Why is critical thinking an integral part of the nursing process?
a. It promotes flexibility and individualized care.
b. It incorporates decision making.
c. It includes the patient in part of the nurs-ing process.
d. It provides guidelines of care.
A
The nursing process is a sequence of steps that requires critical thinking to provide sound, indi-vidualized patient care. Critical thinking makes the nursing process accurate, scientifically sound, appropriate, flexible, and individualized.
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