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Strategies, Techniques, & Approaches to Critical Thinking - E-Book
Sandra Luz Martinez de Castillo
(2014)
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Abstract
Designed to help beginning students develop critical thinking skills for nursing practice, this workbook presents over 100 realistic case studies and scenarios like those commonly encountered in clinical practice. Using a straightforward approach and a variety of learning methods, it first establishes a fundamental knowledge base and then builds on that base step by step to develop your clinical reasoning skills. Working through the application, analysis, and synthesis of knowledge in clinical situations, you will also learn how to integrate the nursing process as it applies to critical thinking. Timely issues such as delegation, prioritization, documentation/charting, and patient safety are also covered.
- Step-by-step approach to developing critical thinking, clinical decision-making, and clinical reasoning, skills walks you through an instructor-led application of the author’s research-based critical thinking model.
- Over 100 true-to-life progressive cases build as complications occur and encourage critical thinking skills in the clinical setting.
- Emphasis on prioritization and delegation helps you master these essential skills emphasized on the NCLEX® Examination.
- Integrated NCLEX® Examination review reinforces application of knowledge to clinical situations and prepares you for the state boards.
- NEW! Updated content throughout reflects the most current clinical practice, including nationally accepted clinical treatment guidelines.
- NEW! Enhanced organization features reorganized and renumbered clinical situations for easier navigation and improved clarity.
- NEW! Evaluation section (Section 7), now provided for students, helps reinforce skills developed throughout the book.
- NEW! In-text cues to the author’s critical thinking model provide references to the research-based critical thinking model inside the front cover.
- NEW! Icons have been streamlined for greater consistency, clarity, and intuitiveness.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | Cover | ||
| Strategies, Techniques, & Approaches to Critical Thinking: A Clinical Reasoning Workbook for Nurses | iii | ||
| Copyright Page | iv | ||
| Table of Contents | vii | ||
| Dedication | vi | ||
| Preface | v | ||
| Reviewers | vi | ||
| Acknowledgment | vi | ||
| SECTION ONE: KNOWLEDGE APPLICATION | 1 | ||
| 1-1 PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE | 1 | ||
| 1-2 VITAL SIGNS | 3 | ||
| 1-3 TEMPERATURE | 5 | ||
| 1-4 PULSE | 9 | ||
| 1-5 RESPIRATION | 13 | ||
| 1-6 BLOOD PRESSURE | 17 | ||
| 1-7 PAIN ASSESSMENT | 21 | ||
| 1-8 BODY MECHANICS | 23 | ||
| 1-9 HYGIENE | 25 | ||
| 1-10 INFECTION CONTROL/TRANSMISSION OF ORGANISMS | 27 | ||
| 1-11 SKIN INTEGRITY | 31 | ||
| 1-12 COMMUNICATION | 35 | ||
| 1-13 REPORTING PATIENT STATUS | 39 | ||
| 1-14 INTRODUCTION TO THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS | 41 | ||
| 1-15 BASIC PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT | 43 | ||
| 1-16 DOCUMENTATION | 47 | ||
| 1-17 SELF-CONCEPT | 49 | ||
| 1-18 CULTURAL ASPECTS OF NURSING | 51 | ||
| 1-19 DEVELOPING CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE | 55 | ||
| 1-20 INTRODUCTION TO FORMULATING A NURSING DIAGNOSIS | 57 | ||
| 1-21 FORMULATING A NURSING DIAGNOSIS | 59 | ||
| 1-22 ASSESSMENT OF THE ELDERLY PATIENT | 63 | ||
| 1-23 CARING FOR THE SURGICAL PATIENT | 65 | ||
| 1-24 WOUND ASSESSMENT | 69 | ||
| 1-25 WOUND DRESSINGS | 73 | ||
| 1-26 THE PATIENT WITH FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE | 75 | ||
| 1-27 ELIMINATION—URINARY | 77 | ||
| 1-28 ELIMINATION—BOWEL | 81 | ||
| 1-29 GENERAL NUTRITION | 83 | ||
| 1-30 GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT | 85 | ||
| 1-31 DIABETES MELLITUS | 89 | ||
| 1-32 COMPLICATIONS OF DIABETES MELLITUS | 93 | ||
| 1-33 INSULIN THERAPY | 97 | ||
| 1-34 LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS IN NURSING PRACTICE | 101 | ||
| 1-35 REVIEW QUESTIONS | 103 | ||
| SECTION TWO: PRIORITY SETTING AND DECISION MAKING | 107 | ||
| 2-2 THE PATIENT UNDERGOING SURGERY (DEVELOPMENT OF SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF SHOCK) | 109 | ||
| 2-3 THE PATIENT WITH AN INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION (DEVELOPMENT OF SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF DEHYDRATION) | 113 | ||
| 2-4 THE PATIENT WITH A COLOSTOMY (DEVELOPMENT OF SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF STOMAL ISCHEMIA) | 117 | ||
| 2-5 THE PATIENT WITH COLON CANCER (DEVELOPMENT OF SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF A VENOUS THROMBUS) | 121 | ||
| 2-6 THE PATIENT WITH TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION (DEVELOPMENT OF SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF PULMONARY EMBOLUS) | 125 | ||
| 2-7 THE PATIENT WITH CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER (DEVELOPMENT OF SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS INDICATIVE OF BLEEDING TENDENCY) | 127 | ||
| 2-8 THE PATIENT WITH HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY (DEVELOPMENT OF SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS INDICATIVE OF IMPENDING COMA) | 131 | ||
| 2-9 THE PATIENT WITH DIABETES MELLITUS (DEVELOPMENT OF A HYPOGLYCEMIC EPISODE) | 135 | ||
| 2-10 THE PATIENT UNDERGOING HEMODIALYSIS (DEVELOPMENT OF SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF DISEQUILIBRIUM SYNDROME) | 139 | ||
| 2-11 THE PATIENT WITH PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE (DEVELOPMENT OF SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF GANGRENE) | 143 | ||
| 2-12 THE PATIENT WITH CHEST PAIN (DEVELOPMENT OF CHEST PAIN) | 145 | ||
| 2-13 THE PATIENT WITH HEART FAILURE (DEVELOPMENT OF CARDIAC ARREST) | 147 | ||
| 2-14 THE PATIENT WITH A STROKE (DEVELOPMENT OF ADVERSE EFFECTS—HEPARIN THERAPY) | 151 | ||
| 2-15 THE PATIENT WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (DEVELOPMENT OF SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF RESPIRATORY INFECTION) | 155 | ||
| 2-16 THE PATIENT WITH A CHEST TUBE (DEVELOPMENT OF SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY) | 159 | ||
| 2-17 THE PATIENT WITH UROSEPSIS (DEVELOPMENT OF SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF SEPTIC SHOCK) | 163 | ||
| 2-18 THE PATIENT WITH A TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF THE PROSTATE (DEVELOPMENT OF URINARY OBSTRUCTION) | 165 | ||
| 2-19 THE PATIENT RECEIVING A BLOOD TRANSFUSION (DEVELOPMENT OF SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF A HEMOLYTIC REACTION) | 169 | ||
| 2-20 THE PATIENT WITH NEUTROPENIA (DEVELOPMENT OF SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF ACTIVE BLEEDING) | 171 | ||
| 2-21 THE PATIENT WITH A HIP FRACTURE (DEVELOPMENT OF SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF RESPIRATORY DISTRESS) | 173 | ||
| 2-22 THE PATIENT WITH A FRACTURED TIBIA (DEVELOPMENT OF SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF COMPARTMENT SYNDROME) | 177 | ||
| 2-23 THE PATIENT WITH CATARACT SURGERY (DEVELOPMENT OF SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE) | 179 | ||
| 2-24 THE PATIENT WITH A SEIZURE DISORDER (DEVELOPMENT OF SEIZURE ACTIVITY) | 181 | ||
| 2-25 THE PATIENT WITH A DO-NOT-RESUSCITATE ORDER (DEVELOPMENT OF SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF IMPENDING DEATH) | 185 | ||
| 2-26 LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS (MEDICATION ERROR) | 187 | ||
| SECTION THREE: CRITICAL THINKING MODEL APPLICATION | 189 | ||
| 3-1 SMALL BOWEL RESECTION WITH POSTOP CARE | 189 | ||
| 3-2 PATIENT WITH GI BLEED AND ETOH ABUSE | 191 | ||
| 3-3 PATIENT WITH DEHYDRATION, FEVER, DO-NOT-RESUSCITATE ORDER | 193 | ||
| 3-4 PATIENT WITH FRACTURED TIBIA AND ASTHMA | 195 | ||
| 3-5 PATIENT WITH PANCREATITIS AND CENTRAL LINE | 197 | ||
| 3-6 PATIENT WITH A HEAD TRAUMA | 199 | ||
| 3-7 SENSITIVE POSTMORTEM CARE | 201 | ||
| 3-8 PATIENT FALLING WITH COMPLICATIONS | 203 | ||
| 3-9 PATIENT WITH HYPERTENSION AND MEDICATION ERROR | 205 | ||
| 3-10 ELDERLY PATIENT WITH MRSA | 207 | ||
| 3-11 PATIENT WITH VIRAL HEPATITIS | 209 | ||
| 3-12 PATIENT WITH PROSTATE CANCER AND MEDICATION ERROR | 211 | ||
| 3-13 PATIENT WITH MASTECTOMY AND IV FLUID OVERLOAD | 213 | ||
| 3-14 PATIENT WITH HF AND DIGOXIN TOXICITY | 215 | ||
| 3-15 PATIENT WITH HIP FRACTURE AND DVT | 217 | ||
| 3-16 PATIENT DIAGNOSED WITH PULMONARY EMBOLUS AND ON ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY | 219 | ||
| 3-17 PATIENT WITH SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF POSTOP COMPLICATIONS | 221 | ||
| 3-18 PATIENT WITH CELLULITIS DEVELOPS ANGINA | 223 | ||
| 3-19 PATIENT WITH TURP AND NS IRRIGATION | 225 | ||
| 3-20 PATIENT WITH TAH AND EPIDURAL CATHETER | 227 | ||
| 3-21 CULTURALLY COMPETENT NURSING CARE | 229 | ||
| 3-22 PATIENT WITH ANTHRAX EXPOSURE | 231 | ||
| SECTION FOUR: MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP | 233 | ||
| 4-1 MENTORING AND NURSING MANAGEMENT | 233 | ||
| 4-2 WORKING THROUGH THE CHANGE PROCESS | 235 | ||
| 4-3 TEAMWORK AND DELEGATION | 237 | ||
| 4-4 PRACTICE AND ETHICAL ISSUE | 239 | ||
| 4-5 TEAMWORK AND COLLABORATION | 241 | ||
| 4-6 ADVOCATING CULTURAL COMPETENCY AND SENSITIVITY | 243 | ||
| SECTION FIVE: NCLEX EXAMINATION SECTION FIVE TION PREPARATION | 245 | ||
| 5-1 NCLEX EXAMINATION PREPARATION | 245 | ||
| 5-2 NCLEX EXAMINATION PREPARATION | 247 | ||
| 5-3 NCLEX EXAMINATION PREPARATION | 249 | ||
| 5-4 NCLEX EXAMINATION PREPARATION | 251 | ||
| 5-5 NCLEX EXAMINATION PREPARATION | 253 | ||
| 5-6 NCLEX EXAMINATION PREPARATION | 255 | ||
| 5-7 NCLEX EXAMINATION PREPARATION | 257 | ||
| 5-8 NCLEX EXAMINATION PREPARATION | 259 | ||
| SECTION SIX: PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE | 261 | ||
| 6-1 QUALITY NURSING PRACTICE SITUATION | 261 | ||
| 6-2 QUALITY NURSING PRACTICE SITUATION | 263 | ||
| 6-3 QUALITY NURSING PRACTICE SITUATION | 265 | ||
| SECTION SEVEN: EVALUATION | 267 | ||
| 7-1 WORKING WITH PHARMACOLOGY | 267 | ||
| 7-2 WORKING WITH PHARMACOLOGY | 268 | ||
| 7-3 WORKING WITH PHARMACOLOGY | 269 | ||
| 7-4 WORKING WITH PHARMACOLOGY | 270 | ||
| 7-5 WORKING WITH DECISION MAKING | 271 | ||
| 7-6 WORKING WITH PRIORITY SETTING | 272 | ||
| APPENDIX A: LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 273 | ||
| APPENDIX B: LIST OF WORDS AND PHRASES COMMONLY USED IN THE BOOK AND THEIR INTENDED MEANINGS | 274 | ||
| Back Cover | Back Cover |