NSE 11A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Critical Thinking, Concept Map, Behavioural Sciences
4 Apr 2016
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Complex phenomenon that can be defined as a process and as a set of skills. Use of logic and reasoning to make accurate clinical judgements and decisions. The use of evidence-informed knowledge-knowledge based on research or clinical expertise-makes you an informed critical thinker. Critical thinking requires cognitive skills and a nurse"s habit to ask questions, to be well informed, to be honest in facing personal biases, and to always be willing to reconsider and think differently about issues. These core critical thinking skills and critical dispositions reveal the complex nature of the clinical decision-making process. Standards for critical thinking: a) intellectual standards: a guideline for rational thought, b) professional standards: ethical criteria for nursing judgement, criteria for evaluation, professional responsibility. Kataoka-yahiro and saylor (1994) developed a model of critical thinking for nursing judgement based in part of previous work. The model defines the outcome of critical thinking: nursing judgement that is relevant to nursing problems in a variety of settings.
