The nurse educator is reviewing with a group of nursing students the process of problem-solving. The students have been asked to differentiate between trial and error problem-solving and scientific problem-solving
Which response by a student nurse best demonstrates an accurate understanding of trial and error 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
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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. A complicated mix of inquiry, knowledge, intuition, logic, experience, and common sense is called critical thinking. Problem-solving is the basic skill of identifying a problem and taking steps to resolve it.
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