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
What is the synthesis of critical thinking?
Knowledge Experneice, Standares, attitueds
Assessment, evaulation, nursing diagnosis, planning, immplementation
everything is connected to analysis
