To Make Clinical Decisions Nurses Use Various Sources of Knowledge

question 13

Multiple Choice

To make clinical decisions nurses use various sources of knowledge such as trial and error, tradition, authority, and clinical experience. What problems can results from this approach?

• A) Not all sources of information are reliable.
• B) Authority always leads to faulty decision making.
• C) Experience is the best source of knowledge.
• D) Trial and error has lead to poor outcomes.

Explain the development process from a zygote to a full-term fetus and identify the stages of prenatal development.

Understand teratogens and their effect on prenatal development.

Analyze Baillargeon's research and its implications on our understanding of cognitive development.

Differentiate between the concrete and formal operational stages of cognitive development.

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