Critical Thinking Disposition and Competences among Staff Nurses

Abstract

Organizations are continually seeking well trained individuals that possess not only the technical skills to fulfill their roles, but more importantly, the thinking skills to be effective in a constantly changing environment. Critical thinking is a requirement for nurses to be safe, competent and skilful practitioners and suggest it is essential to true autonomy. Furthermore, nurses are expected to be able to think critically in order to process complex data and to make intelligent decisions concerning the planning, management and evaluation of health care for their clients. Therefore, working in ICU environment requires that nurses make rapid and accurate decisions, be knowledgeable about complex scenarios and in general have more responsibility. The aims of this study was to investigate the relationship between critical thinking dispositions and perception of competence among nurses through: Assessing