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Fundamentals 15 Vocab
critical thinking
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Nursing
Undergraduate 1
10/23/2012

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Critical Thinking
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active, organizatized, cognitive process used to carefully examine one's thinking and the thinking of others
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Evidence-based knowledge
Definition
or knowledge based on research or clinical expertise makes you an informed critical thinker
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Scientific Methods five steps:
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problem identification, collecting data, forming a research question or hypothesis, testing the question or hypothesis, evaluating results
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Problem solving
Definition
invloves evaluating the solution over time to make sure that it is effective
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Decision Making
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product of critical thinking that focuses on problem resolution
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Diagnostic Reasoning
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it begans as soon as you get info about a client in a clinical situation, it's a process of determining a client's health status after you assign meaning to the behaviors, physical signs, and symptoms presented by client
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Inference
Definition
process of drawing conclusions from related pieces of evidence
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Clincal decision making
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requires careful reasoning so that you choose the options for the best client outcomes on the basis of the client's condition and the priority of the problem
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Prognosis
Definition
diagnosed problem
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Nursing process
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competency when delivering care; five step clinical decision making approach that includes assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation
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Reflection
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process of purposefully thinking back or recalling a situation to discover its purpose or meaning
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Concept Map
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visual representation of client problems and interventions that shows their relationships to one another
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