title: Critical thinking, critical practice.
abstract: Nursing leaders in critical care can use strategies such as questioning, clinical scenarios, conferences, and context-dependent test items to assess and improve their staff's critical thinking skills.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich., USA.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Oermann
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003422:Critical Care; D003657:Decision Making; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009736:Nursing Process; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000458:organization & administration; D013850:Thinking