Achieving adequate pain management for a postoperative patient will require sophisticated critical thinking skills by the nurse. What are the potential benefits of critical thinking in nursing? Select all that apply
A) Enhancing the nurse's clinical decision making
B) Identifying the patient's individual preferences
C) Planning the best nursing actions to assist the patient
D) Increasing the accuracy of the nurse's judgments
E) Helping identify the patient's priority needs
Ans: A, C, D, E
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Independent judgments and decisions evolve from a sound knowledge base and the ability to synthesize information within the context in which it is presented. Critical thinking enhances clinical decision making, helping to identify patient needs and the best nursing actions that will assist patients in meeting those needs. Critical thinking does not normally focus on identify patient desires; these would be identified by asking the patient.
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