Evaluating Critical Thinking Skills of Baccalaureate Nursing Students

Journal of Nursing Education - Tập 36 Số 10 - Trang 485-488 - 1997
Beth C. Vaughan-Wrobel1, Patricia O’Sullivan, Leah Smith
1University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Nursing, Little Rock 72205, USA.

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ABSTRACT This study evaluates the critical thinking skills of students enrolled in a baccalaureate nursing program, using the WGCTA, for the classes of 1993 through 1996. Scores were obtained at entry and at end of junior and senior years. The mean entry WGCTA score was 56 for all four classes; however, the 1995 and 1996 classes had significantly higher scores than the class of 1994. Critical thinking scores were higher at entry for older students and students who had completed another education degree; however, critical thinking scores were lower for students who had previous nursing experience. After adapting for age, previous degree, and nursing experience, no significant differences in the WGCTA scores from entry to end of junior and senior years emerged for the classes of 1993, 1994, 1995.

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Journal of Nursing Education

Tập 36 Số 10

485-488

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