1. Critical Thinking and Nursing Practice
Chapter 10

2. Critical Thinking Intentional higher level reasoning process
Purposeful, self regulatory judgment which results in interpretations, analysis, evaluation, inference and explanation
“reflective reasoning process that guides a nurse in generating, implementing, and evaluating approaches for dealing with client care and professional concerns” (NLN)

3. Critical Thinking
Use clinical reasoning and clinical decision making to:
practice safe and effective nursing care
improve clinical systems
decrease errors in clinical judgment

4. Critical Thinking Skills
Analyzing
Applying standards
Discriminating
Information seeking
Logical reasoning
Predicting
Transforming knowledge

5. Attitudes that Foster Critical Thinking
Independence
Fair-mindedness
Insight
Intellectual humility
Intellectual courage

6. Attitudes that Foster Critical Thinking (cont'd)
Integrity
Perseverance
Confidence
Curiosity

7. The Nursing Process
Systematic, rational method of planning and providing individualized care
Assessing
Diagnosing
Planning
Implementing
Evaluating

8. Problem-Solving Process
Clarify the nature of a problem and suggests possible solutions
One situation contributes to the nurse’s body of knowledge for problem solving in similar situations
Commonly used approaches
Trial and Error
Intuition
Research process

9. Decision-Making Process
Choosing the best actions to meet a desired goal
Make value decisions
Time management decisions
Scheduling decisions
Priority decisions

10. QUESTIONS???