Direction: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

"Learning is a lifelong process. Our intellectual and emotional growth involves acquiring new knowledge and refining the ability to think, problem solve and make judgments. To learn one must be flexible and always open to new information.

The science of nursing is growing rapidly and there will always be new information for nurses to apply in practice. Overtime, as nurses have new experiences and apply the knowledge gained, they become better able to form assumptions, present ideas and make valid conclusions. A professional nurse must learn to think about a client's status and to anticipate nursing needs. This involves looking ahead and asking, what is a client's status? How might it change? How can nursing knowledge be applied to improve the client's condition? A nurse cannot allow thinking to become routine or standardized. Instead, a nurse learns to look beyond the obvious in any clinical situation and recognize what actions are necessary to benefit to client's wellbeing. This does not mean that the nurse knows nothing about a client until having met him/her. A nurse's experience with other clients aids in recognizing patterns of behavior, seeing commonalities in signs and symptoms, and anticipating reaction to therapies. Think about those experience the nurses better anticipate client's needs and recognize problems when they develop."