The nurse enters a patient's room and notes he is nauseous, vomiting, and experiencing abdominal pain, and has no bowel sounds. She concludes that the patient's symptoms may be associated with a paralytic ileus
In arriving at this conclusion, the nurse has used:
a. Inductive reasoning
b. Deductive reasoning
c. Guesswork
d. Diagnostics
A
Inductive reasoning is often used in the nursing process. Induction moves from the specific to the general. One gathers separate pieces of information, recognizes a pattern, and forms a generalization or conclusion. In this item, the nurse uses inductive reasoning based on her observations and assessment of this patient and concludes his symptoms are associated with a paralytic ileus. This is not guesswork, as the nurse is using her observation, assessment skills, and knowledge to draw a conclusion. Deductive reasoning starts with a general premise and moves to a specific deduction. The nurse is not diagnosing this patient, as this is the scope of practice for the medical doctor. She is, however, making an association between S+S and a disease process.
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