scholarly journals Effective Factors in Critical Thinking Disposition in Nursing Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Noushin Mousazadeh ◽  
Marzieh Momennasab ◽  
Hamid Sharif Nia ◽  
Roghieh Nazari ◽  
Fatemeh Hajihosseini
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Northern Iran ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Critical Thinking Disposition ◽  
Effective Factors ◽  
Thinking Disposition

Introduction. Given the vital role of critical thinking and possibility of developing this meta-cognitive skill through training programs, the present study was conducted to determine the tendency and effective factors in critical thinking in nursing students. Materials and Methods. The present study is a cross-sectional study that was conducted in 2020 in a school of nursing in northern Iran. Participants in the study were all second to eighth semester nursing students studying in the faculty who entered the study by the census method. Inclusion criteria included employment in the field of nursing in the second semester and above, and exclusion criteria were employment and incomplete completion of the questionnaire questions. The required information was prepared in two parts: the first part of recording demographic information including age, gender, marital status, semester, average score, previous semester average score, and level of interest in the major and the second part was the adopted Ricketts’ critical thinking disposition questionnaire. SPSS 26 software and descriptive and analytical statistics were used to analyze the data. Results. The total average score of critical thinking disposition obtained as 120.20 ± 14.05 35 was found to positively and significantly relate to age (r = 0.150, p = 0.04 , d = 0.30), academic 36 semester ( p = 0.001 , d = 0.25), and interest in the major ( p = 0.003 , d = 0.38). Dimensions of 37 innovation and maturity were also significantly associated with academic semester and 38 interested in the major. Also, the total score of critical thinking and its dimensions in married people was higher than single, but this difference was not statistically significant. The results of analysis of variance showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between the mean score of tendency to critical thinking and different semesters. Conclusion. Identifying the effective factors in critical thinking disposition can assist teachers in developing lesson plans and academic counseling, and at the macro level, can help with educational planning and revision of curricula.

scholarly journals Critical thinking dispositions’ level among neophyte nursing students

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-86
Author(s):  
Huma Rubab ◽  
Abel Jacobus Pienaar ◽  
Khauhelo Succes Mahalatsi ◽  
Ashraf Hussain ◽  
Raisa Begum Gul
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
P Value ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Thinking Dispositions ◽  
Critical Thinking Dispositions ◽  
Thinking Disposition

Introduction: Critical thinking dispositions (CTD) are valued across the health professions disciplines being essential for decision-making, critical judgment and managing complex health situations. Promoting critical-thinking dispositions in undergraduate nursing students can support the students to utilize critical thinking during challenging patient care and problem-solving situations. Objective: This study aimed to assess the level of critical thinking disposition among neophyte nursing students in a private nursing college. Methodology: An analytical cross-sectional study design was adopted. Neophyte students (n=98) of the BSN program participated in the study. Critical Thinking Dispositions Scale (CTDS) of 54 items under seven constructs was utilized to assess CTD level. Data was analyzed at descriptive and inferential level using SPSS 23.0 version.  Results: Overall, CTD among neophytes nursing students is at 75% a progressive level. Contextual and inquisitiveness construct of CTDs are at positive CTD level while other constructs are at the progressive level. Students have completed their matriculation from public 55(56.1%) while FSc (Faculty of Science) from private sector 57(58.2%). Mothers of most neophytes 73(74.5%) were housewives and fathers were working in private organization 32(32.7%). There was no statistically significant association between CTD’s construct with demographic variables (P-Value, >0.05). FSc marks showed a significant association with overall CTD scores, intellectual and inquisitiveness, while admission entry test scores associate significantly with intellectual construct. Conclusion: The CTD level of neophyte is at a progressive level which suggest that different teaching and learning strategies could be implemented to improve this level. 

Nursing students' critical thinking disposition according to academic level and satisfaction with nursing

2014 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Hee Kim ◽  
Seongmi Moon ◽  
Eun Jung Kim ◽  
Young-Ju Kim ◽  
Sunhee Lee
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Critical Thinking Disposition ◽  
Academic Level ◽  
Thinking Disposition

scholarly journals Relationship Between The Student Nurses’ Critical Thinking Dispositions and Autonomy Levels

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehmet Günay Uyar ◽  
Şefika Dilek Güven
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Student Nurses ◽  
Middle Level ◽  
Critical Thinking Disposition ◽  
Critical Thinking Dispositions ◽  
Thinking Disposition ◽  
Number Percentage

INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between nursing students’ critical thinking disposition and autonomy levels. METHODS: The descriptive-relationship seeking study was conducted with 288 nursing students in the nursing department of a state university. Data were collected by using the Descriptive Characteristics Information Form, which included socio-demographic characteristics, California Critical Thinking Disposition Scale and Sociotropy-Autonomy Scale. Data were analyzed by number, percentage, mean, standard deviation and Pearson correlation tests. RESULTS: It was found that the students’ mean autonomy subscale of Sociotropy-Autonomy Scale score was 87.43±11.27 and the overall mean score of critical thinking disposition was 232.52±23.30. There was a statistically significant positive correlation between the students› overall mean scores of California Critical Thinking Disposition Scale and autonomy subscale scores of Sociotropy-Autonomy Scale (r = 0.526, p <0.010). DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: In the study, the autonomy levels of the students were above the middle level; critical thinking disposition levels were low; There was a positive relationship between critical thinking disposition and autonomy levels. The results of the study suggest that nursing education curricula should be revised and restructured in order to raise students’ critical thinking and autonomy levels in nursing education.

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