A nurse is assigned to care for a client with multiple sclerosis in a healthcare facility. The nurse is expected to apply critical thinking skills when providing care. What is the best description of critical thinking?
A) Experimental approach that tests ideas to decide which methods work and which do not
B) Researchers discover the best possible safe and effective treatments for disease or dysfunction
C) Complex mix of inquiry, knowledge, intuition, logic, experience, and common sense
D) Basic skill of identifying a problem and taking steps to resolve it
C
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A complicated mix of inquiry, knowledge, intuition, logic, experience, and common sense is called critical thinking. Trial and error problem-solving is an experimental approach that tests ideas to decide which methods work and which do not. Scientific problem-solving allows researchers to discover the best possible safe and effective treatments for disease or dysfunction. Problem-solving is the basic skill of identifying a problem and taking steps to resolve it.
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