how is critical thinking similar to the nursing process
Critical Thinking is an essential component of Nursing since a nurse is always, by profession, confronted with complex situations, which demand accurate judgments, clinical decision-making and a continuous learning process. Thus, a critical thinking involves a big process of reasoning and problem solving where all judgments and clinical decisions are based on evidence. In this process, there is an active ingredient of intuition, emotional intelligence and reflection. In this process, there is also credibility of the data, scope for investigation and learning. Of course, Critical thinking in nursing is largely influenced by the psychological, physiological and environmental traits like age, level of confidence, bias, skills, fatigue, stress and co-workers. Various nursing models like T.H.I.N.K.