Complete the Critical Thinking 1-2 Exercise from Chapter 1 on your own. Consider your
last clinical experience. How much was your practice based on scientific research?
What other sources of evidence did you use? Divide a circle into sections (like a pie
chart) to show how much influence each of the sources of evidence had on the patient
care you provided. Then, expand the Critical Thinking Exercise 1-2 to consider your last
clinical experience.
Answer the following questions:
- Identify strategies to increase the section of the circle that
represents the amount of influence that scientific research has on
the patient care clinical experience that you selected for the critical
thinking exercise? Strategy examples might include: find and read
nursing research studies, peer-reviewed journal sources, and
practice guidelines from specialty nursing/medical organizations,
etc. - How will that scientific research affect your patient care?
- How do you plan to share information with classmates and staff
nurses?