title: Teaching critical thinking skills to undergraduate nursing students.
abstract: Teaching nursing students to use critical thinking skills is important in today's changing healthcare system. Formal instruction in critical thinking theory is included in a professional issues nursing course for junior nursing students. The authors describe healthcare and non-healthcare educational activities used to promote application of the principles of critical thinking.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Wyoming, Laramie, USA.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Beeken
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Dale
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Enos
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yarbrough
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D013850:Thinking