A nurse performing triage in an emergency room makes assessments of clients using critical thinking skills. Which of the following are critical thinking activities linked to assessment? Select all that apply
A) Carrying out a physician's order to intubate a client
B) Educating a novice nurse on the principles of triage
C) Using the nursing process to diagnose a blocked airway
D) Interviewing privately a client suspected of being a victim of abuse
E) Checking with the family about the data supplied by a client suffering from dementia
Ans: C, D, E
Since the entire nursing process rests on the initial and ongoing assessment of the client, it is imperative to use excellent critical thinking skills when gathering, validating, analyzing, and communicating data. The nurse using critical thinking skills assesses information systematically using the nursing process, detects biases, makes judgments about the significance of data, and identifies assumptions and inconsistencies. Carrying out physician's orders and educating a novice nurse involve the implementation stage of the nursing process.
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