Critical thinking skills in nursing students: Comparison of simulation-based performance with metrics

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2182-2193

  Fero, Laura J ^a   O'Donnell, John M ^b   Zullo, Thomas G ^b   Dabbs, Annette DeVito ^b   Kitutu, Julius ^b   Samosky, Joseph T ^c   Hoffman, Leslie A ^b  

^a Kaplan Higher Education   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical thinking; High fidelity human simulation; Nursing students; Simulation based performance; Videotaped vignettes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEACHING; THINKING; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PATIENT SIMULATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; STUDENTS, NURSING; THINKING; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956284767     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05385.x     Document Type: Article

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