“…As a nursing academic, I was aware of the importance of developing critical thinking in novice nurses to support their transition to a professional practice and to make meaning of the world of work. This was achieved by using techniques from Socratic inquiry such as questioning the questions, challenging assumptions and thinking in a broader, social cultural and political context and is well supported in contemporary nursing literature (Adam & Juergensen, 2019; Makhene, 2019; McKie & Naysmith, 2014; Roberts, 2015).…”