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The Nursing Process: Critical Thinking and Decision Making

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Fundamentals of Nursing Care: Concepts, Connections & Skills
The Nursing Process: Critical Thinking and Decision Making

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Question 1 of 5

Which of the following are examples of activities in which a nurse would need to use critical thinking?

A. Prioritizing patient care

B. Administering medications

C. Writing nursing orders

D. Questioning the appropriateness of an order

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Question 2 of 5

Which of these is considered subjective data?

A. The patient is resting on his side.

B. The patient complains of a headache.

C. The patient ambulated to the bathroom with assistance.

D. The patient's mother states that he does not eat well.

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Question 3 of 5

Given that all of the following are appropriate nursing diagnoses for your patient, which would be the priority?

A. Ineffective coping

B. Sedentary lifestyle

C. Risk for loneliness

D. Self-care deficit: bathing

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Question 4 of 5

Which of these nursing diagnoses is correctly written?

A. Readiness for enhanced knowledge related to problems with diabetes

B. Risk for injury related to poor balance when walking

C. Risk for falls as manifested by frequent falls in the past

D. Anxiety and fear

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Question 5 of 5

Which are examples of independent nursing interventions?

A. Placing a patient on intake and output measurement

B. Assessing the abdomen when a patient is constipated

C. Encouraging high-fiber foods for a patient who is constipated

D. Administering an enema to a constipated patient

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Which are examples of independent nursing interventions?
Which of these is considered subjective data?
Which of these nursing diagnoses is correctly written?
Given that all of the following are appropriate nursing diagnoses for your patient, which would be the priority?
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