Critical thinking skills for your nursing degree critical study skills

Cover
Half-title
Series information
Title page
Copyright information
Table of contents
Acknowledgements
Meet the authors
Introduction
	A note on terminology
Chapter 1 The foundations of critical thinking
	Fake news!
		Discussion of task
	Developing and applying your critical thinking skills
	Critical thinking in nursing practice
		Discussion of task
	Applying critical thinking to ethical issues
		Discussion of case study A
		Discussion of case study B
	References
Chapter 2 Reflective practice
	Reflection and reflective practice
	Reflective frameworks
		Borton’s model of structured reflection
		Gibbs’ reflective cycle
		Johns’ model of structured reflection
		Critically evaluating reflective frameworks
	Reflection in action and reflection on action
	Reflection on learning
	Clinical supervision
	Writing reflectively
		Short written reflections
		Discussion of task
		Longer written reflections and essays
		Discussion of task
		The language of reflection
		Discussion of reflective language analysis
	References
Chapter 3 Critical reading
	Selecting sources for an assignment
		Selecting credible sources
		Selecting relevant sources
		Discussion of tasks
	Engaging critically with sources
		Scrutinising
		Synthesising
		Telling your research story
		Discussion of task
	References
Chapter 4 Critical writing
	What does it mean to write critically?
	References
Appendix 1: Academic levels at university
Appendix 2: Verb forms in English
	Further reading
Answer key
Index