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Critical Thinking Re: To Nursing

Critical Thinking Related to Nursing

In researching the process of critical thinking, you find many definitions and

explanations. An example of the definition of critical thinking (Shriven & Paul) is the

intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying,

analyzing, synthesizing, and/or generated by, observation, experience, reflection,

reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action.

In her article, Learning to Think Like a Nurse, Pam DiVito-Thomas, PhD, RN

(2005) acknowledges the various definitions of critical thinking. She concedes that

"nearly all definitions of critical thinking emphasize logic and reasoning". The basis for

this article was related to a study conducted by Ms. DiVito-Thomas, involving nursing

students; in an effort to determine which teaching and learning strategies they felt would

help them develop better critical thinking skills. She mentions a......


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