A nurse educator has always believed that lectures with focused ...

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A nurse educator has always believed that lectures with focused outlines are the best way to present theory content in class.
 
  A colleague who teaches the same group of students, but a different subject, utilizes group work and in-class activities to teach difficult content and finds that students perform as well, or better, on their tests. The first educator in this situation is starting to rethink her position. This is an example of which of the following?
  1. Integrity
  2. Perseverance
  3. Fair-mindedness
  4. Humility

Question 2

A nurse is taking a health history from a client who states that he has been to numerous physicians and has had numerous laboratory tests (all of which were abnormal) and exploratory surgery, but no one is able to explain the etiology of his problem.
 
  The client also states that he has a PhD in epidemiology and he has a rare form of a neurological disorder. The nurse who utilizes critical thinking will make this statement:
  1. Why don't you just tell your physician what you think you have?
  2. Did you bring your prior tests and results with you, so we don't repeat anything?
  3. If you know what you have, what do you want from us?
  4. Describe what tests you've had and explain the symptoms of this disorder.

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Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 1
Rationale 1: Intellectual integrity requires that individuals apply the same rigorous standards of proof to their own knowledge and beliefs as they apply to the knowledge and beliefs of others. Trying new teaching techniques in the hope that students might respond positively shows that the first educator is willing to question her own practices, just as she would question those of another.
Rationale 2: Perseverance is determination that enables critical thinkers to clarify concepts and sort out related issues, in spite of difficulties and frustrations.
Rationale 3: Fair-mindedness is assessing all viewpoints with the same standards and not basing judgments on personal or group bias or prejudice.
Rationale 4: Intellectual humility means having an awareness of the limits of one's own knowledge. Critical thinkers are willing to admit what they do not know, seek new information, and rethink their conclusions in light of new knowledge.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: Why questions make clients very defensive and doing so does not utilize critical thinking skills.
Rationale 2: Asking a yes/no question offers little other information and doing so does not utilize critical thinking skills.
Rationale 3: Asking the client what he wants does not help to find out more information about the client's situation or prior history and doing so does not utilize critical thinking skills.
Rationale 4: In critical thinking, the nurse also differentiates statements of fact, inference, judgment, and opinion. The nurse will have to ascertain the accuracy of information and evaluate the credibility of the information sources.