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Nursing education for critical thinking: an integrative review. 1999

B L Adams

Illinois State University, Bloomington-Normal, USA.

This integrative review summarizes 20 research studies reported from 1977 to 1995 that review change in the critical thinking abilities of professional nursing students. The Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Analysis was used in 18 of 20 studies. The primary assumption was that critical thinking skills would increase during nursing education. However, the results of this review are mixed and contradictory. Possible reasons for these results are discussed.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D002983	Clinical Competence	The capability to perform acceptably those duties directly related to patient care.	Clinical Skills,Competence, Clinical,Clinical Competency,Clinical Skill,Competency, Clinical,Skill, Clinical,Skills, Clinical,Clinical Competencies,Competencies, Clinical
D004506	Education, Nursing	Use for general articles concerning nursing education.	Nursing Education,Educations, Nursing,Nursing Educations
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013850	Thinking	Mental activity that is not predominantly perceptual by which one apprehends some aspect of an object or situation based on past learning and experience.	Critical Thinking,Thinking Skills,Thought,Thinking Skill,Thinking, Critical,Thoughts