Critical Thinking TACTICS for Nurses Third Edition M. Gaie Rubenfeld

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781284041385
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1284041385

Effective Reasoning STRATEGIES for Nurses: Achieving IOM Competencies, Third Edition is a practical and user-friendly guide focusing on the everyday practicalities of practicing, learning, and assessing critical thinking in nursing. Each chapter includes practical activities to foster sound reasoning: Observation, Evaluation, and Nurturing Thought to Enhance Competency-based Approaches or STRATEGIES. Themes covered include enhancing reasoning skills and awareness, the impact of effective reasoning on quality care, guiding the reasoning abilities of staff and students, and developing standards for evaluating reasoning performance. Drawing from the authors’ experience in defining and assessing critical thinking in nursing and their expertise in honing reasoning teaching methods, this text has been extensively updated. This edition combines reasoning elements with the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) 5 fundamental competencies: patient-focused care, collaborative teamwork, evidence-based practices, health informatics, and quality enhancement. New features in this edition include refreshed case studies, enhanced visuals, updated content to promote synthesis of advanced-level reasoning, expanded content on reasoning within the nursing process, increased STRATEGIES, and additional appendices for reasoning evaluation.