Differentiated Nursing Practice and Critical Thinking Review

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Differentiated Nursing Practice and Critical
Thinking Review

• L. D. Andrews
• NURS 2111

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Goals for Nursing

• Review the four levels of nursing according to
  the three roles
• provider of care
• manager of care
• member within the discipline
• Review according to NLN Competencies

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Nurse of the Future

• Ability to practice in both acute care and in
  community
• Critical Thinker
• Therapeutic Nursing Interventions
• Communication (Relationships)
• Collaboration (Case Mgr)

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ANA Position

• Baccalaureate degree should be the minimal
  requirement for entry into the nursing profession.

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Levels of Education

• Associate
• AS degree
• AAS degree
• Baccalaureate
• BSN degree - professional degree
• BS in Nursing degree - academic degree

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Masters Level

• Generalist degree - BSN
• Specialist degree - MS, MSN
• 36-42 hours post bachelors
• pathway - education, administration
• specialty - community, MCH, MS, adv practice
• comprehensive exams, orals, thesis
• MS, academic degree
• MSN, professional degree

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Doctoral Level

• PhD, doctor of philosophy, academic degree
• EdD, doctor of education, professional degree
• DNSc, DSN, clinical professional nursing degree
• 60 hours post masters
• oral, written comprehensive exams and dissertation

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Reasoning

• Deductive - General to the particular
• Inductive - Particular to the general

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Fallacy

• Non sequitur -a conclusion that does not follow
  from its premises.
• Reasons for fallacies
• ideological commitment
• lack of ability to admit mistake
• win at all cost

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Critical Thinking

• Creative
• Logical, reflective
• Independent
• Challenges Rituals and Assumptions
• Free of Bias and Prejudice
• Action Oriented

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Steps

• Identify the problem (restate it)
• Gather pertinent data
• Identify, challenge assumptions
• think out of the box
• Imagine, explore alternatives