Deck 6: Critical Thinking and Patient-Centered Care

Question 1

The IOM competency of patient-provider relationships is important because it stresses which of these topics?

A) patient satisfaction and outcomes
B) staff CT and data collection
C) staff CT and patient CT
D) patient input and staff analysis

Answer 1

A

Question 2

This is the IOM's vision for the future of healthcare relationships?

A) For healthcare providers to be all-knowing
B) For healthcare professionals and patients to work in partnerships
C) For health providers and patients to work in an error-free environment
D) For healthcare providers and patients to use CT and open lines of communication

Answer 2

B

Question 3

This term describes the type of relationship there is in patient-centered care?

A) partnerships
B) informative relationships
C) collaborative
D) all of the above

Answer 3

D

Question 4

With the implementation of patient-centered care, providers will be more likely to do this?

A) expect patients to do research before arriving at the doctor's
B) assume patients have greater knowledge of health issues
C) value patient's knowledge and collaborate with them
D) spend more time teaching and informing patients about pertinent issues relating to their own health

Question 5

What do we learn by assessing a patient's habits of the mind?

A) the patient's readiness and willingness to participate in CT and patient-centered care
B) the patient's ability to participate in CT and patient-centered care
C) the state of the patient's habits of the mind
D) the patient's actual skills at thinking

Question 6

Standards change and some standards are culturally biased. Using CT and standards together help healthcare professionals achieve this outcome(s)?

A) customized patient-centered care
B) a higher patient satisfaction rate
C) fewer errors and hazards
D) improved quality and safety measures

Question 7

This CT skill is especially helpful when patients make fine distinctions about their bodies and help providers establish a baseline?

A) information seeking
B) discriminating
C) logical reasoning
D) analyzing

Question 8

Providers can do this to assist patients with predicting how their lives will change with the health issue at hand?

A) ask questions that make patients think of the future
B) help patients see alternative "right" answers
C) facilitate opportunities for patients to use predictive thinking
D) all of the above

Question 9

How do we as providers verify that our thinking is on track with our patient's thinking?

A) conclude
B) validate
C) deduce
D) assess

Question 10

What are the biggest drawbacks to patient-centered care?

A) time and power
B) time and money
C) money and power
D) time, power, and money