A novice nurse is planning care for an older adult client with a wound infection and systemic blood infection. The nurse completes the plan of care and decides to complete which action to enhance the skill of critical thinking?
A) Discuss the plan with the physician.
B) Request that the client review the plan.
C) Request a review of the plan with the nurse's preceptor.
D) Place the plan on the client's chart.
Answer: C
The new nurse should recognize self-limitations and should plan to seek assistance and review of thinking by a more experienced nurse. Seeking out other opinions increases the knowledge base and exposes the new nurse to other ways of thinking, which will enhance critical thinking. The nurse would seek the opinion of another nurse, not the physician or the client, as the goal is to enhance the nurse's ability to use the nursing process. The nurse could put the plan on the chart, but the new nurse would learn more about critical thinking by requesting assistance from a more experienced nurse.
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