NURS 3400 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Full Spectrum, Nursing Process, Critical Thinking
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The art of thinking about your thinking while you are thinking in order to make your thinking better: more clear, more accurate, or more defensible. Problem solving: identify problem and find reasonable solution. Decision making: choosing the best action to take. Clinical reasoning: reflective, concurrent, creative thinking about patients and patient care. Comorbidities = more than one health problems occuring at the same time. Uniqueness of clients makes it impossible to provide strict rules for all client care. Individual differences: modify and evaluate guidelines for providing care. In their family, their family support and financial situation determines how and why they get medical attention. An awareness of what"s happening in the total situation, including values, cultural issues, interpersonal relationships and environmental influences. Inquiry/credible sources applying standards of good reasoning to your thinking when analyzing a situation and evaluating your actions. Considering alternatives exploring and imaging as many alternatives as you can think of for the situation.
