O objetivo do estudo foi identificar habilidades de pensamento crítico no processo diagnóstico em enfermagem. Trata-se de um estudo exploratório descritivo com aplicação de caso clínico a sete discentes de enfermagem para identificação de habilidades de pensamento crítico e suas justificativas. Foi realizada análise de conteúdo para processamento dos dados. Tem-se que seis participantes citaram análise, conhecimento técnico-científico e raciocínio lógico como habilidades de pensamento crítico importantes na identificação de um diagnóstico de enfermagem prioritário; a experiência clínica foi citada por cinco participantes; o conhecimento sobre o paciente e aplicação de padrões foram habilidades mencionadas por três participantes; o discernimento e perspectiva contextual foram habilidades referidas por dois participantes. Com base nesses resultados, observou-se a utilização de habilidades de pensamento crítico relacionadas às etapas do processo de diagnóstico de enfermagem. Concluí-se que a aplicação desse processo configura uma estratégia que possibilita o desenvolvimento de habilidades específicas de pensamento crítico.

understanding these beliefs drew from knowledge about factors related to, vulnerability to HIV/Aids aimed at planning health care actions for this population segment.

This study aimed at characterizing the teaching strategies applied to nursing in order to develop critical thinking skills. An integrative review was elaborated on the Web of Science and Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) data base, with the descriptors critical thinking, nursing and teaching from 1987 to 2008. The sample comprised 64 articles and the analysis provided the identification of 27 strategies for teaching critical thinking in nursing. Among those, the most referred to were questioning, case study, online teaching and interactive learning, concept map and teaching based on problem solving. Different strategies described in the study revealed a wide range of possibilities which can be applied to teaching and to clinical practice. It was concluded that the development of the critical thinking skills through these teaching strategies can help nursing students to be more critical and reflexive.

The aim of this study was to create a term base for nursing practices with elderly women with HIV/AIDS. This documental descriptive research was conducted at the Universidade Federal de Paraíba, from August 2012 to July 2013, based on a list of terms from the Integrated Plan to Combat the Feminization of AIDS and other STDs. These terms were cross-mapped with those of the International Classification for Nursing Practices 2011 (CIPE(r) 2011) and use of these terms in nursing practices was confirmed with the help of 15 participants. The base comprised 106 constant terms and 69 non-constant terms in the CIPE(r) 2011. Results revealed the need to reconsider nursing care for elderly women with HIV/AIDS in light of epidemiological changes in relation to aging and feminization of the disease. The term base will support the construction of more appropriate wording for nursing diagnoses, results and interventions for elderly women with HIV/AIDS.

Objective: To describe the scientific production of the International Classification for Nursing Practice throughout dissertations and theses published by nurses in Brazil from 1996 to 2016. Method: A bibliometric, descriptive, quantitative documentary study, carried out from October/2015 to July/2016 on the sites of the Center of Studies and Research in Nursing (CEPEn), at the thesis and dissertation banks of the Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel and of the Plataforma Sucupira (Sucupira Platform). Results: There were 108 productions, 30 theses and 78 dissertations. In 2014, there was the largest number of publications (19). The Graduate Program in Nursing of the Universidade Federal da Paraíba had the highest number of productions (23). Regarding the theme, the use in clinical practice was highlighted (69), followed by the elaboration of terminology subsets (17). Conclusion: The Brazilian scientific production setting on ICNP® is expressive, evidencing this system as a tool that allows the provision of systematic care.

The objective of this study was to analyze the structural elements of critical thinking (CT) of nurses in the clinical decision-making process. This exploratory, qualitative study was conducted with 20 emergency care nurses in three hospitals in southern Brazil. Data were collected from April to June 2009, and a validated clinical case was applied from which nurses listed health problems, prescribed care and listed the structural elements of CT. Content analysis resulted in categories used to determine priority structural elements of CT, namely theoretical foundations and practical relationship to clinical decision making; technical and scientific knowledge and clinical experience, thought processes and clinical decision making: clinical reasoning and basis for clinical judgments of nurses: patient assessment and ethics. It was concluded that thinking critically is a skill that enables implementation of a secure and effective nursing care process.

Objective: To present the experience of elaboration and implementation of the Active Teaching Model to Promote Critical Thinking (MEAPC), associated to Problem-Based Learning (PBL), for undergraduate students in Nursing. Method: Case report on the experience of the educational intervention (MEAPC + PBL) with undergraduate students in Nursing, in a 20-hour course on Basic Life Support (BLS). The MEAPC was validated by judges to guide the analysis of clinical cases. Critical Thinking (CT) skills were assessed using the California Critical Thinking Skills Test. Result: The educational intervention took place in two phases: elaboration and implementation, allowing not only the production of knowledge about BLS, but also the development of CT and exchange of experiences for teaching-learning. Conclusion: The association of the MEAPC to the PBL in the course of BLS organized the learning, gave opportunity to acquire knowledge and to stimulate the skills of the CT.

RESUMOO processo diagnóstico em enfermagem consiste na coleta de informações, interpretação das informações, levantamento de hipóteses diagnósticas e identificação do diagnóstico de enfermagem. A tomada de decisão, quanto ao diagnóstico de enfermagem, envolve habilidades cognitivas, interpessoais e atitudes do profissional. O pensamento crítico se apresenta como componente essencial no processo diagnóstico em enfermagem. Ele é definido como um julgamento deliberado resultante da interpretação, da análise, da avaliação, da inferência e da explicação de evidências. Argumenta-se que se deve persistir na melhoria do pensamento crítico, a fim de um maior grau de precisão de diagnósticos de enfermagem. É necessário incentivar o desenvolvimento do pensamento crítico em enfermagem para que enfermeiros sejam capazes de diagnosticar, intervir e avaliar situações clínicas, tomando decisões adequadas. Palavras-chave: Enfermagem. Pensamento. Processos de enfermagem. Diagnóstico de enfermagem.