Critical thinking in clinical nursing: a content analysis
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Purpose: Delivery of safe, effective and efficient care are important goals of qualified nursing care which can be met by acquiring critical thinking skills. In nursing critical thinking is a general concept and there are many uncertainty about its definition. In this paper, a specific definition of critical thinking is offered which has a direct relationship with clinical nursing.
Methods: In this qualitative content analysis, data were gathered from 18 nurses who had direct involvement with subjects. Semi structured interviews in Tehran, Karaj and Sanandaj hospitals, were conducted .The data were analyzed through inductive content analysis.
Results: The extracted attributes of critical thinking were using nursing process in facing with clinical situations, being criterion-based in making clinical decisions, emphasizing on holistic performances, personal critical thinking dispositions and using emotional intelligence in facing with clinical situations
Conclusions: The emerged categories were resulted in developing an operative definition about the critical thinking in the context of clinical nursing. This definition can help practitioners to develop a framework and guidelines for effective performance in practice. This framework usually guarantees competency in nursing.
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