Critical Thinking Flashcards
Characteristics of a Critical Thinker
Open-mindedness Truth seeking Continual inquiry Perserverance Willingness to look at each patient as unique Analytical Systemic Self-confident Inquisitive Mature
Nurse’s Responsibility in Clinical Decision-Making
Selecting appropriate treatments or interventions after determining a patient’s health problems Separates professional nurses from NAP
Reflection improves clinical decision making by…
improving the accuracy of making diagnostic conclusions.
Critical thinking skills used in nursing practice
clinical inference diagnostice reasoning clinical decision making
Relationship between critical thinking & clinical experience
Clinical experience tests nursing knowledge Competency comes with experience Each experience builds new knowledge & stimulates innovative thinking
Critical Thinking Attitudes
Confidence (performing a skill) Independent Thinking (challenging other’s ideas) Fairness (don’t allow personal beliefs to influence care) Responsibility & Accountability (know limits of care) Risk Taking (trying different ways to solve a problem) Discipline (follow an orderly, systematic approach) Perserverance (determined to find solution) Creativity (original thinking) Curiosity (ask “Why?”) Integrity (honesty, willing to admit mistakes) Humility (admit limitations)
Professional Standards influence a nurse’s critical thinking by…
Requiring use of critical thinking for the good of individuals or groups
Problem Solving
obtaining information & applying it together with what you already know to find a solution
Deductive Reasoning
“top-down” logic general to specific
Concept Map
visual road maps that highlight the meaning of relationships between concepts & help conceptualize a holistic view of a patient
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Open-mindedness Truth seeking Continual inquiry Perserverance Willingness to look at each patient as unique Analytical Systemic Self-confident Inquisitive Mature
Characteristics of a Critical Thinker
Reversed
Selecting appropriate treatments or interventions after determining a patient’s health problems Separates professional nurses from NAP
Nurse’s Responsibility in Clinical Decision-Making
Reversed
improving the accuracy of making diagnostic conclusions.
Reflection improves clinical decision making by…
Reversed
clinical inference diagnostice reasoning clinical decision making
Critical thinking skills used in nursing practice
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Clinical experience tests nursing knowledge Competency comes with experience Each experience builds new knowledge & stimulates innovative thinking
Relationship between critical thinking & clinical experience
