A nursing instructor encourages student nurses to use critical thinking in the clinical setting. The instructor understands that critical thinking
a. uses both logic and intuition.
b. is driven by the nurse's needs.
c. entails nonpurposeful thinking.
d. is based on nonscientific methods.
ANS: A
Critical thinking entails purposeful, informed, outcome-focused thinking that uses both logic and intuition; is driven by the patient's, family's, and community's needs; and is based on the principles of the nursing process and scientific methods.
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