| Author | : Helen Aveyard |
| Publisher | : McGraw-Hill Education (UK) |
| Total Pages | : 170 |
| Release | : 2011-08-01 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 0335243673 |
This book offers an alternative, realistic and practical approach to help those in health and social care critically appraise what they read and what they see in the workplace.
| Author | : Rena Frohman |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 154 |
| Release | : 2020-04-02 |
| Genre | : Study Aids |
| ISBN | : 1350314668 |
This practical book will equip students with the critical thinking, reading and writing skills required to succeed both on their course and in their professional placements. It takes readers through the core stages of working on an assignment, from finding and evaluating sources through to critically reading material and demonstrating critical analysis in their writing. With chapters featuring content-specific examples and engaging exercises, this book is an essential resource for undergraduate students of Nursing, Health, Social Care and related disciplines.
| Author | : Stephanie McKendry |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 123 |
| Release | : 2015-07-15 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 131766034X |
Thinking critically is an essential skill, both for students and for the modern, evidence-based, healthcare practitioner. You need to be able to find, understand and evaluate the evidence that underpins your assignments, clinical decision making and practice. The good news is that you use all of these skills in everyday life. You don’t believe every advert you see or respond to every spam email. It’s just a question of taking these critical skills and having the confidence to apply them to your academic work. This book will help you do just that. It will enable you to: - recognise your existing ability to be a critical thinker - spot logical flaws and inconsistencies in arguments - consider health issues from multiple perspectives, weighing up the strengths and weaknesses of a case - build a convincing argument in assessments - develop a range of critical skills for successful study and healthcare practice. Critical Thinking Skills for Healthcare is an essential resource for all health professionals in training.
| Author | : Stella Jones-Devitt |
| Publisher | : SAGE |
| Total Pages | : 205 |
| Release | : 2007-11-08 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1412920698 |
Critical Thinking in Health & Social Care is designed to equip practitioners with the knowledge and tools they need to critically examine practice in their own workplace. The book presents a range of different approaches, each of which is explained and grounded in practice using case studies, problem-solving scenarios and workplace examples. The practical tools which form the core of the book are contextualised by an exploration of what constitutes knowledge and evidence and the types of assumptions which are commonly held and which have a bearing on practice.
| Author | : Bob Price |
| Publisher | : Learning Matters |
| Total Pages | : 376 |
| Release | : 2016-01-30 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 1473967546 |
This book is a clear and practical guide to help students develop critical thinking, writing and reflection skills. It explains what critical thinking is and how students should use it throughout their nursing programme. This new edition also provides an innovative new framework that helps students appreciate different levels of critical thinking and reflection to help nursing students appreciate the requirements of degree level study. The book demonstrates the transferable nature of critical thinking and reflection from academic contexts to the real practice of nursing. Key features Clear and straightforward introduction to critical thinking directly written for nursing students, with chapters relating the subject to specific study and practice contexts Student examples and scenarios throughout, including running case studies from four nursing students and further annotated examples of student’s work on the website Each chapter is linked to the new NMC Standards and Essential Skills Clusters
| Author | : Jane Bottomley |
| Publisher | : Critical Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 84 |
| Release | : 2018-05-21 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 1912096668 |
Critical Thinking Skills for your Nursing Degree provides you with a sound knowledge and understanding of: the nature of critical thinking, and of its relevance and importance in HE how to adopt a critical approach to all aspects of your nursing study the importance of active, critical reading, and how it allows you an efficient, principled, effective assessment of the literature in your field the need to adopt a critical approach to writing, characterised by analytical and evaluative use of sources and the development of your own ‘voice’ If you are embarking on a university nursing or midwifery degree, the books in this series will help you acquire and develop the knowledge, skills and strategies you need to achieve your goals. They provide support in all areas important for university study, including institutional and disciplinary policy and practice, self-management, and research and communication. Tasks and activities are designed to foster aspects of learning which are valued in higher education, including learner autonomy and critical thinking, and to guide you towards reflective practice in your study and work life.
| Author | : White, Sue |
| Publisher | : McGraw-Hill Education (UK) |
| Total Pages | : 291 |
| Release | : 2006-07-01 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0335218784 |
"... the book makes an excellent contributionto the library of those keen to delve further intothe realm of critical reflection, understand variousinterpretations of interdisciplinary practices, anduse these to aid their own and others’ professionalpractice, exploration and development." Learning in Health and Social Care How can professionals reflect critically on the aspects of their work they take for granted? How can professionals practise with creativity, intelligence and compassion? What current methods and frameworks are available to assist professionals to reflect critically on their practice? The use of critical reflection in professional practice is becoming increasingly popular across the health professions as a way of ensuring ongoing scrutiny and improved concrete practice - skills transferable across a variety of settings in the health, social care and social work fields. This book showcases current work within the field of critical reflection throughout the world and across disciplines in health and social care as well as analyzing the literature in the field. Critical Reflection in Health and Social Carereflects the transformative potential of critical reflection and provides practitioners, students, educators and researchers with the key concepts and methods necessary to improve practice through effective critical reflection. Contributors:Gurid Aga Askeland, Andy Bilson, Fran Crawford, Jan Fook, Lynn Froggett , Sue Frost, Fiona Gardner, Jennifer Lehmann, Marceline Naudi, Bairbre Redmond, Gerhard Reimann, Colin Stuart, Pauline Sung-Chan, Carolyn Taylor, Susan White, Elizabeth Whitmore, Angelina Yuen-Tsang.
| Author | : Rena Frohman |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 196 |
| Release | : 2020-04-02 |
| Genre | : Study Aids |
| ISBN | : 1352009803 |
This practical book will equip students with the critical thinking, reading and writing skills required to succeed both on their course and in their professional placements. It takes readers through the core stages of working on an assignment, from finding and evaluating sources through to critically reading material and demonstrating critical analysis in their writing. With chapters featuring content-specific examples and engaging exercises, this book is an essential resource for undergraduate students of Nursing, Health, Social Care and related disciplines.
| Author | : Shelley Cohen |
| Publisher | : Hcpro, a Division of Simplify Compliance |
| Total Pages | : 146 |
| Release | : 2017 |
| Genre | : Critical thinking |
| ISBN | : 9781683085638 |
Resident outcomes have come under growing scrutiny, both through new quality measures and the overall star rating. Nurses are the frontline staff who engage with residents daily, and it's crucial for them to understand how to apply critical thinking. When caring for residents and creating documentation, critical thinking can improve facility and resident outcomes while reducing medical errors, which will ultimately lead to more accurate reimbursement. Raise the standard of professional nursing practice and teach clinical care providers how to function at a higher level by developing their critical thinking abilities.Critical Thinking in Long-Term Care Nursing, Second Edition, provides nurse managers and educators with accessible ways to teach these valuable skills to their staff. This easy-to-read resource explains the principles of critical thinking and how to encourage nurses to use critical thinking methods. Author Shelley Cohen, RN, BS, CEN, provides guidance on how to lead classroom sessions for new graduates and experienced nurses to develop critical thinking skills, including classroom processes and learning strategies. The book includes handouts to supplement classroom training.
