Some of this growth was due to the development of the CJMM, a tool designed to measure critical thinking and clinical judgment in nursing students. Nursing involves several types of thinking, of which one of the most important is critical thinking.

Historically, nursing was often viewed as a task-oriented career, but in recent years, the profession has grown in terms of autonomy and clinical judgment. This tool allows educators to assess the development of nursing student’s critical thinking skills to help ensure they are ready to practice as a nurse after graduation.

clinical judgment — thought process that allows nurses to arrive at a conclusion based on objective and subjective information about a patient. critical thinking — reasoning about clinical issues such as teamwork, collaboration, and streamlining workflow. clinical judgment measurement model (CJMM) — a model allowing nurse educators to teach, assess, and measure the development of clinical judgment skills of nursing students. clinical reasoning — a complex cognitive process that uses formal and informal thinking strategies to gather and analyze patient information, evaluate the significance of this information, and weigh….