The staff nurse notices that newly admitted patients appear calmer after the nurse has completed their admission interview and physical assessment and has discussed their plan of care. The nurse wonders if this is related to alleviation of fear of the unknown. What kind of thinking is this nurse pursuing?
1. Extension
2. Inductive
3. Review
4. Deductive
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Rationale 1: Extension is not a type of thinking.
Rationale 2: Inductive reasoning proceeds from the specific situation (patients appearing calmer) to general (alleviation of fear of the unknown).
Rationale 3: Review is not a type of thinking.
Rationale 4: Deductive reasoning proceeds from the general to specific. In this case, the nurse is thinking from specific (patients appearing calmer) to general (alleviation of fear of the unknown).
Global Rationale:
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