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chapter 13 key terms

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blended competencies:
the set of intellectual, interpersonal, technical, and ethical/legal capacities needed to practice professional nursing
caring:
moral imperative that guides nursing praxis (education, practice, and research); action and competencies that aim toward the good and welfare of others
clinical judgment:
refers to the result (outcome) of critical thinking or clinical reasoning; the conclusion, decision, or opinion a nurse makes
clinical reasoning:
a specific term usually referring to ways of thinking about patient care issues (determining, preventing, and managing patient problems); for reasoning about other clinical issues (e.g., teamwork, collaboration, and streamlining work flow); nurses usually use critical thinking
concept mapping:
nstructional strategy that requires learners to identify, graphically display, and link key concepts
creative thinking:
a process involving imagination, intuition, and spontaneity—factors that underpin the art of nursing
critical thinking:
thought that is disciplined, comprehensive, based on intellectual standards, and, as a result, well-reasoned; a systematic way to form and shape one's thinking that functions purposefully and exactingly
critical thinking indicators
evidence-based descriptions of behaviors that demonstrate the knowledge, characteristics, and skills that promote critical thinking in clinical practice
decision making:
purposeful, goal-directed effort applied in a systematic way to make a choice among alternatives
intuitive problem solving
direct understanding of a situation based on a background of experience, knowledge, and skill that makes expert decision making possible
nursing process:
five-step systematic method for giving patient care; involves assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating
person-centered care:
model of patient care based on holistic roots in which the nurse or other caregiver uses every clinical encounter to assess how the person is doing and to communicate respect, compassion, and care
Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN):
stands for Quality and Safety Education for Nurses, a project for preparing future nurses with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) necessary to continuously improve the quality and safety of the health care systems within which they work
reflective practice:
occurs when the caregiver has a profound awareness of self, and one's own biases, prejudgments, prejudices, and assumptions, and understands how these may affect the therapeutic relationship
scientific problem solving:
systematic problem-solving process that involves (1) problem identification, (2) data collection, (3) hypothesis formulation, (4) plan of action, (5) hypothesis testing, (6) interpretation of results, and (7) evaluation resulting in conclusion or revision of the study
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