Download or read book Clinical Judgment and Critical Thinking Abilities Among Senior Nursing Students written by Eleanor T. Campbell and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Enhancing Critical Thinking Disposition and Clinical Judgment Skills in Senior BSN Students Via Electronic Interactive Simulation written by Deborah Lynne Weatherspoon and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Problem The problem investigated in this study was the lack of empirical evidence available regarding the effectiveness of electronic interactive simulation (EIS) for developing critical thinking disposition and clinical judgment skills in the senior baccalaureate nursing student. Aim The aim of this study was to identify an effective method of experiential learning simulation that may be independently accessed by the learner with a goal of enhancing critical thinking disposition and clinical judgment skills of senior baccalaureate student nurses (BSN). Purpose The purpose of this experimental study was to compare the effects of EIS to traditional paper case studies on the critical thinking disposition and clinical judgment skills, measured by accuracy and efficiency of situational decision making, of senior nursing students enrolled in baccalaureate nursing programs in the United States. Methods One hundred and seventeen senior nursing students completed the randomized control study by using either the EIS or paper case study learning intervention. Repeated measures ANOVA and nonparametric tests were used to test the hypotheses that senior BSN who participate in EIS of real-life clinical scenarios over a period of two weeks will experience significant increases in clinical judgment and critical thinking disposition compared to students who receive traditional paper case study simulation. Findings Results showed that participants who used EIS over a two-week period increased their scores for critical thinking disposition overall and on three of the subscales. Results also indicated a positive trend, greater than the comparison group, on the remaining subscales. It is noted that many scores for the Case Study group actually decreased, suggesting that this method had a stifling effect on the development of critical thinking disposition. Retention and application of learned information was apparent for both groups, however, there was a trend for a greater change in the EIS group compared to the Case Study group. Additional research is needed to explore the effectiveness of this emerging pedagogy to add to what is known about the effects of experiential learning in the healthcare professions.
Download or read book Developing Critical Thinking Skills in Clinical Nursing Students written by Paulla Mizer and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The growing complexity of health care requires nurses to know, watch, do, and manage more, with more interdisciplinary team members than ever before leaving newly graduated nurses lacking the ability to apply new technology safely and appropriately. Hence, the significance of effectively preparing senior nursing students (SNSs) through the development of clinical reasoning, clinical judgement and critical thinking skills in order to face the challenges of their new career. Therefore, the aim of this evidenced-based practice (EBP) change project was to build stronger critical thinking skills in SNSs; thereby, effectively preparing them for transition from college into the health care system. The population consisted of SNSs in a rigorous 24-month rigorous Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) program in an urban Pacific Northwest community. Nine SNSs participated in this EBP change project. This practice change implemented scenario based simulation centered learning experience (SCSBLE) followed with debriefing for meaningful learning (DML) to increase critical thinking skills in SNSs. The results of these learning experiences were very positive, with an increase from pre-testing to post-testing scores by 7.22% demonstrating an increase in critical thinking skills in addition to students verbally expressing better assessment skills post SCSBLE/DML. Concluding, through SCSBLE/DML experiences with SNSs critical thinking skills and confidence were built. Subsequent implementations must be administered with larger numbers of participants to solidify the evidence. Key words: Critical thinking; clinical judgement; clinical simulation; evidenced-based training; quality and safety practices " -- Abstract.
Download or read book Critical Thinking and Clinical Judgment written by Rosalinda Alfaro-LeFevre and published by Saunders. This book was released on 2009 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Develop the critical thinking skills you need for success in today's challenging healthcare setting with Critical Thinking and Clinical Judgment: A Practical Approach to Outcome-Focused Thinking, 4th Edition! This book's insightful and motivational style makes the concept of critical thinking come alive. Learning difficult concepts is easy with the book's "how-to" approach that provides supporting rationales to help you understand why and how to make decisions. User-friendly and motivational style with vivid examples, anecdotes, and real case scenarios brings content to life. Helps you work smarter - not harder - by providing workplace strategies for managing time, dealing with conflict, and giving bad news. Incorporates practical strategies to promote critical thinking with evidence showing why and how the strategies apply to real life. Emphasizes the importance of ethics- and standards-based professional practice in a world of increasing accountability to keep both you and your patients safe. Incorporates cultural, spiritual, and lifespan content throughout and addresses nurses' roles in hospitals, communities, and long-term care settings for a balanced, comprehensive look at critical thinking. Pre-Chapter Self-Tests help you focus on learning outcomes by identifying your learning needs. Independent learning is easy with user-friendly features such as Key Points, Critical Thinking Exercises, unique HMO ("Help Me Out") cartoons, and much more. New illustrations clarify key concepts and reflect the latest developments in critical thinking. UNIQUE! Applies brain-based learning principles through the use of strategies that challenge the mind to help you gain a better understanding of the content. A wealth of new content, including problem-focused versus outcome-focused thinking, prioritization, novice and expert thinking, evidence-based practice, and more, provides you with the latest information in the field. UNIQUE! Other Perspectives and Critical Moments vignettes with giraffe and elephant icons make learning this important information fun and engaging. Covers the Institute of Medicine's competencies and delegation strategies based on the ANA's Principles for Delegation. NCLEX(R) examination-style review section includes multiple-choice questions to helps you prepare for board exams.
Download or read book The Effect of the Developing Nurses Thinking Model on Clinical Judgment in Nursing Students written by Kristie Faith Douglass and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical thinking and clinical judgment are essential competencies for professional nursing practice. These abilities are used continually, enabling nurses to provide safe nursing care to increasingly complex patients in a variety of healthcare settings. The challenge that faces baccalaureate nursing programs as they prepare nursing students to function competently upon graduation, is how best to facilitate the development of these skills in our students. The purpose of this capstone project was to test the effect of the middle range theory of the Developing Nurses' Thinking (DNT) Model on clinical judgment in nursing students. Tanner's Clinical Judgment Model formed the conceptual framework for this project. An experimental, pretest/posttest study was conducted using a convenience sample of 44 senior students at one southeastern baccalaureate nursing program. Two clinical groups received the intervention in post conferences, while three groups served as the control group. Student clinical judgment was measured in high fidelity patient simulation, using the Lasater Clinical Judgment Rubric. Paired t-tests evaluated the differences between clinical judgment scores and an independent t-test was utilized to evaluate the difference between groups. Both groups showed statistically significant improvements on the posttest, but there was no statistically significant difference between groups. Therefore, the findings of this study did not support the use of the DNT Model to facilitate the development of clinical judgment in nursing students. However, small sample size and inadequate exposure to the intervention were likely contributors to these outcomes.
Download or read book Conversations in Critical Thinking and Clinical Judgment written by Marilynn Jackson and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2006 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presented in question and answer format, the 18 chapters in this reference for nurses tackle topics such as defining, developing, and promoting critical thinking; models, tests, applications in health care; research; and recruitment of critical thinkers. Jackson, a registered nurse, et al. conclude with activities and exercises. Annotation :2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Download or read book Improving Critical Thinking in Undergraduate Nursing Students written by Cathy L. Coram and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical thinking has been established as one of the key elements in developing excellent nurses and providing for patient safety. Improvement of critical thinking skills is essential to ensure patient safety as well as provide for the success of each professional nurse. Patient outcomes have been the focus of numerous research studies and correlation between critical thinking and clinical judgment has been demonstrated. The purpose of this study was to determine if critical thinking skills of undergraduate nursing students in a clinical setting could be improved. This was accomplished by utilizing Rosalinda Alfara-LeFevre's methods of developing critical thinking skills outlined in "Critical Thinking and Clinical Judgment, A Practical Approach". The experimental group was encouraged, mentored and instructed on the 'how to' of critical thinking techniques. The control group was not given the additional tools. Comparison of the two groups at the beginning of the clinical rotation and again at the completion will allow data to be compiled for statistical analysis. The data will be collected by the use of self and peer evaluations of Critical Thinking Indicators including both knowledge and behavior aspects. This study will be qualitative and quantitative in nature. While the scope of this study is limited to senior level students in one program, it provides a framework within which further evaluation of critical thinking assessment can be accomplished.
Download or read book Critical Thinking and Writing for Nursing Students written by Bob Price and published by Learning Matters. This book was released on 2016-01-30 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a clear and practical guide to help students develop critical thinking, writing and reflection skills. It explains what critical thinking is and how students should use it throughout their nursing programme. This new edition also provides an innovative new framework that helps students appreciate different levels of critical thinking and reflection to help nursing students appreciate the requirements of degree level study. The book demonstrates the transferable nature of critical thinking and reflection from academic contexts to the real practice of nursing. Key features Clear and straightforward introduction to critical thinking directly written for nursing students, with chapters relating the subject to specific study and practice contexts Student examples and scenarios throughout, including running case studies from four nursing students and further annotated examples of student’s work on the website Each chapter is linked to the new NMC Standards and Essential Skills Clusters
Download or read book Critical Thinking and Writing in Nursing written by Bob Price and published by Learning Matters. This book was released on 2018-10-29 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clear and straightforward introduction to critical thinking written specifically for nursing students, with chapters relating the subject to specific study and practice contexts. Includes student examples and scenarios throughout, including running case studies from nursing students.
Download or read book Defining Critical Thinking Experiences of Senior Nursing Students written by Julie A. Senita and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate and describe nursing students' and clinical instructors' understandings of critical thinking and to discover which clinical experiences were significant in allowing students to develop critical thinking abilities. Interpretive qualitative methodology was used to explore students' and instructors' perceptions of critical thinking experiences that occurred during clinical education. Data were obtained from 11 student participants and 4 instructor participants using responses to prompts defining critical thinking experiences and follow-up interviews. There were three overarching findings from this study: (a) students and instructors described similar characteristics of clinical experiences that were significant in developing critical thinking including complex situations warranting independent identification, interpretation, and decision making by students; (b) students and instructors described critical thinking as the ability to process an unclear situation, understand the significance of the context, and know what to do next; and (c) students and instructors revealed a disconnect regarding instructor significance and role during clinical experiences. The findings of this study have demonstrated the importance of clinical experiences and preparing for them and debriefing after them for students and the development of their critical thinking. Implications for nursing education include the need to implement certain strategies that maximize critical thinking experiences in the clinical setting, the need for education and training for clinical instructors, and the need for improved discourse between students and instructors regarding clinical experiences.
Download or read book The effect of learning styles critical thinking disposition and critical thinking on clinical judgment in senior baccalaureate nursing students during human patient simulation written by Kiyan McCormick and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Comparative Study of Critical Thinking Abilities of Sophomore and Senior Nursing Students written by Laurie Swaney-Berghoff and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Critical Thinking Clinical Reasoning and Clinical Judgment written by and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Clinical Reasoning written by Tracy Levett-Jones and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Australian text designed to address the key area of clinical reasoning in nursing practice. Using a series of authentic scenarios, Clinical Reasoning guides students through the clinical reasoning process while challenging them to think critically about the nursing care they provide. With scenarios adapted from real clinical situations that occurred in healthcare and community settings, this edition continues to address the core principles for the provision of quality care and the prevention of adverse patient outcomes.
Download or read book An Investigation Into the Relationship Between Critical Thinking Skills and Clinical Judgment in the Nurse Practitioner Student written by Karen L. Gorton and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Educating Nurses written by Patricia Benner and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-12-09 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for Educating Nurses "This book represents a call to arms, a call for nursing educators and programs to step up in our preparation of nurses. This book will incite controversy, wonderful debate, and dialogue among nurses and others. It is a must-read for every nurse educator and for every nurse that yearns for nursing to acknowledge and reach for the real difference that nursing can make in safety and quality in health care." —Beverly Malone, chief executive officer, National League for Nursing "This book describes specific steps that will enable a new system to improve both nursing formation and patient care. It provides a timely and essential element to health care reform." —David C. Leach, former executive director, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education "The ideas about caregiving developed here make a profoundly philosophical and intellectually innovative contribution to medicine as well as all healing professions, and to anyone concerned with ethics. This groundbreaking work is both paradigm-shifting and delightful to read." —Jodi Halpern, author, From Detached Concern to Empathy: Humanizing Medical Practice "This book is a landmark work in professional education! It is a must-read for all practicing and aspiring nurse educators, administrators, policy makers, and, yes, nursing students." —Christine A. Tanner, senior editor, Journal of Nursing Education "This work has profound implications for nurse executives and frontline managers." —Eloise Balasco Cathcart, coordinator, Graduate Program in Nursing Administration, New York University
Download or read book An Evaluation of the Relationship Between Reflective Judgment and Critical Thinking in Senior Associate Degree Nursing Students written by Cynthia L. Maskey and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nursing students to be successful in current and future practice they must be proficient critical thinkers and be able to use reflective judgment skills to manage the daily dilemmas of healthcare practice. Critical thinking and reflective judgment are not elements of nursing curricula unless faculty explicitly design learning activities to develop these skills. This study examined the relationship between reflective judgment and critical thinking by comparing a measure of reflective judgment, the Reasoning about Current Issues (RCI) test, with a measure of critical thinking in nursing (the HESI Exit Exam) in a sample population of senior associate degree nursing (ADN) students (N = 108). The descriptive variables of individual ADN student's age, grade point average (GPA) in nursing courses and the number of completed college/university credit hours were also examined. A modest correlation (r = .370, p
