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Codified sequence of steps used in the formulation, testing, evaluation, and reporting of scientific ideas
Scientific Method
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Process of thinking back or recalling an event to discover the meaning and purpose of that event. Useful in sritical thinking
Reflection
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Methodical, systematic apporach to explore conditions and develop solutions, including analysis of data, determination of causative factors, and selection of appropriate actions to reverse or eliminate the problem
Problem Solving
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Systematic problem-solving method by which nurses individualize care for each patient. The five steps of the nursing process are assessment, diagnosis, planning implememntation and evaluation
Nursing Process
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1) Judgement or interpretation of informational cues.
2) Taking one proposition as a given and guessing that another proposition follows
Inference
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Knowledge that is derived from the integration of best research, clinical expertise, and patient values
Evidence-Based Knowledge
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Process that enables an observer to asign meaning to and classify phenomena in clinical situations by integrating observations and critical thinking
Diagnostic Reasoning
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Process involving critical appraisal of information that results from recognizing a problem and ends with generalizing, testing, and evalutation and conclusion. Comes at the end of critical thinking
Decision making
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Active, purposeful, organized, cognitive process used to carefully examine one's thinking and the thinking of other individuals
Critical Thinking
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Care-planning tool that assists in critical thinking and forming associations between a patient's nursing diagnoses and interventions
Concept Map
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Problem-solvoing approach that nurses use to define patient problems and select appropriate treatment
Clinical Decision Making
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