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chapter 9
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Nursing
Undergraduate 1
10/17/2012

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critical thinking
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purposeful and rational and sets out to accomplish a specefic goal
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how do you become a critical thinker
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learn the process

practice

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text book definition of critical thinking 
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purposeful,goal directed process of inquiry that utlilizes available facts, principles, theories, and abstractions to analyze, make inferences, solve problems or arrive at decsions
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Hansten and Washburn- critical thinking does what ? what three things?
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decreases errors

decreases sentinel events

improves pateint care system

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what is reasoned thought
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discriminating and prudent does not allow for emotion, feelings or predjudice, to skew decisions
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negative factors may interfere with 
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the ability to think clearly
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what is clinical judgement
Definition
perceptive understanding of a situation based on knowledge, emperical data, theory and scientific inquiry
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emperical data what is the defintion
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data that can be observed or experienced
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what does clinical judgement require
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series of decisions

based on changing observations and collected data

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what is required to think critically
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experience knowlege and skills
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cultivated thinking
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organized enlightened and educated
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deductive reasoning
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general to specific
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inductive reasoning
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specific to general
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what are the eight elements of reasoning and critical thought by Paul
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purpose

question at issue

point of view

available information

concepts

assumptions

implications and consequences

inferences

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what are you tryng to accomplish
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purpose
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the question is relative to the purpose

defines purpose clearly and accuratly

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question at issue
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point of view
Definition
patients and nurses the nurse asks questions to gather what is the patients point of view, do not make assumptions
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concept
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idea, theory, mental image, does not have a tangible representation
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assumption

 

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educated guess
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how are implications and consequences defined
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through outcomes
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inference
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conclusion that results from summary of the process.
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attributes of a critical thinker
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curiosity

diligent pursuit of evidence and info

rational thought

reflection

creativity

intuitive thought

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creativity is linked to _______ reasoning
Definition
inductive reasoning
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