Hearing a lot about clinical reasoning and critical thinking but not sure how to put them into practice? This book helps you develop the skills you need to practice safely and effectively in today's fast-paced, information-driven clinical settings. Using an inspiring, insightful, "how-to" approach, it sharpens your critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and test-taking abilities in preparation the NCLEX® Examination and, even more importantly, shows you how to apply critical thinking and clinical reasoning to nursing practice.
• New content includes in-depth information on rapid response teams, safety issues, skilled communication, hand-off tools, informatics, preceptor use, patient empowerment, and use of the nursing process as a tool for clinical reasoning.
• Focus on current trends relates critical thinking and clinical reasoning to today's nursing practice by matching content to QSEN (Quality and Safety Education for Nurses) competencies and U.S. National Patient Safety Goals.
• Maps and decision-making tools help you think things through" and make sound decisions about issues such as scope of practice and delegating safely and effectively.
• Think, Pair, Share exercises encourage active, in-depth learning through collaboration with peers and experts.
• Coverage of timely topics includes problem focused versus outcome-focused thinking, prioritizing decision-making, applying delegation principles, improving communication skills to prevent errors, and working smarter—not harder—with strategies to deal with workplace challenges.
• A companion Evolve website enhances learning with chapter worksheets and printable study tools.