Comparison of critical thinking skills between continuous licentiate and bachelor- licentiate nursing students of Abadan nursing faculty in 2008

Nourolla Tahery; Bahman Cheraghian; Tahareh Esmaiili; Hoda Mohammadi; Jalile Aboodi

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Comparison of critical thinking skills between continuous licentiate and bachelor- licentiate nursing students of Abadan nursing faculty in 2008

Authors:

Nourolla Tahery^1,*,

Bahman Cheraghian²,

Tahareh Esmaiili³,

Hoda Mohammadi⁴,

Jalile Aboodi⁴

1MS.c of nursing, Abadan nursing faculty, Ahvaz Jundishapour University of Medical sciences, Iran

2PhD student of Epidemiology, Abadan nursing faculty, Ahvaz Jundishapour University of Medical sciences, Iran

3Ms of nursing, Valiasr Khorramshahr hospital, Iran

4Nursing student, Abadan nursing faculty, Ahvaz Jundishapour University of Medical sciences, Iran

Educational Research in Medical Sciences:Vol. 1, issue 1; e74404

Published online:May 06, 2012

Article type:Research Article

Received:Dec 21, 2011

Accepted:Apr 16, 2012

How to Cite:Nourolla TaheryBahman CheraghianTahareh EsmaiiliHoda MohammadiJalile AboodiComparison of critical thinking skills between continuous licentiate and bachelor- licentiate nursing students of Abadan nursing faculty in 2008.1(1):e74404.

Abstract

Introduction: Critical thinking skills as thinking and judging self-regulation are purposeful and result in solving problems and making appropriate decisions. Therefore, the importance of this subject and its role in the nursing profession and the clinical decision, this study was done to compare critical thinking skills of nursing students in continuous licentiate and bachelor- licentiate admissions.

Methods: This study was the analytical method that all continuous and discontinuous nursing students(70) were assessed using a standard questionnaire form Watson and Glaser. Data were analyzed using statistical software SPSS.13.00.

Results: The results showed that the difference between the scores of critical thinking skills among continuous licentiate (42.29) and bachelor- licentiate (49) nursing students were statistically significant (P-value < 0.001). With an increase in semesters, there was increase in students critical thinking skills score consistently, but not statistically significant (P-value = 0.6). Between the average and marital status with critical thinking skills, no statistically significant relationship was found.

Conclusion: Poor scores in critical thinking of nursing students in this study and other studies represent the need to review teacher’s clinical teaching methods, evaluation and how to delegate tasks to the student. According to study results, the need to review how to spend course and select of clinical educators for these courses seem evident.

Keywords

Critical thinking

Clinical decision making

Criticism thinking

Thinking skill

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