Critical thinking

Following the reading of this assigned chapter 3, answer the questions below as a discussion post.  Question and/or sub questions must be numbered and stated first, followed by the appropriate answer. Each answer must have a minimum of 6 sentences, unless specified otherwise.

Student must incorporate the “Standards of Critical Thinking” (Clarity, Accuracy, Precision, Relevance, Depth, Breadth, Logic, Significance, and Fairness as a guide to clear, complete, in-depth writing.

1. Describe the steps that you utilized in your previous nursing course to master the course content, compared to each strategy listed on pages 59-60, under “Strategies to Process, and Remember Information”, and “critical Thinking and Memorization”.  (Must address each strategy individually,minimum 4 sentences per response)

2. Evidence based practice (EBP) is the careful use of current best evidence in making decisions about patient care.   Discuss how nurses can contribute to the development of new knowledge for current practices. (6 sentences)

3. Discuss the relationship between the concept of “Teaching Ourselves: Grab the Spoon”, and the ‘Intellectual Traits’ of the Critical Thinking model of Paul and Elder. (6 sentences)

4. Describe two academic situations in which you feel you were “spoon-fed”

(6 sentences for each situation)

5. Read “Teaching Ourselves: Grab the Spoon” page #56-57.  Utilizing the comparing and contrast approach, provide two examples of how you personally used or did not use these strategies and the outcome from it. (6 sentences)

6. Survey the assigned chapter to get an overview. Based on your survey, what do you anticipate the reading to be about? (4 sentences).

7. As you were reading this chapter, what questions did you raise? (4 sentences)

8. Elaborate in your own words and in more depth or greater detail what the chapter is addressing in (14) sentences. You can begin your elaboration by saying, “In other words…”