Nurse educators’ critical thinking: reflection and measurement

Raymond, Christy; Profetto‐McGrath, Joanne

doi:10.1016/j.nepr.2004.10.004

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“…Helsdingen, Van den Bosch, Van Gog, and van Merriënboer (), stating that critical thinking training enhanced decision‐making strategies, suggested that learning critical thinking within educational programs might be useful for professional decision makers who have to work in sophisticated and extremely interactive, dynamic environments. In the literature, it was stated that problem‐ and inquiry‐based learning, critical incident analysis, and case scenario studies were useful techniques to promote the development of critical thinking skills (Raymond & Profetto‐McGrath, ; Thorpe & Loo, ; Zori & Morrison, ). Based on this research, the intuitive DMS scores of the graduates of associate degree programs were higher than those of the nurses with higher educational levels.…”

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Decision‐making styles, anxiety levels, and critical thinking levels of nurses

Polat

Kutlu

et al. 2018

Japan Journal Nursing Sci

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Aim This research was carried out so as to reveal the relationships between the anxiety state of nurses, their critical thinking disposition, and decision‐making strategies. Methods Survey forms and scales that were related to demographic attributes, anxiety, critical thinking and decision‐making were used in this research. The sampling was formed with 326 nurses who were selected by using the random sampling method. The data were collected between November, 2014 and January, 2015 via a Descriptive Information Form, the California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory, State–Trait Anxiety Inventory, and Decision‐Making Strategies Scale. Results Of the nurses, 91.4% were discovered to have low critical thinking disposition levels. The nurses’ scores in analytics, open‐mindedness, and curiosity were higher, compared to the other categories. As for decision‐making, independent decision‐making was the most commonly used strategy. There was a poor positive relationship between the age of the nurses and their points of independent decision‐making and intuitive decision‐making. It was detected that age and open‐mindedness affected the total points of independent decision‐making, intuitive decision‐making, and rational decision‐making. Conclusion The critical thinking training of nurses affects their rational decision‐making levels and their age affects independent, intuitive, and rational decision‐making. Systematicity affects only indecision in a negative way, whereas open‐mindedness negatively affects intuitive decision‐making, rational decision‐making, and indecision. Anxiety negatively affects independent decision‐making, whereas it affects indecision strategy positively. The working style of nurses does not affect their decision‐making strategies. Indecision strategy is negatively predicted by open‐mindedness, systematicity, and self‐confidence and it is positively predicted by anxiety.

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Decision‐making styles, anxiety levels, and critical thinking levels of nurses

Polat

Kutlu

et al. 2018

Japan Journal Nursing Sci

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“…This confusion 123 between critical thinking, reflective practice and 124 decision-making may be one of the reason why crit-125 ical thinking processes and models (Dreyfus and 126 Dreyfus, 1985;Benner, 1984) (Raymond and Profetto-McGrath, 2005 (Edwards, 2003).…”

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Critical thinking: A two-phase framework

Edwards

2007

Nurse Education in Practice

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“…Informal, ongoing interactions with nurse managers and formal leadership education programs could incorporate strategies to support the development of critical thinking skills and disposition to consistently apply these skills. Honing of emotional and social intelligence skills, inquiry‐based learning, appreciative inquiry, critical incident analysis, concept mapping, case studies, role‐play, and dialogue are useful techniques that may improve critical thinking (Facione & Facione, 2008; Raymond & Profetto‐McGrath, 2005; Toofany, 2008; Zori & Morrison, 2009). Nurse managers may also improve critical thinking skills and dispositions by engaging in reflective journaling and participating in journal clubs to critique and analyze relevant leadership articles (Profetto‐McGrath; Zori & Morrison).…”

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confidence: 99%