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misspop · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

Nursing is a profession in a rapidly changing health care environment. What is the most important reason for the nurse to develop critical thinking and clinical reasoning?

A) To be able to employ the nursing process in client care.
B) The licensing examination requires nurses to be adept at critical thinking.
C) Because clients deserve experts who know how to care for them.
D) To provide quality care with nursing ability and knowledge.

Question 2

Which of the following group of terms best describes the nursing process?

A) nursing goals, medical terminology, linear
B) nurse-centered, single focus, blended skills
C) patient-centered, systematic, outcomes-oriented
D) family-centered, single point in time, intuitive

lorealeza · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Ans: D
The goal of all nursing is to meet the standard of quality care. Clinical reasoning and critical thinking may be applied in all of the answers but the most important goal in health care is to provide quality nursing care to clients.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: C
The nursing process is a patient-centered, systematic, outcomes-oriented method of caring that provides a framework for nursing practice. It is nursing practice in action.