Course Description
Hospitals and other healthcare providers deal with numerous problems each day aside from caring for patients, including issues with healthcare delivery, management of conflicts, logistics, maintenance, and resource management. Critical thinkers possess skills such as interpretation, analysis, inference, evaluation, explanation, and self-regulation. Critical thinking is multidimensional and is essential for nurses to provide safe, effective, and patient-centered care.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of the course, the learner will be able to:
- Summarize why critical thinking is essential for nurses.
- Discuss how to develop critical thinking skills.
- Define critical thinking and its relevance to nursing practice.
- Identify and analyze the components and dimensions of critical thinking.
- Recognize the common barriers and biases that affect critical thinking.
- Demonstrate critical thinking skills and attitudes in various nursing contexts and situations.
Intended Audience
This educational activity was developed for nurses, nursing home administrators and healthcare professionals.
CE Information
This course is approved for 1.0 contact hours by the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards (NAB) and by the Florida and California State Boards of Nursing.
Course Authors
This course was written by Brenda Kozak, DNP, MSN, RN, CNE.
Brenda is a certified nurse educator and has over 20 years of clinical experience in nursing practice. She earned her Doctorate in Nursing Practice along with a Master of Science in Nursing with a focus on education.