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| problem-solving approach that nurses use to define patient problems and select appropriate treatment |
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| a visual representation of patient problems and interventions that shows their relationship to one another |
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| a continuous process characterized by open-mindedness, continual inquiry, and perseverance, combined with a willingness to look at each unique patient situation and determine which identified assumptions are true and relevant |
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| a product of critical thinking that focuses on problem resolution |
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| process that enables an observer to assign meaning to and classify phenomena in clinical situations by integrating observations and critical thinking |
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| knowledge based on research or clinical expertise |
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| (1) judgement or interpretation of informational cues (2) taking one proposition as a given and guessing that another proposition follows |
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| a five-step clinical decision-making approach: assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation. purpose is to diagnose and treat human responses or potential health problems |
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| methodical, systematic approach to explore conditions and develop solutions, including analysis of data, determination of causative factors, and selection of appropriate actions to revers or eliminate the problem |
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| the process or purposefully thinking back or recalling a situation to discover its purpose of meaning |
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| codified sequence of steps used in the formulation, testing, evaluation, and reporting of scientific ideas |
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