A nurse shows effective critical thinking skills directed towards nursing care of a cogni-tively impaired patient who continues to socially isolate by:
tively impaired patient who continues to socially isolate by:
a. Clearly stating that the patient must socially interact once daily
b. Documenting that the patient continues to resist socialization
c. Asking the patient to identify which unit activity they are willing to attend
d. Suggesting that staff take the patient with them when running errands off the unit
ANS: D
Critical thinking in this case involves the creation of alternative solutions to a problem that was not resolved by conventional methods. The remaining options, although not inappropri-ate, do not show critical thinking skills
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