critical thinking

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Hi everyone I'm trying to find a good example for critical thinking competencies;Hw can we tell thet a nurse is using A.Inference B.Problem solvingC.Decision MakingD.Diagnostic reasoning

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I don't think there is a short answer to that one, but I can recommend a couple of excellent books...

"The Nurs"e Educator's Guide to Assessing Learning Outcomes", Mary E. McDonald

"Evaluation and Testing in Nursing Education", Marilyn H. Oermann and Kathleen B. Gaberson

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A care plan?

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Iwould judge by the rationales the nurse uses to justify his/her decision.

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Specializes in Critical Care, Education.

If you're looking for an "application level" assessment of critical thinking rather than theory or formal tools, I would suggest evaluation of the nurse's ability to:

1. Identify patient problems (can she integrate book knowledge with what she is seeing in the patient?)

2. Manage the problem appropriately (knowledge of physiology & underlying principles)

3. Prioritize nursing interventions/actions needed to manage the problem

These are actually listed in order -- with #1 being the most important.

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