Download or read book The Influence of Cultural Values on Critical Thinking Dispositions Among Baccalaureate Nursing Students a Comparative Analysis Between Thailand and the United States written by Chayapa Chaisuwan and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The development of critical thinking dispositions and skills is recognized as a significant part of nursing education. Critical thinking dispositions are the consistent internal motivation or the person’s habitual ways to utilize critical thinking skills (Facione, 1990a). Developing strong critical thinking dispositions is important to the development of strong critical thinking skills and is imperative for nursing students to improve patient safety and healthcare quality. However, the increasing cultural diversity in the classroom and clinical settings may challenge the development and use of critical thinking dispositions of students in nursing education. The aims of this cross-sectional, comparative non-experimental study design were to explore if cultural values varied between Thailand and the United States, using the World Values Survey (WVS) datasets; to explore if critical thinking dispositions varied between pre-licensure baccalaureate nursing students in Thailand (n=100) and the United States (n=100) using the California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory (CCTDI); and to investigate the relationship between cultural values and critical thinking dispositions among pre-licensure baccalaureate nursing students in Thailand and the United States. Data was analyzed utilizing descriptive statistics, Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient, independent t-tests, simple linear regression, and multiple linear regression. The findings in this study illustrated that: There is a statistically significant difference in cultural values between Thailand and the United States (p

Download or read book Translation Validation and Application of the California Critical Thinking Instruments to Assess Factors Related to Critical Thinking Dispositions and Skills of Baccalaureate Nursing Students in Thailand written by Acharaporn Sripusanapan and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Critical Thinking TACTICS for Nurses written by Gaie Rubenfeld and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2010-11-15 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical Thinking TACTICS for Nurses: Achieving the IOM Competencies is a reader-friendly guide to performing, learning and evaluating critical thinking in all aspects of nursing care. Award winning authors M. Gaie Rubenfeld and Barbara K. Scheffer draw on their research and expertise in teaching and practice to blend critical thinking components with the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) five core competencies: patient-centered care, interdisciplinary team work, evidence-based practice, informatics, and quality improvement. Issues addressed include critical thinking language and awareness enhancement, the impact of critical thinking on quality care, mentoring the critical thinking of staff and students and designing performance criteria for critical thinking. New to this edition: Significant updates and additional current references to all 5 IOM chapters. New Chapter 10 - Assessing Critical Thinking. New Chapter 11 - Thinking Realities of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. New “stories” from practicing nurses and others.

Download or read book Using Grounded Theory In Nursing written by Rita Sara Schreiber, RN, DNS and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2001-06-06 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ìThis uniformly fine book extends and intensifies the dialogue about grounded theory and nursing.... well-designed, well-crafted, and accessible.î --Sally A. Hutchinson, PhD, RN, FAAN ì...the torch has been passed to a new generation of grounded theorists.... The editors have assembled chapters by many of the best-known scholars in North America.î --Sandra P. Thomas, PhD, RN, FAAN What is grounded theory? How is it done? When is it most appropriate to use? Grounded theory can be the research method of choice for nurses seeking to find out how people cope with existing or potential health challenges. This book offers broad coverage of method, background, philosophical roots, and new directions for grounded theory in nursing.

Download or read book Patient Safety and Quality written by Ronda Hughes and published by Department of Health and Human Services. This book was released on 2008 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nurses play a vital role in improving the safety and quality of patient car -- not only in the hospital or ambulatory treatment facility, but also of community-based care and the care performed by family members. Nurses need know what proven techniques and interventions they can use to enhance patient outcomes. To address this need, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), with additional funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has prepared this comprehensive, 1,400-page, handbook for nurses on patient safety and quality -- Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. (AHRQ Publication No. 08-0043)." - online AHRQ blurb, http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nurseshdbk/

Download or read book Critical Thinking and Selfhood in the Age of Globalization written by Hui Xie and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching students to think critically constitutes an essential goal in American higher education because of its presumed role in advancing knowledge, entrepreneurship, and democracy. Despite decades of intensive debates and expanding global influence, critical thinking remains a contested concept. This is not only because educational theorists and practitioners continue to diverge on what critical thinking is and how to teach it, but also because newer questions have emerged on whether critical thinking as traditionally conceptualized and taught has been sufficiently critical of its own embedded cultural, class, and gender assumptions, and whether its hegemonic influence over other education and value systems amount to a form of conceptual colonization or neoliberal conceit. Yet within these contestations, students' perspectives on critical thinking as a set of valuable and transferrable skills are largely missing. While there has been a sustained research interest in assessing students' critical thinking skills and in exploring their learning challenges-particularly for students from East Asia for whom critical thinking may constitute a new way of thinking different from what they had been taught previously in their home countries-in-depth understanding of students' experiences vis- -vis critical thinking is still lacking in the literature. This qualitative dissertation fills the knowledge gap by addressing the following research questions: What are students' perceptions and experiences with critical thinking? What factors might contribute to their varied understanding and application of critical thinking; vice versa, how does the acquisition of critical thinking, as an important educational outcome, play a role in their overall development? Drawing upon theories from sociology, psychology, and philosophy of education, this research project approaches these questions by examining holistically the experiences of transnational Chinese undergraduates-the largest student group of foreign origin in the United States. Based on extensive interview data and supplementary data sources from 20 participants at a research university in the U.S.-representing a wide range of demographic and educational backgrounds-the dissertation presents potentially significant findings for understanding the nature and function of critical thinking from a cross-cultural perspective. For example, the study finds that, whereas the literature has often presented critical thinking as fostered in the West as a "paradigmatic" challenge for students from Asian countries or the East, many participants have developed important aspects of what they would later identify as critical thinking prior to higher education in the U.S. In addition, while critical thinking is typically conceptualized and taught as a set of logical and argumentative skills, participants' descriptions of critical thinking often highlighted the attitudinal aspect (e.g., an independent, questioning, open, and truth-seeking spirit) as its defining features. Many of the participants also presented a more involved or complex practice of critical thinking outside of the academic domain, especially in their personal domain where open-ended, multi-logic questions frequently arise as they lead a more independent life abroad and straddle two sets of cultural norms or social practices that are still substantially different in many ways. Most prominently perhaps, the contrasts between participants with higher vs. lower demonstrations of critical thinking and their different orientations toward the self can shed light on the necessary internal development for a critical thinker that is also largely missing in the critical thinking literature and textbooks. In short, findings from this study complicate the common understanding of critical thinking as an important educational goal in American higher education, as a readily transferable skills across domains, and as a challenge for students coming from non-Western or non-democratic cultures, such as transnational Chinese students. At the same time, the additional complexities from the findings may also add depth to and open up opportunities for, as educational theorists and researchers have been advocating for years, a reconceptualization of critical thinking. The dissertation addresses the call for rethinking and revitalizing critical thinking as an innately democratizing force that may be innate and universal in spirit, yet specific and diverse in forms-i.e., in its varied manifestations across disciplines, domains, and sociocultural contexts.

Download or read book Transitions Theory written by Afaf I. Meleis, PhD, DrPS (hon), FAAN and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2010-02-17 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It is very exciting to see all of these studies compiled in one book. It can be read sequentially or just for certain transitions. It also can be used as a template for compilation of other concepts central to nursing and can serve as a resource for further studies in transitions. It is an excellent addition to the nursing literature." Score: 95, 4 Stars. --Doody's "Understanding and recognizing transitions are at the heart of health care reform and this current edition, with its numerous clinical examples and descriptions of nursing interventions, provides important lessons that can and should be incorporated into health policy. It is a brilliant book and an important contribution to nursing theory." Kathleen Dracup, RN, DNSc Dean and Professor, School of Nursing University of California San Francisco Afaf Meleis, the dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, presents for the first time in a single volume her original "transitions theory" that integrates middle-range theory to assist nurses in facilitating positive transitions for patients, families, and communities. Nurses are consistently relied on to coach and support patients going through major life transitions, such as illness, recovery, pregnancy, old age, and many more. A collection of over 50 articles published from 1975 through 2007 and five newly commissioned articles, Transitions Theory covers developmental, situational, health and illness, organizational, and therapeutic transitions. Each section includes an introduction written by Dr. Meleis in which she offers her historical and practical perspective on transitions. Many of the articles consider the transitional experiences of ethnically diverse patients, women, the elderly, and other minority populations. Key Topics Discussed: Situational transitions, including discharge and relocation transitions (hospital to home, stroke recovery) and immigration transitions (psychological adaptation and impact of migration on family health) Educational transitions, including professional transitions (from RN to BSN and student to professional) Health and illness transitions, including self-care post heart failure, living with chronic illness, living with early dementia, and accepting palliative care Organization transitions, including role transitions from acute care to collaborative practice, and hospital to community practice Nursing therapeutics models of transition, including role supplementation models and debriefing models

Download or read book Varcarolis Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing written by Margaret Jordan Halter and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2014 with total page 739 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rev. ed. of: Foundations of psychiatric mental health nursing / [edited by] Elizabeth M. Varcarolis, Margaret Jordan Halter. 6th ed. c2010.

Download or read book Nursing Research written by Kader Parahoo and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-30 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learning about research can be a daunting task. This best-selling core text book offers a comprehensive introduction to important research concepts, processes and issues. The author guides readers who are new to research but also introduces new debates and perspectives to those with some experience wanting to develop their skills further. This popular book equips students with the information and skills they need to read, comprehend and critique research. Whether an undergraduate taking an introductory research module, a postgraduate nursing student embarking on a project, or an experienced practitioner wanting to sharpen your skills, Parahoo's accessible writing style will ensure readers are able to utilise research throughout their study and in everyday practice. New to this Edition: - Three new chapters on qualitative methods, introducing grounded theory, phenomenology and ethnography - Updated narrative and research examples to ensure content and application is relevant

Download or read book Critical Thinking in Nursing written by M. Gaie Rubenfeld and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text makes learning and teaching a lot easier! Using a nursing process framework, this active learning book helps students develop effective thinking skills. Readable, thorough and well-organized, the book's practical approach covers all aspects of critical thinking, and progresses from less complex to more complex material. Activities throughout the text encourage readers to identify, value, and enhance their thinking. Multiple examples of concepts from everyday life and nursing situations help readers apply learned information. Special features include: Action Learning exercises; Tracking Nursing Thinking checklists; Thinking-Learning Checks; multi-cultural focus; and numerous case studies. New in this edition: chapter on Designing Care: A Nurse and Patient Thinking Partnership; Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) and Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC); and a New Foreword by the authors of NIC.

Download or read book Unleashing the potential written by Marope, P.T.M. and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "UNESCO has recently published the third volume of its Education on the Move series, a series dedicated to the analysis of key trends in education with the hope of inspiring dialogue among policy makers, educators and other key stakeholders on the challenges of education for tomorrow. The latest publication, entitled Unleashing the Potential: Transforming Technical and Vocational Education and Training is focused entirely on issues related to technical and vocational education and training (TVET). It takes stock of the steadily increasing demands and expectations on TVET systems around the globe and presents recent policy trends in the field of TVET. In their analysis, the authors provide insights into what it takes to unleash the potential of TVET systems around the world. They propose an integrated analytical approach that takes into consideration such factors as economic growth, social equity and issues related to sustainability so that TVET can contribute more effectively to contemporary policy issues such as youth unemployment, gender disparities and climate change. Overall, the book calls for a transformation of TVET systems to enable them to respond to the demands of their contexts. This transformation should enable TVET systems to acquire agility to stay current and responsive to the rapidly changing demands of the twenty-first century."--Publisher's website.

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Download or read book A Practical Guide for Medical Teachers written by John Dent and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2017-04-26 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fifth Edition of the highly praised Practical Guide for Medical Teachers provides a bridge between the theoretical aspects of medical education and the delivery of enthusiastic and effective teaching in basic science and clinical medicine. Healthcare professionals are committed teachers and this book is an essential guide to help them maximise their performance. This highly regarded book recognises the importance of educational skills in the delivery of quality teaching in medicine. The contents offer valuable insights into all important aspects of medical education today. A leading educationalist from the USA joins the book’s editorial team. The continual emergence of new topics is recognised in this new edition with nine new chapters: The role of patients as teachers and assessors; Medical humanities; Decision-making; Alternative medicine; Global awareness; Education at a time of ubiquitous information; Programmative assessment; Student engagement; and Social accountability. An enlarged group of authors from more than 15 countries provides both an international perspective and a multi-professional approach to topics of interest to all healthcare teachers.

Download or read book THINK Critically written by Peter A. Facione and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THINK Currency. THINK Relevancy. THINK Critically. THINK Critically is a cutting-edge, self-reflective guide for improving critical thinking skills through careful analysis, reasoned inference, and thoughtful evaluation of contemporary culture and ideas. An engaging visual design developed with extensive student feedback and 15-page chapters makes THINK Critically the textbook your students will actually read. It delivers the core concepts of critical thinking in a way they can easily understand. Additionally, engaging examples and masterful exercises help students learn to clarify ideas, analyze arguments, and evaluate reasoning. A better teaching and learning experience This program will provide a better teaching and learning experience--for you and your students. Here's how: Improve Critical Thinking - "Think Critically" exercises are positioned throughout each chapter to help students build skills. Engage Students - In-text features include "Map It Out" sections, video clips, and Web-based multimedia examples. Support Instructors - Four new optional chapters are available through the Pearson Custom Library, and a comprehensive supplements package is available to be packaged with this text.

Download or read book Rankings and Accountability in Higher Education Uses and Misuses written by Priscilla Toka Mmantsetsa Marope and published by UNESCO. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The growing impact of university rankings on public policy and on students choices has stirred controversy worldwide. This unique volume brings together the architects of university rankings and their critics to debate the uses and misuses of existing rankings. With voices from five continents, it provides a comprehensive overview of current thinking on the subject and sets out alternative approaches and complementary tools for a new era of transparent and informed use of higher education ranking tables.

Download or read book Inequalities in Health Care for Migrants and Ethnic Minorities written by David Ingleby and published by Maklu. This book was released on 2012 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vol. 1 examines how much is known about migrant and ethnic minority health and where the barriers to scientific progress lie. Vol. 2 is concerned with the changes that are needed to improve the matching of health services to the needs of these groups.

Download or read book MEDINFO 2001 written by Vimla L. Patel and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technological infrastructure - Standards for interworking - Human-computer interaction - Knowledge representation - Information management - Decision support - Electronic patient records - Health information systems - Patient care aspects/telematics.