title: [Strategies for teaching the critical thinking abilities in nursing].
abstract: This study aimed at characterizing the teaching strategies applied to nursing in order to develop critical thinking skills. An integrative review was elaborated on the Web of Science and Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) data base, with the descriptors critical thinking, nursing and teaching from 1987 to 2008. The sample comprised 64 articles and the analysis provided the identification of 27 strategies for teaching critical thinking in nursing. Among those, the most referred to were questioning, case study, online teaching and interactive learning, concept map and teaching based on problem solving. Different strategies described in the study revealed a wide range of possibilities which can be applied to teaching and to clinical practice. It was concluded that the development of the critical thinking skills through these teaching strategies can help nursing students to be more critical and reflexive.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria da Graça Oliveira
authors.initials: Mda G
authors.lastname: Crossetti
authors.forename: Greicy Kelly Gouveia Dias
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Bittencourt
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schaurich
authors.forename: Thaíla
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanccini
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Antunes
mesh_terms: D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D007600:Judgment