Question

Critical thinking gives you the power to make sense of something by deliberately choosing how to respond to events that you encounter. You take in information, examine and ask questions about it, look at new perspectives, and identify a plan. You use problem-solving and decision-making strategies. Demonstrate how you would use the nursing process when making a decision using critical thinking.

Answer 1

Ans) Critical thinking is applied by nurses in the process of solving problems of patients and decision-making process with creativity to enhance the effect. Moreover to indicate the positive effect and relation that critical thinking has on professional outcomes.

- Critical thinking is reasonable and rational.
As nurses, we are trained to collect data (vital signs, for example), weigh the facts (blood pressure high, patient complaining of headache) and think the matter through (check for orders for blood pressure medications or call physician and request treatment options).

- Critical thinking skills are very important in the nursing field because they are what you use to prioritize and make key decisions that can save lives. These types of skills are important not just for clinical care, but for making important policy decisions.

- The key critical thinking skills are: analysis, interpretation, inference, explanation, self-regulation, open-mindedness, and problem-solving.