CRITICAL THINKING IN NURSING: A Literature Review

Volume: 4 Number: 1 March 31, 2013
  • Yurdanur Demir
  • Yasemin Yıldırım Usta
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CRITICAL THINKING IN NURSING: A Literature Review

Abstract

Critical thinking in nursing, is skill and ability to use, use of risk getting creativity to make a decision and knowledge as a result, analysis and synthesis that, evaluation, to acquire, information search, to develop thinking, as an individual aware of his own thinking. Critical thinking is particularly important because of its potential impact on patient care in nursing. Therefore, with the rapid changes in health care and the influx of new technology, nurses must be able to use critical thinking to make clinical decisions that provide optimal patient care.Nurses using and develop critical thinking skills and trends the individual, professional development, improving nursing practice and contribute to society in terms of improving the quality of health care. In this article, the definition of critical thinking, its place in nursing, the ways to assess critical thinking and the results of the scientific studies carried out about critical thinking in nursing are discussed. Key Words:Critical thinking, critical thinking in nursing.

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English

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Authors

Yurdanur Demir This is me

Yasemin Yıldırım Usta This is me

Publication Date

March 31, 2013

Submission Date

February 22, 2012

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Year 2013 Volume: 4 Number: 1

APA
Demir, Y., & Yıldırım Usta, Y. (2013). CRITICAL THINKING IN NURSING: A Literature Review. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi, 4(1), 31-38. https://izlik.org/JA43PE52LF
AMA
1.Demir Y, Yıldırım Usta Y. CRITICAL THINKING IN NURSING: A Literature Review. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi. 2013;4(1):31-38. https://izlik.org/JA43PE52LF
Chicago
Demir, Yurdanur, and Yasemin Yıldırım Usta. 2013. “CRITICAL THINKING IN NURSING: A Literature Review”. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi 4 (1): 31-38. https://izlik.org/JA43PE52LF.
EndNote
Demir Y, Yıldırım Usta Y (April 1, 2013) CRITICAL THINKING IN NURSING: A Literature Review. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi 4 1 31–38.
IEEE
[1]Y. Demir and Y. Yıldırım Usta, “CRITICAL THINKING IN NURSING: A Literature Review”, Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 31–38, Apr. 2013, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA43PE52LF
ISNAD
Demir, Yurdanur - Yıldırım Usta, Yasemin. “CRITICAL THINKING IN NURSING: A Literature Review”. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi 4/1 (April 1, 2013): 31-38. https://izlik.org/JA43PE52LF.
JAMA
1.Demir Y, Yıldırım Usta Y. CRITICAL THINKING IN NURSING: A Literature Review. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi. 2013;4:31–38.
MLA
Demir, Yurdanur, and Yasemin Yıldırım Usta. “CRITICAL THINKING IN NURSING: A Literature Review”. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi, vol. 4, no. 1, Apr. 2013, pp. 31-38, https://izlik.org/JA43PE52LF.
Vancouver
1.Yurdanur Demir, Yasemin Yıldırım Usta. CRITICAL THINKING IN NURSING: A Literature Review. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi [Internet]. 2013 Apr. 1;4(1):31-8. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA43PE52LF