NR 224 FUNDAMENTAL EVOLV QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

TESTED AND CONFIRMED A+ ANSWERS
Chapter 15 - Critical Thinking in Nursing Practice
1. Place the steps of the scientific method in their correct order with number 1 being the first step
of the process. 1. Formulate a question or hypothesis. 2. Evaluate results of the study. 3. Collect
data. 4. Identify the problem. 5. Test the question or hypothesis.
a. 4, 3, 1, 5, 2
b. 3, 4, 1, 2, 5
c. 4, 3, 2, 1, 5
d. 3, 4, 1, 5, 2
2. By using known criteria in conducting an assessment such as reviewing with a patient the typical
characteristics of pain, a nurse is demonstrating which critical thinking attitude?
a. Curiosity
b. Adequacy
c. Discipline
d. Thinking independently
3. A nurse preparesto insert a Foley catheter. The procedure manual callsfor the patient to lie in
the dorsal recumbent position. The patient complains of having back pain when lying on her
back. Despite this, the nurse positions the patient supine with knees flexed as the manual
recommends and begins to insert the catheter. This is an example of:
a. Accuracy.
b. Reflection.
c. Risk taking.
d. Basic critical thinking.
4. A nurse on a busy medicine unit is assigned to four patients. It is 10 am. Two patients have
medications due and one of those has a specimen of urine to be collected. One patient is having
complications from surgery and is being prepared to return to the operating room. The fourth
patient requiresinstructions about activity restrictions before going home this afternoon. Which
of the following should the nurse use in making clinical decisions appropriate for the patient
group?
a. Consider availability of assistive personnel to obtain the specimen
b. Combine activitiesto resolve more than one patient problem
c. Analyze the diagnoses/problems and decide which are most urgent based on patients’
needs
d. Plan a family conference for tomorrow to make decisions about resourcesthe patient
will need to go home
e. Identify the nursing diagnoses for the patient going home
5. A nurse changed a patient’s surgical wound dressing the day before and now prepares for
another dressing change. The nurse had difficulty removing the gauze from the wound bed
yesterday, causing the patient discomfort. Today he givesthe patient an analgesic 30 minutes
before the dressing change. Then he adds some sterile saline to loosen the gauze for a few
minutes before removing it. The patient reports that the procedure was much more
comfortable. Which of the following describesthe nurse’s approach to the dressing change?
a. Clinical inference
b. Basic critical thinking
c. Complex critical thinking
d. Experience
e. Reflection