A class of nursing students is in their first semester of nursing school. The instructor explains that one of the changes they will undergo while in nursing school is learning to "think like a nurse."
What is the most current model of this thinking process?A) Critical-thinking Model
B) Nursing Process Model
C) Clinical Judgment Model
D) Active Practice Model
Ans: C
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To depict the process of "thinking like a nurse," Tanner (2006) developed a model known as the clinical judgment model.
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