RN Exam Practice
Management of CareQuestion 1453 of 2368

A nurse applies a unit-wide standard of care to every client when planning interventions, rather than starting from one client's cues. Which type of reasoning does this show?

  1. Deductive reasoning, because a general standard or rule is used to create the plan
  2. Inductive reasoning, because cues were grouped into a pattern
  3. Inductive reasoning, because a hypothesis was formed about one client
  4. Deductive reasoning, because it was based on one client's cues
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Correct answer: Deductive reasoning, because a general standard or rule is used to create the plan

Deductive reasoning applies a general standard or rule to create a strategy. Inductive reasoning starts from specific cues.

Source: Nursing Fundamentals, 2nd edition (Open RN, Chippewa Valley Technical College, 2024), Nursing Process: Inductive and Deductive Reasoning and Clinical Judgment. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Practice the topic "Management of Care"

Questions last reviewed: 18 October 2026