Critical Thinking and Writing for Nursing Students

Bob Price is a healthcare education and training consultant. Formerly, he was Director, Postgraduate Awards in Advancing Healthcare Practice at the Open University. A passionate educator, Bob has assisted students at every level from pre-registration programmes of study up to and including Doctor of Philosophy. Bob’s doctoral thesis was on the negotiation of learning and strategies used by students and tutors to develop scholarly and professional forms of expression. Anne Harrington is a senior lecturer in Ethics, Public Health, Mentor in Practice, Leadership & Management and Study Skills at Brighton University. Anne has been teaching for nearly 25 years, and is passionate about supporting and enhancing students’ learning experience. Her PhD in Education focused on the students’ experience of academic support in higher education and reported that many of them who had their prior academic education overseas found it difficult to develop critical and analytical thinking when writing their essays.

PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING THINKING, REFLECTING AND WRITING
Critical Thinking
Reflecting
Scholarly Writing
Critiquing Literature and Examining Evidence
PART TWO: CRITICAL THINKING AND REFLECTING IN NURSING CONTEXTS
Making Sense of Lectures
Making Sense of Workshops
Making Sense of Clinical Placements
Making Use of Electronic Media
PART THREE: EXPRESSING CRITICAL THOUGHT AND REFLECTION
Writing the Analytical Essay
Writing the Reflective Essay
Building and Using Your Portfolio of Learning