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| a visual tool in which ideas or data are enclosed in circles or boxes of some shape and relationships between these are indicated by connecting lines or arrows |
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| thinking that results in the development of new ideas and products |
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| a set of questions one can apply to a particular situation or idea to determine essential information and ideas and discard superfluous information and ideas |
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| a cognitive process that includes creativity, problem solving, and decision making |
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| the process of establishing criteria by which alternative courses of action are developed and selected |
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| making specific observations from a generalization |
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| making generalization from specific data |
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| the understanding or learning of things without the conscious use of reasoning |
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| a systematic rational method of planning and providing nursing care |
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| obtaining information that clarifies the nature of the problem and suggests possible solutions |
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| a technique one can use to look beneath the surface, recongize and examine assumptions, search for inconsistencies, examine multiple points of view, and differentiate what one knows from what one merely believes |
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| a number of approaches are tried until a solution is found |
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