Critical Thinking Skills Among Trained Nurses On Patient Diabetic Care Management: A Case Study
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2015-02
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YOON MOOI, NG
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the stage of critical thinking of trained nurses in patient diabetic care management using Paul’s Eight Elements of Thoughts (2006). This study examined the participants’ initial stage of thinking prior to their discussions on patient diabetic care management and how their stage of thinking change during and after their discussions on patient diabetic care management using the elements of thoughts. A case study design was used with a purposive sampling of six participants selected from a group of fourteen trained nurses who were following the degree nursing programme at a local medical college. Open-ended structured questionnaires, health talks and semi-structured individual interviews were utilized to gather data from the participants prior to, during and after discussions on patient diabetic care management. All the data gathered from the health talks and interviews was audio-taped before analysis according to the eight elements of thoughts using with-case and cross-case analysis. The findings had indicated that all the participants were in stage one of thinking in phase one or before they had discussed about patient diabetic care management using the eight elements of thoughts. In phase two or during discussions about patient diabetic care management, there were three participants in stage one of thinking while the remaining three participants were in stage three of thinking. In phase three where they had completed their discussions about patient diabetic care management, study findings had indicated results that were similar to those of phase two, that is there were three participants in stage three of thinking and the remaining three participants were still in stage one of thinking. The findings of the study
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contribute in creating awareness among educators and senior nurse administrators of the need to place more focus on early development of critical thinking skills in the training of student nurses so that these skills could be utilized in situations that call for decision-making and problem-solving in nursing practice. For the nurses who are already trained and in service, the findings suggest that structured teaching-learning activities through short induction courses could be carried out so that nurses could put their knowledge to work to further improve nursing practice.
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Critical Thinking Skills Among Trained Nurses On Patient Diabetic , Care Management: A Case Study