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Critical Thinking & Communicati on of Critical Thinking Leibold (2020) Chapter 1 & 4 Weekly Learning Objectives 1. Define critical thinking. 2. Use examples of critical thinking from nursing practice to establish how it impacts client care and outcomes. 3. Differentiate between criti...

Critical Thinking & Communicati on of Critical Thinking Leibold (2020) Chapter 1 & 4 Weekly Learning Objectives 1. Define critical thinking. 2. Use examples of critical thinking from nursing practice to establish how it impacts client care and outcomes. 3. Differentiate between critical thinking, clinical reasoning, clinical judgment, and decision making. 4. Identify habits of thinking and practices to enhance critical thinking. 5. Define communication. 6. Explain the connection between communication and critical thinking. 7. Apply the communication skill of listening. 8. Analyze the art of asking questions. 9. Analyze how critical thinking and collaborating with other health care professionals impacts patient health outcomes. 2  3 Introduction Critical thinking is a kind of thinking in which you question, analy ze, interpret, evaluate an d make a judgement about what you read, hear, say, or write. The term critical comes from the Greek word kritikos meaning “able to judge or discern”.  Definitions Critical Clinical Clinical Thinking Reasoning Judgement How do we apply these in Decision Praxis our practice, Making consider examples?  Clinical Reasoning is “reflective, concurrent, critical, creative, and systems, and complexity thinking processes embedded in nursing Clinical practice that nurses use to filter, Reasoning frame, focus, juxtapose, and test the match between a patient’s present stated and the desired outcome state” (Kupier, O’Donnell, Pesut, & Turrise, 2017, p. 424). 5  "Clinical Judgment is a developmental process that includes Clinical the cognitive skills of noticing, Judgement interpreting, responding in the application of knowledge and experience to make clinical decisions about the care of patients/families/communities" (Tanner, 2006; Pouralizadeh, Khankeh, Ebadi, & Dalvandi, 2017). 6 Decision Making When we make a decision, we decide on something. Some decisions are easy, and others are challenging and more complex, such as the decisions we make as nurses. We use critical thinking to make decisions  8 Critical Thinking An essential skill for the nurse Embedded into ETP's How do you currently use your critical thinking skills? How do you know that you are a critical thinker?  3 Elements of Critical Thinking 1. An attitude that disposes one to consider problems/topics that one has knowledge to consider in a thoughtful way. 2. Knowledge about a method of logical inquiry and reasoning. 3. Ability in the skill of critical thinking 9 What are the qualities of a critical thinker? 10 Why is knowing the meaning important? Allows you to use your How does critical knowledge to develop thinking impact quality care, patient their own thinking, safety and how can it apply concepts of be used for quality improvement critical thinking to purposes? practice, allows you to question... is my own thinking accurate 11  Components of Critical Thinking Ask questions to determine the reason why certain developments have occurred and to see whether more information is needed to understand the situation accurately. Gather as much relevant information as possible to consider as many factors as possible. Validate the information presented to make sure that it is accurate (not just supposition or opinion), that it makes sense, and that it is based on fact and evidence. Analyze the information to determine what it means and to see whether it forms clusters or patterns that point to certain conclusions. Draw on past clinical experience and knowledge to explain what is happening and to anticipate what might happen next, acknowledging personal bias and cultural influences. Maintain a flexible attitude that allows the facts to guide thinking and considers all possibilities. Consider available options and examine each in terms of its advantages and disadvantages. Formulate decisions that reflect creativity & independent decision making. 12  The Nursin g Proces s 13 How do I become a better critical thinker? clarify your thinking purpose and context question your sources of information identify arguments analyze sources and arguments evaluate the arguments of others and create or synthesize your own arguments. 14  https://youtu.be/fFRY702xaqA Mind Mapping – A Critical Thinking Tool Brainstorming and mi nd mapping - Learn H Q (monash.edu) 15 Proble m Solving We use critical thinking to solve problems, some of these are easy and others are challenging 16 Critical Thinking and the NCLEX The NCLEX is not a test about recognizing facts. You must be able to correctly identify what the question is asking. The NCLEX focuses on thinking through a problem or situation. Remember, the exam is testing your ability to think critically. Critical thinking for the nurse involves the following: Observation Deciding what is important Looking for patterns and relationships Identifying the problem Transferring knowledge from one situation to another Applying knowledge 17 Discriminating between possible choices and/or courses of action Communication and Critical Thinking A PROCESS WHERE WHEN WE THINKING ALWAYS ASK QUESTIONS! INFORMATION IS RELAYED CRITICALLY, WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE 18 Teamwork, Interprofessional Communication and Collaboration When we communicate, we convey information When we collaborate, we work together Interprofessional collaboration is working with others in another profession Interprofessional communication and collaboration to improve patient care includes the use of critical thinking by the health care team. 19 SBAR = Improved Communicati on 20 Informatics and Communication Informatics are an important part of communication in healthcare. From documentation, doing evidence searches, collecting data, to improving patient safety, information systems are being used widely in healthcare. 21 Blooms Taxonomy An educational taxonomy to describe levels of thinking Write learning objectives Simple to Complex The terms of Bloom's Taxonomy are used in critical thinking skills 22  Questions 1. What are common ways that you communicate with others of the health care team? 2. Which of these methods are the most effective? 3. Why is (or is not) writing a type of critical thinking? Does writing foster critical thinking? 4. How about the papers you write for courses—do you use critical thinking skills to compose these papers? 23 Summary Critical thinking is an active, internal process. Since critical thinking is an internal process, only the outcomes are measurable. Developing critical thinking skills is a lifelong adventure. There is always an opportunity to improve one’s thinking skills. Due to the strong connection between communication and critical thinking, this is a key area to improve patient outcomes and safety. Most medical errors are related to communications errors with patient handoffs. Progress in this area related to improving and standardizing communication during handoffs has been made. 24  Coming up…. Quiz 2: Feb 5 - 10 Writing lab: Week of March 25th – If you need your faculty sooner, please email them. The library is also of great support. Quiz 3: Feb 12 – 17 Research Paper Part 1 (outline) due Feb 12th at 0800