Critical thinking is a reasoned interactive pro- cess that requires the development of strategies that maximize human potential. These actions involve critical thinking, processing and the utilization of clinical cognitive, affective and psychomotor skills. Nursing interventions may be selected and performed with the client's participation. Communication in nursing establishes alliances through active listening, empathy, and respect for self, clients and colleagues. Therapeutic communication forms working relationships with clients to facilitate their adaptation to health problems or to promote healthy lifestyles.
Professional communication is the transfer of knowledge by written, oral, and non-verbal methods.
It is best accomplished with willing participants. Teaching strategies facilitate learning of theoretical and conceptual foundations of nursing to enhance development of the student as a professional nurse. Nursing research enhances the practice of nursing in measurement of client outcomes, assessment of the quality of care, and evaluation of nursing models of care. It requires the ability to use the problem solving process, maintain group effectiveness, communicate well, and demonstrate fairness, competence, dependability and creativity. Define a competent level of care and performance.