Course Outline

Critical thinking skills are essential in today’s nursing environment. Are you prepared?

Become acquainted with critical thinking skills and attitudes — and pratice them – as you analyze the case studies in Critical Thinking in Nursing: Case Studies Across the Curriculum.

• The workbook is designed for self-directed study of critical thinking and can also be used for in-class assignments
• Activities are based on adult health, community, maternal-newborn, pediatric, and mental health nursing real-life scenarios.
• Each case study is accompanied by 4-6 questions that encourage you to apply your critical thinking skills.

“As knowledge workers, nurses must be prepared to think as well as ‘do’ for patients. Use these realistic cases to sharpen your critical thinking skills before you apply them in clinical practice. Dr. Green’s carefully crafted questions will help you think critically about a variety of patient-care situations you may encounter as a nurse.”
- Judith Wilkinson, Ph.D., ARNP, RNC
Author of Nursing Process: A Critical Thinking Approach and Nursing Diagnosis & Intervention Pocket Guide

About the Authors

Dr. Carol J. Green is a frequent speaker to nursing faculty and practitioners on the subject of critical thinking. She is currently on the nursing faculty of Johnson County Community College in Kansas, where she teaches critical care and perioperative clinical nursing, renal, immunology, and critical care didactic nursing. She is the author of several publications and computer programs, including the Student Study Guide and Instructor’s Manual for Phipps’s Medical Surgical Nursing (Mosby) and Case Studies on Multiple Sclerosis (Health Sciences Consortium). Dr. Green is a Commander in the United States Navy Nurse Corps, Reserve.