NURS303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Critical Thinking, Scientific Method, Problem Solving
15 Dec 2017
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Chapter 11 - critical thinking in nursing practice. Develop critical thinking skills in order to approach each new problem with an open mind, creativity and wisdom. Important to think critically and make clinical judgement so the patient receives best treatment possible. Ability to critically think will improve with experience. Nurses recognize a problem, analyze the info, evaluate and then draw conclusions. Requires purposeful and reflective reasoning within the context of a situation. Learn to look beyond the obvious in any clinical situation. The use of evidence informed knowledge makes you an informed critical thinker. Requires both cognitive skills and a nursing habits (dispositions) to ask questions, be informed, and ability to think clearly. Clinical decision making process: ability to apply core critical thinking skills and critical thinking dispositions. Also need a sound knowledge base and consider knowledge gained from clients. Kataoka-yahiro and saylor (1994) developed a critical thinking model composed of 3 levels: basic, complex, commitment.
