Which action demonstrates a nurse utilizing reflection to improve clinical decision making?
a. Obtains data in an orderly fashion
b. Uses an objective approach in patient situations
c. Improves a plan of care while thinking back on interventions effectiveness
d. Provides evidence-based explanations and research for care of assigned patients
ANS: C
Reflection utilizes critical thinking when thinking back on the effectiveness of interventions and how they were performed. It involves purposeful thinking back or recalling a situation to discover its purpose or meaning. The other options are not examples of reflection but do represent good nursing practice. Using an objective approach and obtaining data in an orderly fashion do not involve purposefully thinking back to discover the meaning or purpose of a situation. Providing evidence-based explanations for nursing interventions does not always involve thinking back to discover the meaning of a situation.
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