Two cognitive processes that nurses use in clinical judgments include ____. (Select two answers.)
a. Analysis
b. Brainstorming
c. Fish boning
d. Intuition
A, D
Two cognitive processes used in critical thinking for nursing judgments are analysis and intuition.
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