Question

Questions

1.) Discuss how the use of critical thinking distinguishes nurses from technical health care team members.

2.) Discuss the consequences of a lack of critical thinking.

Answer 1

Answer: the use of critical thinking distinguishes nurses from technical health care team members as the nursing profession is a life long learning process. Nurse learn from their experiences, nursing practice etc. The nurse enhances their ability as well as critical thinking skills by indulging themselves in evidence based practice, nursing theories etc. This provides a platform to the nurses specially to make decisions and in critical thinking. They knows when and how to act and to perform in the case of the critical situation which can serve patient and bring out positive outcome. Whereas, in the case of technical health care team members, they mainly focused on the elevating the treatment and cure for the patient.

The lack of critical thinking leads to various consequences. Some of the consequences are:

• Poor quality of care provided to the patient.
• Patient's condition may get adverse if proper decision would not be taken on time.
• Poor outcomes such as increases fatalities.
• It may cause trouble for the healthcare organizations as they may face suit law for negligence.