A registered nurse is caring for a postoperative patient whose systolic blood pressure has dropped ...

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The nurse is using reflection when thinking about a situation in the past that was similar. Reflec-tion is a part of critical thinking that involves the process of purposefully thinking about or recal-ling a situation to discover its purpose or meaning. Critical thinking involves recognizing that an issue (e.g., patient problem) exists, analyzing information related to the issue (e.g., clinical data about a patient), evaluating information (including assumptions and evidence), and drawing con-clusions. Intuition is an inner sensing or gut feeling that something is so. The nursing process is a five-step approach that incorporates diagnostic reasoning and clinical decision making.