While caring for an intensive care client, the nurse stops to conduct endotracheal suctioning after noticing the client had become restless. Afterward, the client is quiet and relaxed. This nurse based care on which of the following?
1. Phronesis
2. Techne or rational-technical thought
3. Client response
4. Practical knowledge
Phronesis
Rationale: Phronesis is applying an intervention based upon clinical judgment. Rational-technical thought is a strategy for those areas of science and technology that can be standardized. Client response is the outcome of implementing an intervention based on practical knowledge. Practical knowledge is implementing an intervention based upon the client's condition.
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