Lesson 1352 of 1524
Critical Thinking in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
This section addresses the nursing process in PMH nursing and the critical thinking involved.
Practice this chapterThis section addresses the nursing process in PMH nursing and the critical thinking involved. The plan of care is adapted to stated outcomes of care and client needs.
The nurse engages in personal reflection as the plan of care unfolds. The nurse’s clinical judgment guides the process through all phases of the therapeutic relationship
critical thinking — metacognitive process that is learned academically and experientially on the continuum of nursing education and practice. clinical judgment — decision-making from use of critical thinking in the nursing process. outcomes of care — measurable responses to interventions; results of goal-setting. plan of care — adapted to stated outcomes of care and client needs.
Worked example
What does “critical thinking” mean in Critical Thinking in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing?
- 1Use the wording this chapter gives for critical thinking.
- 2The book says: metacognitive process that is learned academically and experientially on the continuum of nursing education and practice.
- 3Do not use the meaning of clinical judgment. That term means decision-making from use of critical thinking in the nursing process.
Result: metacognitive process that is learned academically and experientially on the continuum of nursing education and practice
Why. That is the meaning this chapter gives for critical thinking.
Do not swap critical thinking and clinical judgment. critical thinking means metacognitive process that is learned academically and experientially on the continuum of nursing education and practice. clinical judgment means decision-making from use of critical thinking in the nursing process.
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