Slide 2 Module 3 Objectives Gain knowledge in the variables that
comprise critical thinking Identify when clinical reasoning is
being used Evaluate the effectiveness of the clinical reasoning
Verbalize ways to promote future use and development of clinical
reasoning in your student Slide 3 Education Previous encounters
Personal experience Belief systems Values Assumptions Need more
information Willing to act Decisions Slide 4 When applied to
nursing, critical thinking, Incorporates data collection and
analysis Explores what is known in relation to what is desired
Examines individual and system issues affecting choices Determines
the best options for providing the most effective care Dickerson,
2005 fever Need Tylenol? Already had Percocet Percocet has Acetamin
ophen Mobilize?Time? Best practice Ibuprofen? A febrile Slide 5
Evaluate, reassess, reflect Explore options Ask a question Slide 6
Encourage development of a reflective practice Slide 7 Delphi
study, 1990 critical thinking habits of mind (dispositions) Truth
seeking, analyticity, self-confidence, open mindedness,
inquisitiveness, systematically, maturity of judgment skills of
critical thinking Analysis, evaluation, inference, interpretation,
explanation, self-regulation, inductive/deductive reasoning from
Scheffer & Rubenfield Slide 8 Cognitive domain Knowledge,
intellectual skills Experience Affective domain Influenced by our
beliefs, attitudes, values Impacts quality of care delivered
Psychomotor domain Physical movement, motor-skills Requires
practice Bastable Slide 9 Resources for further reading available
on the web Facione, P.A. (1990). Executive summary: The Delphi
Report. Retrieved from,
www.insightassessment.com/pdf_files/DEXadobe.PDF
www.insightassessment.com/pdf_files/DEXadobe.PDF Foundation for
Critical Thinking (2009). The critical thinking community.
Retrieved from, http://www.criticalthinking.org/index/cfm
http://www.criticalthinking.org/index/cfm Schultz, M. (2003).
Thinking about thinking (a PowerPoint presentation). Retreived
from, http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/mlx/slip.php?item+534
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/mlx/slip.php?item+534 Critical
thinking and the nursing process (a PowerPoint presentation.
Retrieved from,
http://www.mccc.edu/~martinl/documents/2009criticalthink
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