A Nursing Curriculum Includes Integrated Content on Critical Thinking

question 8

Multiple Choice

A nursing curriculum includes integrated content on critical thinking. Which statement reflects movement toward designing the curriculum to meet Carnegie Foundation recommendations?

• A) "We must find ways to increase our emphasis on critical thinking."
• B) "The curriculum must focus on ways nurses can quickly and accurately acquire information."
• C) "Our emphasis must change to improving nursing students' clinical reasoning skills."
• D) "Our clinical practicums must be graded separately from our theory presentations."

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Definitions:

Empiricist

A person who emphasizes the role of experience and evidence, especially sensory perception, in the formation of ideas, over the notion of innate ideas or traditions.

Reflective Music

Music specifically designed or chosen to inspire introspection and contemplation about oneself or life.

Imagination

The ability of the mind to be creative or resourceful, particularly in visualizing or forming images of things not present to the senses.

Self-Monitoring

The process of observing and regulating one's own behavior in social situations, aiming for appropriate or desired responses.