The critical thinking skill of evaluation in nursing practice can be best described as
a. Examining the meaning of data.
b. Reviewing the effectiveness of nursing actions.
c. Supporting findings and conclusions.
d. Searching for links between data and the nurse's assumptions.
ANS: B
Reviewing the effectiveness of interventions best describes evaluation. Examining the meaning of data is inference. Supporting findings and conclusions provides explanations. Searching for links between the data and the nurse's assumptions describes analysis.
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