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Document Type

Thesis - University Access Only

Award Date

2008

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department / School

Graduate Nursing

First Advisor

Gloria Craig

Keywords

studying and teaching nursing, critical thinking

Abstract

Today's ever-changing, challenging, and complicated health care arena demands a professional nurse who employs critical thinking. It is assumed that the nurse educator will facilitate these critical thinking skills in the student nurse through use of various teaching-learning methods. A variety of methods to enhance critical thinking in the student nurse are identified in the nursing literature, but there is little information on how master's level education is preparing the nurse educator to facilitate critical thinking in the student nurse. The purpose of this descriptive exploratory study was to discover to what extent courses included in the nurse educator specialization are inclusive of course content designed to prepare the nurse educator to promote critical thinking and where the content is placed within the curriculum. Nursing master's programs offering a nurse educator specialization were invited to submit course syllabi and course modules for review. Twenty of the 22 participating programs included course content on methods to promote critical thinking. Topics included critical thinking, simulation, problem based learning, role-playing, questioning, small-group activities, case studies, journals, writing assignments, and debate. This content was found in courses on instruction, nurse theory, curriculum development, and practicum courses.

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Nursing -- Study and teaching
Critical thinking

Description

Includes bibliographical references (page 30-33)

Format

application/pdf

Number of Pages

46

Publisher

South Dakota State University

Rights

Copyright © 2008 Gloria Craig. All rights reserved

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