Chapter 8: Flashcards
Critical thinking:
- Continuous process characterized by open-mindedness.
- Continually inquire, perseverance, combined with willingness to look at each unique patient situation & determine which identified assumptions are true & relevant.
- Recognize that an issue exists, analyzing & evaluating information & make a conclusion.
What are some of the skills used in critical thinking?
interpretation; Orderly in collecting data
Analysis; Be open-minded as you look @ info about patient
Inference; Look at meaning & significance of findings
Evaluation; Look @ situations objectively & systematically
Explanation; Support your findings
Self-regulated; Reflect on your experiences, improve your own process, etc.
What are some of the concepts that critical thinkers have?
Truth seeking; Seek true meaning
Open-mindedness; Be tolerant of differences, and know views of patients
Analytical approach; Be alert to potentially problematic situations
Systematic approach; Be organized & focus & work hard
Self-confidence; Trust your own reasoning process
Inquisitiveness; Be eager to acquire knowedge & learn explanations even when applicable knowledge is clear
Maturity; Multiple solutions are acceptable
How do you reflect when doing critical thinking?
Purposefully think back or recalling a situation to discover it’s purpose or meaning
What type of language & intuition do you use while critical thinking?
- Precise & clear
* “Gut feeling” combined w/ objective & scientific knowledge
What are the 5 components/competencies of critical thinking?
Specific knowledge base Experience Competencies Attitudes Standards
What are the different levels of critical thinking?
Basic critical thinking
Complex critical thinking
Commitment
Basic critical thinking:
- Conscious to apply critical thinking, try to learn to organize nursing care activities
- Trust that experts know the right answers for every problem.
- Thinking is concrete & based on set of rules
- Complex problems are either right or worng.
- Learns to accept the diverse opinions & values of experts.
Complex critical thinking:
- Separate yourself from experts.
- Learn to analyze & examine choices more independently
- Skills grow, learn alternative & perhaps conflicting solutions exist
- Learn to synthesize knowledge
- More willing to consider deviation from the standards protocols/procedures & provide more individualized care.
Commitment Critical Thinking
- Anticipate the need to make choices w/out assistance from others
- Accept accountability for your decision
- Choose action/belief based on alternative available & stand by it.
- Consider results of the decision & determine if it’s appropriate.
Scientific method in critical thinking:
- Identifying problem
- Collecting data
- Formulating question/hypothesis
- Testing the question/hypothesis
- Evaluating results of study.
Clinical Judgment:
The decision to take action or not
Interpretation/conclusion about patients’ needs, concerns, health problems & /or the decision to take action (or not), modify approach, improvise new ones, etc..
Clinical reasoning:
Deliberate process.
Process of making a judgment, using deliberate process & an intuitive clinic grasp.
What are the three critical thinking competencies?
- Scientific method
- Problem solving
- Decision making
What kind of attitudes are needed for critical thinking?
Confidence Independence Fairness Responsibility Risk taking Discipline Perseverance Creativity Curiosity Integrity Humility
