Lecture 6 - The Nursing Process

• Interpersonal Skills • Psychomotor Skills • Cognitive Skills

Cognitive Skill

the use of knowledge and reasoning to make accurate clinical judgements and decisions - requires purposeful and reflective erasoning to examine ideas, assumptions and beliefs, principles, conclusions, and actions, within the contect of the situation - needed for nursing assessments

• Care-Based Learning • Reflective Writing • Concept Mapping

strategy that allows you to explore complex problems and engage in decision making without the risk of harming a patient - case studies, problem-based learning, simulation, virtual reality - allows practice of psychomotor skills in a controlled environment to gain confidence and feedback without risk of harm

tool for developing critical thought that uses the process of reflection to purposefully recall a situation in order to discover its purpose or meaning - identify how previously acquired knowledge can be applied in another situation, and to monitor your competence in nursing practice

visual representation of patient health problems and interventions that depicts their relationships to one another

• Specific Knowledge Base • Experience • Competencies • Attitudes • Standards

nurses possess a sound knowledge base to think critically, formulate accurate clinical judgements and decisions, and improve clinical practice - information and theories - demands that nurses develop strong information literacy skills

educational and clinical experience learned by observing, sensing, talking with patients and families, and reflecting actively on experiences

critical thinking competencies are unique to nursing (3) 1. General 2. Specific in Clinical Situations 3. Specific in Nursing

systematic, ordered approach to gathering data and solving problems, research incorporated

evaluating situations and potential solutions to ensure effectiveness

helps explain what is involved as the nurse makes clinical decisions and judgements about their patients and defines the outcome of critical thinking - used for applying critical thinking during the nursing process

Level 1: Basic Critical Thinking level 2: Complex Critical Thinking Level 3: Commitment Critical Thinking