Strategies, Techniques, and Approaches to Critical Thinking
A Clinical Reasoning Workbook for Nurses
- 8th Edition - January 2, 2028
- Latest edition
- Author: Sandra Luz Martinez de Castillo
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 2 6 6 9 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 2 6 4 7 - 5
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- Updated to reflect the next-generation NCLEX® Examination, including careful attention to NCLEX® examination formatting such as boldfacing key words and referencing “healthcare providers” versus “physicians”
- Enhanced emphasis on application-level questions and above, including an increased percentage of alternate-format questions
- Emphasis on outpatient scenarios, such as those in Nurse Practitioner–run urgent care centers and other nurse-managed facilities to help introduce beginning students to advanced practice nursing roles
- Improved formatting of Definition exercises including the addition of a brief instruction line to guide the student in how to complete the exercises, plus increased spacing between terms for greater clarity
- UNIQUE! Step-by-step approach builds student skills in critical thinking, clinical decision-making, and clinical reasoning, walking students through the author's research-based critical thinking model
- More than 100 true-to-life cases demonstrate how cases progress and complications arise, helping students develop increasingly sophisticated levels of critical thinking
- Emphasis on prioritization helps students prepare for the NCLEX® Examination and for nursing practice
- Integrated NCLEX Examination review helps students apply critical thinking skills to test questions and prepares students for the state boards
- Integration of the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competencies and the Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice equips students for safe practice and interprofessional collaboration
Students in BSN-level nursing programs
Section 1: Knowledge Application
Section 2: Priority-Setting and Decision-Making
Section 3: Critical Thinking Model Application
Section 4: Management and Leadership
Section 5: NCLEX Examination Preparation
Section 6: Professional Nursing Practice
Section 7: Applying Clinical Judgment Skill
Section 2: Priority-Setting and Decision-Making
Section 3: Critical Thinking Model Application
Section 4: Management and Leadership
Section 5: NCLEX Examination Preparation
Section 6: Professional Nursing Practice
Section 7: Applying Clinical Judgment Skill
- Edition: 8
- Latest edition
- Published: January 2, 2028
- Language: English
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Sandra Luz Martinez de Castillo
Sandra Luz Martinez de Castillo, Faculty Emeritus, Contra Costa College, San Pablo, California.
Affiliations and expertise
Faculty Emeritus, Contra Costa College, San Pablo, California, USA