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Improving Critical Thinking and Clinical Reasoning With a Continuing Education Course
Fecha
2009Registro en:
JOURNAL OF CONTINUING EDUCATION IN NURSING, v.40, n.3, p.121-127, 2009
0022-0124
Autor
CRUZ, Dina Monteiro
PIMENTA, Cibele Mattos
LUNNEY, Margaret
Institución
Resumen
Background: Continuing education courses related to critical thinking and clinical reasoning are needed to improve the accuracy of diagnosis. Method: This study evaluated a 4-day, 16-hour continuing education course conducted in Brazil. Thirty-nine nurses completed a pretest and a posttest consisting of two written case studies designed to measure the accuracy of nurses` diagnoses. Results: There were significant differences in accuracy from pretest to posttest for case 1 (p = .008) and case 2 (p = .042) and overall (p = .001). Conclusion: Continuing education courses should be implemented to improve the accuracy of nurses` diagnoses. J Contin Educ Nurs 2009;40(3):121-127.