A nurse is using the critical thinking skill of evaluation. Which action will the nurse take?

A) Examine the meaning of data.
B) Support findings and conclusions.
C) Review the effectiveness of nursing actions.
D) Search for links between the data and the nurse's assumptions.

Critical Thinking Skill

The ability to actively and skillfully conceptualize, apply, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate information to reach an answer or conclusion.

Nursing Actions

The tasks or interventions performed by nurses to care for patients, including monitoring, medication administration, and patient education.

Evaluation

Determination of the extent to which established patient goals have been achieved.