nursing process.
d. The nursing process is primarily linear.

Question 2

The nurse encourages a client who had abdominal surgery earlier in the day to breathe deeply and cough to keep the lungs clear, while recognizing the procedure is painful to the client at this point in the postoperative recovery process.

This is an example of: a. justice c. veracity
b. nonmaleficence d. beneficence

momo1250 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C
The steps of the nursing process are dynamic and include assessment, diagnosis, planning and outcome identification, implementation, and evaluation. These steps are the same in all client situations; the steps build upon each other, overlapping with previous and subsequent steps, but will provide differing results because of the creativity demanded when the process is applied to individual situations. The safe and effective implementation of a client's care plan requires the nurse to have psychomotor competence and critical thinking skills.

Answer to Question 2

D
Beneficence is the principle of promoting good and preventing harm to others; it is often viewed as the core of nursing practice. For example, a nurse encourages a client who had abdominal surgery earlier in the day to breathe deeply and cough to keep the lungs clear, while recognizing the procedure is painful to the client at this point in the postoperative recovery process.