Chapter 5 Practice (Leadership) Critical Thinking and Decision Making

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What theme do most definitions of critical thinking have in com-
mon?

1)Creativity is at the heart of critical thinking.

2)Most critical thinking methods are both systematic and logical 2
in nature.
3)Critical thinking is best conducted by a single person.
4)When using critical thinking,it is important to find new data to
investigate.
The nurse leader is aware that critical thinking is more important
in health care at this time because of what issues present in
health-care organizations today?

1)Nurses must process more information than before.

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2)Nurses are required to carry a heavier patient load than before.
3)Nurses are not adequately prepared in school to care for pa-
tients of today.
4)Nurses do not have the requisite computer skills necessary for
patient care documentation.
The nurse leader is trying to determine a better way for staff
nurses to request vacation time.After analyzing the data,the nurse
has concluded that nurses with the most seniority will be able to
choose vacation times first.What essential cognitive skill of critical
thinking is the nursing leader using at this time?
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1)Self-regulation
2)Explanation
3)Evaluation
4)Inference
The nurse leader has received a complaint from a number of staff
members that the process of daily patient care assignments is not
resulting in equitable workloads.What is the first cognitive skill that
the nurse leader should utilize in using critical thinking to look at
this issue?
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1)Analysis
2)Interpretation
3)Evaluation
4)Inference
After hearing that a nurse on the unit has made a medication
error,the nurse leader begins termination of employment pro-
ceedings toward the nurse.What type of thinking is the nurse using
in making this decision?
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1)Reflective thinking
2)Intuitive thinking
3)Reactive thinking
4)Critical thinking
The nurse leader took over a dysfunctional nursing unit that in-
cluded staff members who had difficulty getting along with each
other and used reflective thinking to produce what result?
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1)All of the staff get along with each other.
2)The nursing unit runs at peak efficiency.
3)There is no longer any turnover of staff.
4)The nursing staff are more trusting of each other.
The nurse leader is modeling critical thinking for the nursing staff
to foster a mindset of continuous improvement and knows that
expert nurses use what other type of thinking to aid decision
making?
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1)Reflective thinking
2)Reactive thinking 1
3)Intuitive thinking
4)Superficial thinking
The director of nursing of an acute care facility has developed a
new mechanism for ensuring that all staff members are apprised
of monthly continuing education programs.What decision-making
action by this nurse leader corresponds with the implementation
portion of the nursing process?

1)After 3 months,the nurse leader determines how many nurses

took advantage of the monthly continuing education programs.
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2)The director of nursing sends an e-mail to all nurses with a listing
of that month's continuing education programs.
3)The director of nursing analyzes the data to determine how
many nurses are currently attending continuing education pro-
gram sponsored by the acute care facility.
4)The director of nursing identifies that nurses are not attending
available continuing education programs because they do not
appear to be aware of them.
The nurse leader has been asked to take on the supervision of
another unit that is vastly different in organization from the unit
the nurse leader currently has charge of.The nurse leader will use
which elements of thought when using the critical thinking process
to best understand the new nursing unit? Select all that apply.

1)The question the nurse leader is trying to figure out 1, 3, 4

2)Identification of strengths and weakness of the organization
3)The frame of reference that nurse leader holds about the issue
4)The evidence the nurse leader has concerning the issue to be
studied
5)The threats to not accomplishing the initial goal of the nurse
leader

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