Hi! I need three nurses to answer a question for an assignment.

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Hi! I need three nurses to answer a question for a homework assignment for school.

Question: What is critical thinking?

I also need you to give an example.

Thank you so much!

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.

Hmmmm. What do YOU think critical thinking is?

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Critical thinking is thinking outside the box and applying skillful reasoning to guide actions. I know what it means, but my homework assignment is to find three nurses to define it and give an example!

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Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.

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We get these requests a lot, so if there are any other students out there who might get this kind of assignment, listen up:

Part of your faculty's reason for giving you this assignment is to get you to go out there and speak to an RN face to face. A big email blast is not a substitute for shoe leather. AN is not Google.

See, in nursing, you have to learn to speak to a lot of people you would not otherwise encounter; you might find yourself out of your comfort zone. This is part of nursing, a huge part. An anonymous respondent online, well, you don't really know who we are, do you? We could be the truck driving guy living next door for all you know.

So if all you do about learning new things is "Go to the keyboard and hit send," then you are limiting your chances of actual learning a valuable skill you will need all your working life.

That said: Where will you find a nurse? Think outside the (computer) box.

Local hospital: go to the staff development/inservice education office and ask one of them. They value education and will be happy to chat or to hook you up with someone who is.

Go to the public health department downtown. Ditto.

Go to the local school and ask to speak to a school nurse. Ditto.

Go to a local clinic / physician/NP office. Ditto.

Go to the local jail and ask to speak to the nurse there. Ditto.

Notice all of these say, "Go to..." and not "Email..." Remember that part about meeting new people face to face and comfort zone.

Go!

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Hi! I need three nurses to answer a question for a homework assignment for school.

Question: What is critical thinking?

I also need you to give an example.

Thank you so much!

Just curious, what is the goal of this assignment? Aside from the obvious, of course.

What will this assignment allow you to gain as a student?

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I don't qualify since I am only a CNA... but wanted to at least give you credit because your at least honest with your posting.. some people lie and manipulate a post so they are getting homework answers but it does not seem like a homework post.

Not saying this is you but some people will come here the evening a paper needs to be done...usually Sunday night when they had been partying all weekend and expect a bunch of nurses to be manipulated into giving ideas and basically writing their papers for them.

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Just curious, what is the goal of this assignment? Aside from the obvious, of course.

What will this assignment allow you to gain as a student?

Honestly, I'm not sure what I would gain, but I guess more knowledge on what critical thinking is? Haha

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But how do you know we are nurses. We could very well all be crusty old bats with a degree in, hell idk computer science, living in their mothers basements and this could be our alter ego.

I'm weird, who cares.

As the great Brad Paisley said "I'm so much cooler online"

I really need to get a life.

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Specializes in Gerontology.

I am really just a very smart cat.

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Specializes in Prior military RN/current ICU RN..

Ok..then go to a hospital and interview three nurses. What is the point of the post?

You need "you" to give an example. Who is "you"? Any person on a message board. If you take anything from here and state in class "I was told by a nurse" you are not being honest. If you say "I posted on a message board and a person who I have no idea if they are an RN, LPN, CNA,Nursing student, or truck driver told me _____" The you are telling the truth.

Also make sure and inform the professor HONESTLY where you got your ansswers and see what they say. I have a feeling they will say one thing. "F".

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

Thread has been moved to the Nursing Student Assistance forum.

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Specializes in 15 years in ICU, 22 years in PACU.

What legitimate "school" would give an "assignment" like this to ask three internet strangers to define a term you already know?

Is this some on-line buy-a-degree program?

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