Publisher's Synopsis
Designed to help beginning students develop critical thinking skills for nursing practice, this workbook presents over 100 realistic case studies and scenarios like those commonly encountered in clinical practice. Using a straightforward approach and a variety of learning methods, it first establishes a fundamental knowledge base and then builds on that base step by step to develop your clinical reasoning skills. Working through the application, analysis, and synthesis of knowledge in clinical situations, you will also learn how to integrate the nursing process as it applies to critical thinking. Timely issues such as delegation, prioritization, documentation/charting, and patient safety are also covered.
- Includes over 80 progressive cases that build as complications occur and encourage critical thinking skills in the clinical setting.
- Case studies address important issues in current practice, including leadership and delegation, pharmacology, culture, bioterrorism, and environmental disasters.
- Review questions reinforce case study applications and prepare you for test taking.
- Includes evaluation learning activities that cover topics such as drug therapy, decision-making, and priority setting to help you apply critical thinking skills.
- NEW! Updated content throughout reflects the most current clinical practice, including nationally accepted clinical treatment guidelines.
- NEW! Enhanced organization features reorganized and renumbered clinical situations for easier navigation and improved clarity.
- NEW! Evaluation section (Section 7), now provided for students, helps reinforce skills developed throughout the book.
- NEW! In-text cues to the author's critical thinking model provide references to the research-based critical thinking model inside the front cover.
- NEW! Icons have been streamlined for greater consistency, clarity, and intuitiveness.
