I am a nursing student going into my second year. You hear alot throughout the program from instructors to "think like a nurse" But they don't really teach you to think like a nurse, just teach you the anatomy, physiology and pathophysiolgy...ect. I am a good student, but I am still in the habit of studying, memorizing... but not really good at applying the knowledge to "real world"
How can you learn or get better at critical thinking or... "thinking like a nurse" any suggestions?
Specializes in Critical Care, Cardiology, Hematology,.
your job as a nurse is to insure the safety of the pt as they move through the hospital experiance. with that being said think like a nurse means to make this happen. your job is not to treat anything or to follow orders really, thats more MD and LPN. thinking like a nurse is to find problems before they happen, make connections, in other words keep your pts from getting worse or atliest alive.
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your job as a nurse is to insure the safety of the pt as they move through the hospital experiance. with that being said think like a nurse means to make this happen. your job is not to treat anything or to follow orders really, thats more MD and LPN. thinking like a nurse is to find problems before they happen, make connections, in other words keep your pts from getting worse or atliest alive.