Literature Review: Critical Thinking At The Bedside
articles that I read for the MSN degree helped me to realize some of the new ways to broaden the way some students learn.
There is an opportunity to help teach the classes on the unit that I work for as I strengthen my skills to share my knowledge. I have already participated in teaching a class to the nurse aides about delirium and ways to prevent delirium to occurring in the elderly hospital patient. I was able to share in the responsibility in teaching using a slide presentation that we had designed.
Critical Thinking
Teaching critical thinking to students is an essential tool to give the students a solid foundation when they are entering the workplace. Nurse educators are called upon to teach the student the fundamentals of nursing. One fundamental that is hard to teach to students is critical thinking. Critical thinking is the objective and analysis of an issue to form judgement. The following review of the literature is designed help see the need for students to learn to think critically.
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In Robert and Petersen’s article in relation to critical thinking at the bedside, it is emphasized that critical thinking is the key to providing safe care for patients.
Nursing education programs are now requiring that a measure of critical thinking be included to achieve accreditation (Robert & Petersen, 2013). Many definitions are described in this article for the term critical thinking, using such terms as reflective thinking, analyzing and logical reasoning (Robert &Petersen, 2013). The consensus is that the attributes of critical thinking is using reasoned judgement, analyzing, and using an open mind critical thinking is used to present the best outcomes (Robert &Petersen, 2013). The authors after reviewing others works
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There is an opportunity to help teach the classes on the unit that I work for as I strengthen my skills to share my knowledge. I have already participated in teaching a class to the nurse aides about delirium and ways to prevent delirium to occurring in the elderly hospital patient. I was able to share in the responsibility in teaching using a slide presentation that we had designed.
Critical Thinking
Teaching critical thinking to students is an essential tool to give the students a solid foundation when they are entering the workplace. Nurse educators are called upon to teach the student the fundamentals of nursing. One fundamental that is hard to teach to students is critical thinking. Critical thinking is the objective and analysis of an issue to form judgement. The following review of the literature is designed help see the need for students to learn to think critically.
Literature Review Critical Thinking at the Bedside …show more content…
In Robert and Petersen’s article in relation to critical thinking at the bedside, it is emphasized that critical thinking is the key to providing safe care for patients.
Nursing education programs are now requiring that a measure of critical thinking be included to achieve accreditation (Robert & Petersen, 2013). Many definitions are described in this article for the term critical thinking, using such terms as reflective thinking, analyzing and logical reasoning (Robert &Petersen, 2013). The consensus is that the attributes of critical thinking is using reasoned judgement, analyzing, and using an open mind critical thinking is used to present the best outcomes (Robert &Petersen, 2013). The authors after reviewing others works
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