The nurse observes that a patient who recently had an indwelling urinary catheter removed complains of burning on urination and that the urine is cloudy and foul smelling. Based on this assessment, the nurse may reason that the patient has a urinary tract infection (UTI). The nurse comes to this conclusion using which reasoning concept?

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Inductive reasoning uses specific facts or details to make conclusions and generalizations; it proceeds from specific to general. Deductive reasoning involves generating facts or details from a major theory, generalization, or premise (i.e., from general to specific). Intellectual standards that are essential to critical thinking include clarity, accuracy, precision, relevance, depth, breadth, logic, significance, and fairness. Intuition is the feeling that you know something without specific evidence.

The Nurse Observes That a Patient Who Recently Had an Indwelling