5 Chapter 4 Critical Thinking In Nursing Flashcards
Critical thinking
Involves the application of knowledge and experience to identify patient problems and to direct clinical judgements and actions that exult in positive patient outcomes
Clinical reasoning
Uses critical thinking, knowledge, and experience to develop solutions to problems and make decisions in a clinical setting
Processes that depend on critical thinking
- problem solving
- decision making
- reasoning
- judgement
Theoretical underpinnings of critical thinking
The way to improve quality of thought processes through analysis, and reconstruction Reflection Evidence Standards Attributes or traits
Intellectual standards of critical thinking
Clarity Precision Depth Logic Accuracy Relevance Breadth Significance Fairness
Baseline knowledge
Includes content learned in prerequisite courses
Nursing-specific
Specialty information about specific populations
Information gathering
Based on knowledge gaps
Reasoning
Logical thinking that links in. Meaningful ways
Inductive reasoning
Uses specific facts or details to make conclusions and generalizations
Specific to general
Deductive reasoning
Involves generating facts or details from a major theory, generalization, or premise (general to specific)
Interferences
Intellectual acts that involve a conclusion being made on the basis of something else
Intuition
The feeling that ou know k=something without evidence
Interpretation
Examination of how information is organized and given meaning
Based on personal concepts
Validation
Process of gathering information to determine whether the info gathered is factual or true
Point of care testing
Allows certain lab tests to be performed in patient care units
Include routine assessment of sampling practices, evaluations of controls used in sampling, and review of quality of testing procedures
Critical thinking nursing process
Interpretation Analysis Evaluation Inference Explanation Self-regulation Clinical decision making
Thinking errors to avoid
Bias Illogical thinking Lack of info Close-minded Erroneous assumptions
Ethical, legal, professional practice
Reflection and critical thinking
Research indicates that caring encourages nurses to think about patient-centered plans of care
Competence and caring for positive patient outcomes
The nursing process organizes your approach while delivering nursing care. To provide the best professional care to patients, nurses need to incorporate nursing process and _________
Critical thinking skills
Reflection
The results of deliberate thinking are used to guide further thinking
Breadth
Considering a topic, problem, or issue from every relevant viewpoint
Logic
Using a mutually supportive or sensible combination of thought and facts to osm a conclusion
Significance
Concentrating on the most important information when considering an issue
Fairness
Thinking or acting in accord with reason and without bias
The use of diagnostic reasoning involves rigorous approach to clinical practice and demonstrates that critically thinking can not be done
Haphazardly
**Attitudes necessary for critical thinking
Confidence Fairness Risk-taking Perseverance Curiosity Thinking independently Humility Discipline Creativity Integrity Responsibility
