Consensus statement, Delphi Study to Define Critical Thinking in Nursing, 2000
Consensus statement, Delphi Study to Define Critical Thinking in Nursing, 2000
Critical thinking in nursing is an essential component of professional accountability and quality nursing care. Critical thinkers in nursing exhibit these habits of the mind:
confidence, contextual perspective, creativity, flexibility, inquisitiveness, intellectual integrity, intuition, open-mindedness, perseverance, and reflection.
Critical thinkers in nursing practice the cognitive skills of analyzing, applying standards, discriminating, information seeking, logical reasoning, predicting and transforming knowledge.
Scheffer, B. & Rubenfeld, M.G. (2000). A Consensus statement on critical thinking in nursing. Journal of Nursing Education,39(8), 352-359.