Difference Between Critical Thinking And Clinical Reasoning In Nursing
Critical Thinking and Clinical Reasoning
Elizabeth Ayers
Marshall University Graduate College
Critical Thinking and Clinical Reasoning Clinical reasoning and critical thinking are both key items to nursing practice and occurs every day on the job. Both of these terms are necessary for nurses to utilize in their everyday practice. Without clinical reasoning and critical thinking nurses would no longer face any challenges and patients would have worsening outcomes. Thinking is a skill, just like music or tennis. It flows and changes depending on current conditions, and it requires gaining specific knowledge, skills, experience, and hands-on practice.
Critical Thinking Critical thinking is your ability to focus your thinking to get …show more content…
In R.G. Hughes (Ed.). Patient safety and quality: An evidence-based handbook for nurses (pp. (Prepared with support from the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation). AHRQ Publication No. 08-0043. Retrieved from http://archive.ahrq.gov/professionals/clinicians- providers/resources/nursing/resources/nurseshdbk/BennerP_CRDA.pdf Cody, W. K (2002). Critical thinking and nursing science: Judgment or vision? Nursing Science
Quarterly, 15 (3), 187-189. doi:10.1177/08918402015003002
Daly, W. (1998). Critical thinking as an outcome of nursing education. What is it? Why is it important to nursing practice? Journal of Advanced Nursing. 28 (2): 323-331. DOI:
10.1177/08918402015003002
Robert, R. R., & Petersen, S. (2013). Critical thinking at the bedside: Providing safe passage to patients. MEDSURG Nursing, 22(2), 85-118.
Simmons, B. (2010). Clinical reasoning: Concept analysis. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 66 (5), 1151-
1158. doi: 10.111/j.1365-2648.2010.05262.x
Tucker, C & Bradshaw, M. (2013). Clinical reasoning: Action-focused thinking. In M.
Bradshaw and A. Lowenstein (Eds.). Innovative teaching strategies, 6th edition. (pp. 65-
77). Burlington, MA: Jones &
Elizabeth Ayers
Marshall University Graduate College
Critical Thinking and Clinical Reasoning Clinical reasoning and critical thinking are both key items to nursing practice and occurs every day on the job. Both of these terms are necessary for nurses to utilize in their everyday practice. Without clinical reasoning and critical thinking nurses would no longer face any challenges and patients would have worsening outcomes. Thinking is a skill, just like music or tennis. It flows and changes depending on current conditions, and it requires gaining specific knowledge, skills, experience, and hands-on practice.
Critical Thinking Critical thinking is your ability to focus your thinking to get …show more content…
In R.G. Hughes (Ed.). Patient safety and quality: An evidence-based handbook for nurses (pp. (Prepared with support from the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation). AHRQ Publication No. 08-0043. Retrieved from http://archive.ahrq.gov/professionals/clinicians- providers/resources/nursing/resources/nurseshdbk/BennerP_CRDA.pdf Cody, W. K (2002). Critical thinking and nursing science: Judgment or vision? Nursing Science
Quarterly, 15 (3), 187-189. doi:10.1177/08918402015003002
Daly, W. (1998). Critical thinking as an outcome of nursing education. What is it? Why is it important to nursing practice? Journal of Advanced Nursing. 28 (2): 323-331. DOI:
10.1177/08918402015003002
Robert, R. R., & Petersen, S. (2013). Critical thinking at the bedside: Providing safe passage to patients. MEDSURG Nursing, 22(2), 85-118.
Simmons, B. (2010). Clinical reasoning: Concept analysis. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 66 (5), 1151-
1158. doi: 10.111/j.1365-2648.2010.05262.x
Tucker, C & Bradshaw, M. (2013). Clinical reasoning: Action-focused thinking. In M.
Bradshaw and A. Lowenstein (Eds.). Innovative teaching strategies, 6th edition. (pp. 65-
77). Burlington, MA: Jones &