Match the critical thinking attitude on the left with the appropriate example on the right
1) Reading the instruction manual of a new glucose monitoring machine
2) Asking for help with a procedure because you have not done it before
3) Obtaining the latest research about a new diagnostic procedure even though the articles are difficult to find
4) Questioning the reason for a new staffing policy
5) Realizing your feelings about alternative medicine may interfere with the care you give a patient
6) Asking a patient's feelings about his cancer diagnosis
7) Questioning your feelings when a patient's family requests withholding nutrition for a terminally ill client
____ 1. Independent thinking
____ 2. Intellectual curiosity
____ 3. Intellectual humility
____ 4. Intellectual empathy
____ 5. Intellectual courage
____ 6. Intellectual perseverance
1. ANS: 4
2. ANS: 1
3. ANS: 2
4. ANS: 6
5. ANS: 7
6. ANS: 3
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