Which action should the nurse take when using critical thinking to make clinical decisions?

A) Make decisions based on intuition.
B) Accept one established way to provide care.
C) Consider what is important in a given situation.
D) Read and follow the heath care provider's orders.

Clinical Decisions

The judgment and determinations made by healthcare professionals in the context of clinical care, based on a patient's health information and treatment options.

Critical Thinking

Active, purposeful, organized, cognitive process used to carefully examine one's thinking and the thinking of other individuals.

Intuition

Inner sensing that something is so.