The nurse maintains eye contact while a client explains the symptoms of a current health problem.Which critical-thinking skill is the nurse using?

A) Separating relevant from irrelevant data
B) Listening carefully; reading thoughtfully
C) Organizing or grouping information in meaningful ways
D) Making inferences about the meaning of the information

Critical-Thinking Skill

A cognitive process that involves analyzing, evaluating, and synthesizing information to make reasoned judgments.

Listening Carefully

The act of attentively and actively engaging in the process of hearing and understanding spoken communication.

Organizing Information

The process of categorizing and structuring data or knowledge in a systematic way to enhance understanding and retrieval.