Strategies, Techniques, & Approaches to Thinking: Critical Thinking Cases in Nursing

By Sandra Luz Martinez de Castillo and Sandra Luz Martinez de Castillo EdD RN

280 pagesIncludes over 80 progressive cases that build as complications occur and encourage critical thinking skills in the clinical setting. Case studies address important issues in current practice, including leadership and delegation, pharmacology, culture, bioterrorism, and environmental disasters. Review questions reinforce case study applications and prepare you for test taking. Includes evaluation learning activities that cover topics such as drug therapy, decision-making, and priority setting to help you apply critical thinking skills. Section on "Applying Critical Thinking Skills to Clinical Situations" features new case scenarios exposing you to more advanced clinical situations and addressing those key skills and behaviors critical for nursing practice. Highlights prioritization and delegation content to reinforce the importance of prioritizing and delegating in the workplace. Continued case studies on Evolve provide more in-depth information for continuation of selected key case studies in the book and allow you to cover more advanced concepts. Supplemental audio content on Evolve features heart and lung sounds, reporting, and patient communication related to selected cases to help students become familiar with hearing (not just seeing) common reports, communications, and clinical heart and lung sounds. NCLEX(R) exam-style review questions on Evolve now include new alternate-item format questions along with the traditional multiple-choice questions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416061525
• ISBN13: 9781416061526
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Saunders
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.8" x 0.5" x 8.5"

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Strategies, Techniques and Approaches to Thinking

This is a great book for student to review the materials. It reinforced the critical thinking process, especially with the study case questions. In addition after each questions, there an explanation of whether or not the choices are correct.