Full Description
A clear and practical guide to help students develop critical thinking, writing and reflection skills. It explains what critical thinking is and how students should use it throughout their nursing programme. This new edition also provides content on the reflective practice requirements for revalidation and is mapped to the new 2018 NMC standards. This text provides an innovative new framework that helps students appreciate different levels of critical thinking and reflection required of degree level study. The book demonstrates the transferable nature of critical thinking and reflection from academic contexts to the real practice of nursing.Key features:Clear and straightforward introduction to critical thinking directly written for nursing students, with chapters relating the subject to specific study and practice contextsStudent examples and scenarios throughout, including running case studies from four nursing studentsEach chapter is linked to the new NMC standards of proficiency for registered nurses
Contents
IntroductionPart 1: Understanding thinking, reflecting and writingChapter 1: Critical thinkingChapter 2: ReflectingChapter 3: Scholarly writingPart 2: Critical thinking and reflecting in nursing contextsChapter 4: Making sense of lecturesChapter 5: Making sense of demonstrations, seminars and workshopsChapter 6: Making clinical placements successfulChapter 7: Making use of electronic mediaPart 3: Expressing critical thought and reflectionChapter 8: Critiquing evidence-based literatureChapter 9: Writing the analytical essayChapter 10: Writing the reflective essayChapter 11: Building and using your portfolio of learning
