A nurse is assigned to care for a client with multiple sclerosis in a healthcare facility. The nurse is expected to apply critical thinking skills when providing care. What does critical thinking in problem-solving involve?
A) Examine opinions and compare these opinions with information already known
B) Critique ideas for unreasonableness
C) Form ideas or concepts that are mental pictures of reality
D) Quickly find a solution to understand the entire situation
C
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When thinking critically, you examine facts and compare these facts with information already known, thereby being actively curious and critiquing ideas for reasonableness. You form ideas or concepts that are mental pictures of reality. You are reasonable and rational, continuously searching to understand the entire situation
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