Critical Thinking In Nursing

According to Paul & Elder, “critical thinking is the art of analyzing and evaluating thinking with a vision of improving it.” Their argument for the need to utilize critical thinking is the fact that without focus, most of the thinking done by people is partial, many times uninformed, biased, distorted, and prejudiced. What is not easily recognized is the fact that the very fabric of life is

Critical thinking is a nursing process that includes reflective practice, problem solving and decision making which are connected to one another. The definition of critical thinking is transferring and applying knowledge and skills in a new situation. The critical thinking is needed in a lot of aspects of the nurses’ job such as when the nurses need to provide the precise identification in the specific problems had by the patients. They need to be in detail and also critical to themselves in every time in order to be able to provide identification precisely. When you have the profession in nursing, it is important to be critical thinker. The nurses have the high responsibilities and their responsibilities are increasing from time to time.

Critical Thinking in Clinical Practice There have been several research studies identifying the importance of critical thinking for nurses in clinical practice and the effects on patient care and outcomes. As stated in Assessing Individual Frontline Nurse Critical Thinking," there is widespread agreement among nursing leaders that critical thinking is a frontline nurse competency essential to providing safe and effective care." (Berkow, 2011). Studies continue to identify this in several countries, although the ways to achieve critical thinking varies. The level to which critical thinking should be expected and taught varies in the opinions of researchers.

Critical thinking refers to the ability to think rationally and clearly. It enables one be able to think well and be able to solve problems in a systematic manner. It also plays a role in evaluating ideas and acts as a tool for self evaluation. In nursing, critical thinking for clinical decision making refers to the process of thinking in a logical and systematic manner. Nursing practitioners who are critical thinkers strive to be clear, accurate, significant, precise and logic when carrying out their daily activities ADDIN EN.CITE Mateo2009451(Mateo & Kirchhoff, 2009)4514516Mateo, M. A.Kirchhoff, K. T.Research for advanced practice nurses: From evidence to practice. 2009New York, NYSpringer( HYPERLINK l "_ENREF_6" o "Mateo, 2009 #451" Mateo & Kirchhoff, 2009). Critical thinking in nursing involves some elements of thought. It involves being able to figure out a problem, issue or views of somebody else. The goal of thinking is to figure out what one hopes to accomplish ADDIN EN.CITE Sheridan19841096(Sheridan, Vredenburgh, & Abelson, 1984)1096109617Sheridan, John E.Vredenburgh, Donald J.Abelson, Michael A.Contextual Model of Leadership Influence in Hospital UnitsThe Academy of Management JournalThe Academy of Management Journal57-782711984Academy of Management00014273http://www.jstor.org/stable/255957( HYPERLINK l "_ENREF_7" o "Sheridan, 1984 #1096" Sheridan, Vredenburgh, & Abelson, 1984). Critical

Every day nurses face different situations that require the use of instinct, analysis, understanding, and skills to make simple or complex decisions. All of these traits relate to the use of clinical reasoning and critical thinking in the field of nursing. The basics of critical thinking include: (a) what critical thinking is, (b) why critical thinking is important, and (c) how critical thinking is used or not used every day. In the nursing field, clinical skills are very important, but the core of being a good nurse is critical thinking (“The Value of,” 2017).

Sometimes I find it difficult to answer these scenario questions because as an MA, we’re limited on what we do/say. At the practice I was placed at for externship, the MA rooms the patient and only assists the doctor if requested. For the most part when assisting with procedures, we stand back and out of the way but there in case the doctor needs anything. So, if this was to happen where I’m at currently I would get the patient into the room, take vitals, document vitals, get the chief complaint and verify allergies and medications. I would look into verifying the patient is up to date on his tetanus shot, if it’s not, I would advise the doctor. If the patient was unable to sit through that, I would get the doctor asap. I wouldn’t even unwrap

As my second semester at Hartwick College comes to an end, there have been many noticeable changes in my growth of becoming a professional nurse and my ability to think critically. The time spent in clinical and lab has allowed me to develop these skills even more. As a nursing student, you have to be open and flexible to everything to allow yourself to become even better and more knowledgeable than before.

How often, and under what circumstances, do you ask questions that start with “But what if…?” or “It depends…?”

In today’s society, nurses are held on pedestals for the work they do at their jobs. Nurses help save people’s lives and make their worse days a little bit better by providing the care their patients need. Nurses are there to provide the care necessary for people to live and survive in a world where it is not always safe. They are there to save lives and make a difference in their patient’s lives when they feel like it will never get better or like it is the end of their world.

“Critical thinking in nursing is an essential component of professional accountability and quality nursing care” (Masters, 2017, p. 217). Nurses apply critical thinking by using their intellectual reasoning to prevent unsafe practice. It allow nurses to study and interpret data appropriately to make a judgement about the patient’s condition or the achievement of a particular outcome. It is important that nurses use critical thinking to coordinate patient care by developing and applying strong clinical skills for a safe, organized environment. I use critical thinking to reflect on implications and consequences of circumstances that may arise during a problem or to understand a patient’s condition better to provide appropriate individual quality of care. Critical thinking also allow me to understand the nursing profession and grasp the ethical aspect of this

You have a good initial post for module three. I agree with you the RN did not use critical thinking in this situation. I like that you included that the nurse should have evaluated alternative treatments for this patient. According to our textbook, Bransford and Stein's IDEAL problem-solving method included: identifying the problem, defining the problem, exploring alternative approaches, acting on a plan, and looking at the effects (Harrington & Terry, 2013, p. 219). The RN should have never offered to give the patient an addition dose of her pain medication in hopes of it having a sedative effect for the ride home. The patient is no longer experiencing any pain, and she has already conveyed to the nurse that the medication makes her feel nauseated. In addition to your post, another way the RN could have used critical thinking would have been by looking up the pain mediation's side effects and looking for any underlying causes of the patient's nausea.

According to Creasia and Friberg (2011) there are a multitude of nursing theories and frameworks available. These theories and frameworks guide professional nurses in making decisions and in critical thinking endeavors (Creasia & Friberg, 2011). The previous is generally the rationale behind using any nursing theory or framework. One conceptual nursing model is Neuman’s Systems Model. This model views the patient as an open system that acts and interacts with both the internal and external world (Creasia & Friberg, 2011). The patient is composed of the interrelationships of the following variables: physiological, psychological, developmental, sociocultural, and spiritual variables (Creasia & Friberg, 2011). Health is viewed as systems stability (homeostasis) in this model (Creasia & Friberg, 2011). Stressors cause illness (Creasia & Friberg, 2011).

The ‘critical thinking and analysis’ of nursing competency domain is the self approval, the researches for practice,the professional development and the value of evidence are based on framework.It includes critical thinking in operation of enrolled nursing practice, identify the need for and take part in ongoing self or professional development, the use of nursing to evaluate self performance and of others, identify the need for care of self and conducting values research for the development in nursing and improving the standards. The practice on reflecting the ideas, beliefs, feeling ,thoughts towards the individual and groups consequences are the important professional criteria.

As a nurse, we are expecting to use critical thinking with caring for our patients. Critical thinking is a skill that is first acquired from the nursing school from our professors who are expected to be a good critical thinker. As mention in Marchigiano et al (2011), during nursing school, the students rely on the teacher to prepare them as critical thinkers and problem-solvers in any situation that may relate to that patient. To become a critical thinker, it takes practice and experience to analyze the specific situation and develop a solution to the problem; it can be anyone from a new to an experienced nurse. As explained in Berkow, et.al, (2011) critical skills can be learned at any time during our career and is a continues

Critical thinking is defined as a disciplined, self directed thinking that meets appropriate intellectual standards within a particular mode or domain of thinking (Paul and Elder, 2014). In Nursing, the possession of this important skill helps a nurse to assess a given situation, identify the main problem, determine a perfect solution and implement an effective method of dealing with the problem.