The nurse educator is reviewing with a group of nursing students the process of problem-solving. Which response by the student nurse best demonstrates an accurate understanding of the process of problem-solving?
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
D
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Problem-solving is the basic skill of identifying a problem and taking steps to resolve it. 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. Complicated mix of inquiry, knowledge, intuition, logic, experience, and common sense is called critical thinking.
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