Practice Question
Which action should the nurse take when using critical thinking to make clinical decisions?
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Correct Answer:
Consider what is important in any given situation.
Rationale:
💎Critical thinking involves prioritizing and evaluating relevant data to make sound, individualized clinical judgments.
💎It focuses on what matters most in the moment—such as client safety, physiological stability, and evidence-based care.
💎This approach integrates nursing knowledge, clinical experience, and reasoning rather than rigidly following orders or intuition alone.
💎Nurses use clinical reasoning frameworks like Maslow’s hierarchy and the nursing process to guide decision-making.
💎It ensures safe, efficient, and ethical care in complex clinical situations.
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This question is from NUR104 July 2025 Exam 1 which contains 60 questions.
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Question Details
- Category: RN Nursing Exam(s)
- Subcategory: Examplify Exam(s)
- Domain: Fundamentals
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