1. Evaluate the nursing assessment instrument used in your current area of practice in terms of its adequacy for your clinical setting, usefulness in other clinical settings, and comprehensiveness....

1. Evaluate the nursing assessment instrument used in your current area of practice in terms of its adequacy for your clinical setting, usefulness in other clinical settings, and comprehensiveness. What additional data would be useful and how might you collect this information?

2. Describe the best and worst decision making you have seen by a nurse in a client care situation.

 a. Compare these two situations in terms of the thought process used, the underlying assumptions of the nurses, the accuracy of available information, the interpretation of information, and the soundness of the decision reached.

3. Describe strategies you can use to enhance critical thinking. Discuss the inter-relationships between critical thinking, clinical reasoning, clinical judgment, and the nursing process.