Critical Thinking, the Nursing Process, and Evidence-Based Practice

Topic This article explores the use of 4 quality improvement tools and 2 evidence-based practice tools that, when used within the nursing process, encourage critical thinking about quality issues. Clinical Relevance Patients and families expect to receive patient-centered, high-quality, and cost-effective care. Caring for critically ill patients is challenging and requires nurses to engage in quality improvement efforts to ensure that they provide evidence-based care. Purpose of Paper To explore the use of critical thinking tools and evidence-based practice tools in assessing and diagnosing quality issues in the clinical setting. Content Covered The nursing process serves as the framework for problem solving. Some commonly used critical thinking tools for assessing and diagnosing quality issues are described, including the Spaghetti Diagram, the 5 Whys, the Cause and Effect Diagram, and the Pareto chart.

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The relationship among critical thinking disposition, nursing process competency and evidence-based practice competency in nurses working in hospitals

Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society ◽

10.7465/jkdi.2016.27.2.451 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 27 (2) ◽

pp. 451-461 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Kyoung Yun Kim ◽

Eunjoo Lee

Keyword(s):

Critical Thinking ◽

Evidence Based Practice ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Nursing Process ◽

Critical Thinking Disposition ◽

Thinking Disposition ◽

The Relationship

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Journal Club is a way forward to adopt Evidence Based Practice among dental House Officers

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences ◽

10.12669/pjms.38.1.4562 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 38 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Kiran Fatima Fatima Mehboob Ali BANA

Keyword(s):

Critical Thinking ◽

Knowledge Acquisition ◽

Literature Search ◽

Job Training ◽

Evidence Based Practice ◽

Journal Club ◽

Relevant Literature ◽

P Value ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Total N

Objectives: To identify the improvement in knowledge, presentation skills, critical skills and self-directed learning process during Journal Club platform amidst dental house officers of 2018, 2019 and 2020 after completing one year house job training at Bahria dental College Karachi. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted from Dec- 2018 till Dec-2020. The six items were asked about perception of change for evidence-based process of (knowledge, cognitive, affective and participant domains) after completion of house job training by each cohort. The responses were noted on three point likert scale as agree, neutral and disagree. Total 150 questionnaires were distributed in three cohorts. The SPSS version 23 was used. P-value <0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Results: Total n=145 house officers had completed the proforma with response rate of 96.65%. The mean age was 24.45 ± SD 0.63 among three groups. There were n=20(14%) males and n=125(86%) females. There was improvement found for knowledge acquisition about relevant literature search among all three groups. Regarding knowledge acquisition of bio-statistics; majority of subjects n=26 (52%) in 2020 group had reported no change and in 2019 cohort n=23(48%) were agreed. Majority n=21(44%) of house officers had reported no change when asked as JC helped in critical thinking in year 2019. Conclusion: Knowledge acquisition about relevant literature search, presentation and confidence skills were improved but no significant changes were found in knowledge of biostatistics and critical thinking skills. JC is a convincing platform to learn evidence-based process amid dental house officers. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.38.1.4562 How to cite this:Bana KFMA. Journal Club is a way forward to adopt Evidence Based Practice among dental House Officers. Pak J Med Sci. 2022;38(1):---------. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.38.1.4562 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Probing the Relationship Between Evidence-Based Practice Implementation Models and Critical Thinking in Applied Nursing Practice

The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing ◽

10.3928/00220124-20160322-05 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 47 (4) ◽

pp. 161-168 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Amanda N. Canada

Keyword(s):

Critical Thinking ◽

Nursing Practice ◽

Evidence Based Practice ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Implementation Models ◽

Practice Implementation ◽

The Relationship

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Evidence-Based Practice Application: A Goal for Anaesthetic and Recovery Nurses

British Journal of Anaesthetic and Recovery Nursing ◽

10.1017/s1742645612000113 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 12 (3-4) ◽

pp. 53-56 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Joni M. Brady

Keyword(s):

Nursing Education ◽

Formal Education ◽

Evidence Based Practice ◽

Scientific Evidence ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Nursing Process ◽

Skilled Professional ◽

Professional Opinion ◽

Guided Instruction ◽

Subsequent Addition

AbstractHistorically speaking, nursing actions were often based on opinions or habits with very little scientific evidence available to guide practice. The nursing process has been widely employed in basic nursing education programmes for several decades. The subsequent addition of the critical thinking component has enabled the practitioner to apply reasoning and formulate appropriate judgments about his/her patient's needs. Although many nurses lack formal education in research and evidence-based practice (EBP), frontline practitioners occupy a perfect position to stimulate and impact adoption of EBP in practice. Incorporation of EBP education and guided instruction in the EBP process for anaesthetic and recovery nurses can only serve to sustain its primary goal of combining the best available evidence with skilled professional opinion to achieve safe and sound practice at the bedside.

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