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A client with diarrhea also has a primary care provider’s order for a bulk laxative daily. The nurse, not realizing that bulk laxatives can help solidify certain types of diarrhea, concludes, “The primary care provider does not know the client has diarrhea.” This statement is an example of

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A client reports feeling hungry, but does not eat when food is served. Using critical thinking skills, the nurse should perform which of the following?

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One nurse expresses that the manager prepared the holiday work schedule unfairly. The manager states that it is the same type of schedule used in the past and other nurses have no problems with it. Which response indicates the nurse is displaying an attitude of critical thinking?

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The client who is short of breath benefits from the head of the bed being elevated. Because this position can result in skin breakdown in the sacral area, the nurse decides to study the amount of sacral pressure occurring in other positions. This decision is an example of

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In the decision-making process, the nurse sets and weights the criteria, examines alternatives, and performs which of the following before implementing the plan?

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The nurse is concerned about a client who begins to breathe very rapidly. Which action by the nurse reflects critical thinking?

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The nurse is teaching a client about wound care during a follow-up visit in the client’s home. Which critical thinking attitude causes the nurse to reconsider the plan and supports evidence-based practice when the client states, “I just don’t know how I can afford these dressings”?

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When the nurse considers that a client is from a developing country and may have a positive tuberculosis test due to a prior vaccination, which critical thinking attitude and skill is the nurse practicing?

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A client in a cardiac rehabilitation program says to the nurse, “I have to eat a low-sodium diet for the rest of my life, and I hate it!” Which is the most appropriate response by the nurse?

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Which reasoning process describes the nurse’s actions when the nurse evaluates possible solutions for care of an infected wound for optimal client outcomes?

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chapter 10 (162-273, 172-173)

A client with diarrhea also has a primary care provider’s order for a bulk laxative daily. The nurse, not realizing that bulk laxatives can help solidify certain types of diarrhea, concludes, “The primary care provider does not know the client has diarrhea.” This statement is an example of

A client reports feeling hungry, but does not eat when food is served. Using critical thinking skills, the nurse should perform which of the following?

One nurse expresses that the manager prepared the holiday work schedule unfairly. The manager states that it is the same type of schedule used in the past and other nurses have no problems with it. Which response indicates the nurse is displaying an attitude of critical thinking?

The client who is short of breath benefits from the head of the bed being elevated. Because this position can result in skin breakdown in the sacral area, the nurse decides to study the amount of sacral pressure occurring in other positions. This decision is an example of

In the decision-making process, the nurse sets and weights the criteria, examines alternatives, and performs which of the following before implementing the plan?

The nurse is concerned about a client who begins to breathe very rapidly. Which action by the nurse reflects critical thinking?

The nurse is teaching a client about wound care during a follow-up visit in the client’s home. Which critical thinking attitude causes the nurse to reconsider the plan and supports evidence-based practice when the client states, “I just don’t know how I can afford these dressings”?

When the nurse considers that a client is from a developing country and may have a positive tuberculosis test due to a prior vaccination, which critical thinking attitude and skill is the nurse practicing?

A client in a cardiac rehabilitation program says to the nurse, “I have to eat a low-sodium diet for the rest of my life, and I hate it!” Which is the most appropriate response by the nurse?

Which reasoning process describes the nurse’s actions when the nurse evaluates possible solutions for care of an infected wound for optimal client outcomes?