Deck 3: Who Are the Critical Thinkers

Question 1

Nurses roles and positions are complex because nurses:

A) embrace multiple thinking tasks throughout the day
B) need to obtain a lot of knowledge and education to practice nursing
C) work in a continuously changing environment
D) must make accurate decisions under pressure and with minimal time

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The book classifies readers into 2 categories. The clinician group focuses on how you improve your CT, and the educators focus on strategies to promote CT in others. Why is the book written to these 2 audiences?

A) because literature in nursing is oriented towards these groups
B) we want to promote a unified view of CT as a vital but complex clinical and educational issue
C) addressing these two groups help improve CT in practice
D) it is imperative to examine the perspectives of these 2 groups to understand healthcare today

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Nurses thinking is challenged daily by the constant changes in the demands and responsibilities of nursing positions. Kelly-Thomas referred to these complex changes as:

A) complexity issues
B) revisions
C) "re-do" issues
D) daily mini-tests

Answer 3

C

Question 4

CT is not done in isolation. Viewing CT as an individualized process could lead to:

A) wasting time, money and possibly causing harm
B) arriving at the wrong conclusions
C) wasting valuable resources and failing to apply CT practice
D) not fully grasping CT as a process

Question 5

Which of the following factors that affect critical thinking is described as a strong inverse relationship with critical thinking?

A) genetics
B) knowledge
C) generation
D) feelings

Question 6

Which of the following factors that affect critical thinking is described as your brain's hard wiring?

A) genetics
B) knowledge
C) generation
D) feelings

Question 7

Which of the following factors that affect critical thinking is not a part of personal culture?

A) self-concept
B) communication style
C) time orientation
D) all of the above are part of personal culture

Question 8

Which of the following causes higher-order thinking skills to shut down, and only basic survival thinking takes over?

A) fear
B) anxiety
C) stress
D) adrenaline

Question 9

This feeling was described by Margaret Carson (2003) as the, "emotional burden" of nursing:

A) fear
B) anxiety
C) stress
D) adrenaline

Question 10

Oblinger & Oblinger (2005) described the nursing profession as having this many generations of workers:

A) 3
B) 4
C) 5
D) 6

Question 11

Which of the following generation of workers is the most recent generation?

A) Generation X
B) Digital Natives
C) Net Generation
D) None of the above

Question 12

Which of the following generation of workers described as self-sacrificing and respectful of authority?

A) Matures
B) Generation X
C) Net Generation
D) Baby Boomers

Question 13

Which of the following generation of workers described as workaholics?

A) Matures
B) Generation X
C) Net Generation
D) Baby Boomers

Question 14

Which of the following generation of workers described as information seekers?

A) Matures
B) Generation X
C) Net Generation
D) Baby Boomers

Question 15

These aspects of culture are the most relevant when it comes to CT in a healthcare setting:

A) communication and time orientation
B) values and beliefs
C) norms and practices
D) opinions and decisions

Question 16

The organizational culture of your work environment significantly influences you as a thinker. Organizational cultures that encourage CT and acknowledge the inevitability of change are called:

A) "learning organizations"
B) "teaching systems"
C) "thinking organizations"
D) "systems of learning"

Question 17

Behaving in accordance with one's organizational culture in order to avoid conflict and to do things the "correct" way is detrimental to nurses because:

A) everyone becomes complacent in a status quo environment
B) it does not encourage CT
C) you create an over controlled environment
D) unhealthy habits and traits, such as passive aggressive behavior, flourish