A Nursing Curriculum Includes Integrated Content on Critical Thinking

question 29

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 students' clinical reasoning skills."
• D) "Our clinical practicums must be graded separately from our theory presentations."

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Definitions:

Role-centered

An approach or perspective that focuses on the importance of defined roles and responsibilities within an organization or system for effective functioning and achievement of goals.

Implemented

Executed or carried out a plan, decision, or method, making it active or effective.

Inoculate

in a non-medical context, means to protect or prepare someone in advance against adverse conditions or criticism.

Resilient

The ability to quickly recover from difficulties; toughness and adaptability in the face of adversity.