Critical thinking in the intenensive care unit : skills to assess, analyze, and act

Critical Thinking in the Intensive Care Unit: Skills to Assess, Analyze, and Act is a new easy-to-read resource that explains the principles of critical thinking and how to encourage nurses to use critical thinking methods. It includes a CD-ROM packed with all the book s useful tools that you can immediately implement at your facility. This essential book covers how to lead classroom sessions for new graduate nurses and experienced nurses on developing critical thinking skills in the ICU, including successful classroom processes and learning strategies. It includes tools, worksheets, and handouts to supplement the classroom learning. The accompanying CD-ROM contains all the book's valuable and completely customizable resources such as intensive care unit-specific assessment tools, case studies, worksheets, and sample questions

critical Thinking In The Intensive Care Unit: Skills To Assess, Analyze, And Act Is A New Easy-to-read Resource That Explains The Principles Of Critical Thinking And How To Encourage Nurses To Use Critical Thinking Methods. It Includes A Cd-rom Packed With All The Book's Useful Tools That You Can Immediately Implement At Your Facility. This Essential Book Covers How To Lead Classroom Sessions For New Graduate Nurses And Experienced Nurses On Developing Critical Thinking Skills In The Icu, Including Successful Classroom Processes And Learning Strategies. It Includes Tools, Worksheets, And Handouts To Supplement The Classroom Learning. The Accompanying Cd-rom Contains All The Book's Valuable And Completely Customizable Resources Such As Intensive Care Unit-specific Assessment Tools, Case Studies, Worksheets, And Sample Questions.

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reviewer:susan C. Immelt, Phd, Rn(johns Hopkins University School Of Nursing)
description:this Book Guides Educators In Teaching And Guiding Nursing Students And New And Experienced Nurses To Think About Applying The Nursing Process To Patient Care In Orderly, Predictable Ways. Two-thirds Of The Book Describes Theoretical Background And How To Teach This Information And The Remaining One-third Is Lists Of Useful Resources And Tools.
purpose:the Purpose Is To Educate Nurse Educators. The Book Is Brief, Clear, Concrete, Easy And Pleasant To Read, And Thus Fills A Niche In The Plethora Of Books On The Topic Of Critical Thinking In Nursing.
audience:it Is Written For Educators And For Managers Responsible For Patient Care. Although The Title And The Examples In The Book Refer To The Intensive Care Unit, The Information And Explanations Apply To Any Acute Care Unit Where Patient Safety And Efficient Care Are Priorities. The Concepts, Exercises, And Guidelines Would Be Useful In Academic Education, Nurse Orientation, And In Continuing Education For Nurses In Specialty Areas. The Authors' Experience In Teaching And Presenting On Critical Thinking And In Managing Intensive Care Units Qualify Them As Credible Authorities. Besides Their Experience, Their Application Of Important Theory -- The Aacn Synergy For Clinical Excellence Model And Benner's Novice To Expert - Provides Meaningful Support For Their Practical Approaches.
features:the Authors Begin With Concrete And Useable Definitions Of Critical Thinking From A Theoretical Perspective. They Apply These Definitions To Orientation Of New Graduates, Teaching In Academic Settings, Providing Ongoing Education To More Experienced Nurses In The Clinical Environment, And Setting Up The Clinical Culture To Reward Critical Thinking And Positive Patient Outcomes. The Last 50 Pages Of The Book Is A Collection Of Lists Of Resources And Tools And, Finally, An Individual Continuing Education Activity For Which The Reader May Earn Three Nursing Contact Hours. The Included Cd-rom Reproduces All The Illustrations And Figures In The Book. This Practical Book Addresses A Significant Problem In The Delivery Of Safe And Effective Care In High Intensity Environments: Adequate Education And Ongoing Development Of Nurses To Deliver That Care. There Are Two Shortcomings, However. First, There Is No Research To Support These Approaches, Their Acceptance By Nurses, And Their Effectiveness. Second, $99 (list Price) For A 160-page Softcover Book With A Cd-rom With No New Material Is Excessive.
assessment:this Will Be Useful To Staff Educators And Nursing Faculty. Its Theory-based Guidelines And Exercises Provide Useful Models For Teaching Nurses. It Fills A Niche Between Books On Nursing Education And Preceptorship And Books On Intensive Care Nursing. It Would Be More Useful If There Was Evidence For The Effectiveness Of These Approaches In Improving Patient Satisfaction And Outcomes And In Improving Nurses' Competence In Applying Critical Thinking To Deliver Safe And Effective Patient Care.

Introduction : Critical thinking in the intensive care unit (ICU) Defining critical thinking New graduate nurses and critical thinking The critical thinking classroom Orientation : bringing critical thinking to the clinical environment Nursing practice that promotes and motivates critical thinking Novice to expert : setting realistic expectations for critical thinking Applying critical thinking to nursing documentation Relating critical thinking to its higher purpose Resources and tools Nursing education instructional guide Learn how to develop a culture of critical thinking, from coaching new grads through bad patient outcomes to encouraging experienced nurses by setting expectations. The accompanying CD-ROM contains all the book's valuable and completely customizable resources such as intensive care unit-specific assessment tools, case studies, worksheets, and sample questions. - from publisher description