title: Sharpening your critical thinking skills.
abstract: In the current environment of constant and rapid change in health care, critical thinking is essential. Both personal ability to think critically and a willingness to do so are involved and are related to the individual and to the organization in which the individual works. Knowledge, experience, attitudes, thinking strategies, skills, and an organizational culture that values critical thinking are essential factors in the development and practice of those skills. There is no magic solution. There must be a commitment by all levels of the organization to develop and use the principles and skills of critical thinking.
authors.affiliation: Shriners Hospital for Children, Greenville, South Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Kyzer
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009736:Nursing Process; D015279:Organizational Culture; D013850:Thinking