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I have pondered over critical thinking and how to get the nurses to think critically. I have tried teaching critical thinking skills but to no avail. Then I discovered the missing element is what we already have, but seem to have strayed away from: The nursing process. When the all the steps of the nursing process is followed in every aspect of patient care, we are forced to critically think. The new nurse tends to assess and thats all. They don't do anything with the findings of the assessment. Now with every class that I teach, even something as simple as vital signs, I use the nursing process to teach it and explain it.: