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Revista Iberoamericana de Educación e Investigación en Enfermería

Revista Iberoamericana de Educación e Investigación en Enfermería

ABRIL 2014 N° 2 Volumen 4

Theory basis for critical thinking in nursing and tools to implement it: a comprehensive review

Section: Reviews

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Alves E, Mathias Dessunti E, de Campos Oliveira MA. Referenciais teoricos do pensamento crítico na enfermagem e instrumentos para sua avaliaçao: revisâo integrativa. Rev. iberoam. Educ. investi. Enferm. 2014; 4(2):63-74.

Authors

1Elaine Alves, 2Elma Mathias Dessunti, 3Maria Amélia de Campos Oliveira

Position

1 Docente do Curso de Enfermagem do Centro de Ciências da Saúde da Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL). Paraná (Brasil). 2 Docente do Curso de Enfermagem do Centro de Ciências da Saúde da UEL. Paraná (Brasil). 3 Professora titular do Departamento de Enfermagem em Saúde Coletiva da Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto da USP (EEUSP). São Paulo (Brasil).

Contact email: ealves@uel.br; elma@sercomtel.com.br; macampos@usp.br

Abstract

A literature review aimed at identifying theory frameworks for critical thinking (CT) to be applied to nursing training and most commonly used tools for evaluation.
Methods: a literature search was performed in databases LILACS IBECS, MEDLINE, Cochrane, and Scielo, for nursing papers published in Portuguese and English, from 2005 to 2011. Keyword was critical thinking.
Results: most commonly cited frameworks for CT were those by: Facione, Watson and Glaser, and Alfaro Lefevre. Most common definitions for CT were based on cognitive skills and ethical dispositions. Tests most commonly cited to measure CT in nursing were: Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal, California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory, and California Critical Thinking Skills Test.
Conclusion: the lack of an agreed definition for CT in nursing is reflected in a low use of specific models for assessment.

Keywords:

critical thinking; nursing learning; high education in nursing

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Referenciais teoricos do pensamento crítico na enfermagem e instrumentos para sua avaliaçao: revisâo integrativa

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