Fostering Critical Thinking Skills
Hours: 1.00
Critical thinking is the mental process of analyzing or evaluating information, particularly statements or propositions that people have offered as true. Critical thinking involves using cognitive skills and making an intellectual commitment to using the information gained to inform and direct behavior. This course covers the critical thinking process and describes its relevance and benefits, as well as practical ways to apply critical thinking for both nurses and leaders in healthcare settings. While this course focuses on application of critical thinking in the nursing profession, the concepts and strategies presented in this course can be applied to all aspects of healthcare including leadership.
Critical thinking is the mental process of analyzing or evaluating information, particularly statements or propositions that people have offered as true. Critical thinking involves using cognitive skills and making an intellectual commitment to using the information gained to inform and direct behavior. This course covers the critical thinking process and describes its relevance and benefits, as well as practical ways to apply critical thinking for both nurses and leaders in healthcare settings. While this course focuses on application of critical thinking in the nursing profession, the concepts and strategies presented in this course can be applied to all aspects of healthcare including leadership.
Georgia Nursing Home Administrators Board
Georgia Nursing Home Administrators Board (CEBroker Provider # 50-290)
This activity is approved for 1.0000 contact hours.
Explain critical thinking and its relevance in healthcare.
Describe critical thinking skills and how to use them.
Identify ways to improve one’s critical thinking.
Identify the steps involved in the critical thinking process.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
A. About This Course
B. Learning Objectives
Section 2: The Essential Nursing Skill
A. Importance to Nursing Practice
B. Origins
C. Critical Thinking: A Definition for Nursing Practice
D. Relevance to Healthcare
E. How Critical Thinking Can Help You
F. Benefits to Leaders
G. Review
H. Summary
Section 3: Critical Thinking Skills
A. Tools for Critical Thinking
B. Analysis
C. Example of Analysis
D. Inference
E. Evaluation
F. Deductive Reasoning
G. Inductive Reasoning
H. Matching
I. Review
J. Summary
Section 4: Critical Thinking Process
A. The Critical Thinking Process for Nurses
B. Step 1: Problem Recognition
C. Changes in Health Status
D. Anticipating Changes
E. Identifying Unsafe Practice
F. Proactive Participation
G. Step 2: Decision-Making
H. Decision-Making in Practice
I. Step 3: Prioritization
J. A Refresher on Maslow’s
K. Step 4: Implementation
L. Step 5: Reflection
M. Some Questions for Reflection
N. Debriefing
O. Knowing What You Do Not Know
P. Steps in the Process
Q. Meet Mr. Tyler
R. Making a Good Decision
S. Resources for Clinical Decision-Making
T. Evaluating the Resources
U. Thinking Downstream
V. Prioritizing Care
W. Review
X. Summary
Section 5: Cultivating Critical Thinking
A. Critical Thinking Dispositions
B. Working as a Team
C. Practical Ways to Foster Critical Thinking
D. Socratic Method
E. Clinical Opportunities
F. Applying Critical Thinking to Individual Care
G. Using Critical Thinking for System Change
H. Review
I. Summary
Section 6: Conclusion
A. Summary
B. Course Contributor
C. References
D. Congratulations!
Instructor: Elizabeth Kellerman, MSN, RN
Elizabeth Kellerman, MSN, RN worked as a critical care nurse in an Intensive Care Unit of a community hospital and that experience provided significant training in caring for older adults. Her experience and knowledge led her to nursing education where she taught at a community college as she received her Master's in Nurse Education at Western Carolina University. As a nursing instructor, she spent time in many types of care settings including medical-surgical inpatient and community living centers. Her passion for education and training has most recently led her to a position as Subject Matter Expert and Content Writer for Relias. She is currently developing her medical writing skills through the University of California San Diego's medical writing program. Disclosure: Elizabeth Kellerman, MSN, RN discloses the following potential conflict of interests/commercial interests: Relevant Financial Relationship with Relias LLC as a Salaried Employee Relevant Non-Financial Relationship with No Entities Exists as a Contributor
The target audience for this course is: Administrators; Nurses; in the following settings: Post-Acute Care.
Asynchronous/Online Distance Learning; please see certificate details for specifics on delivery format.
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