Enhancing critical-thinking skills is vital to a nurse’s professional development. However, it can be challenging for a new nurse or an experienced nurse taking on a new role to acquire the needed ...

Two separate health care events for nursing professionals and students as well as EMS personnel are coming to Southern Illinois University Carbondale this spring. The second annual Southern Illinois ...

Beyond their fundamental responsibilities of administering medications and providing hands-on patient care, most nurses, particularly advanced practice professionals, are instrumental in the ...

Southern Illinois University Carbondale is hosting two spring conferences aimed at supporting education, wellness and ...

When I first began focusing on the development of student critical thinking skills in the early 1990s, I discussed ideas for a research project with the partner of a CPA firm. I recall being quite ...

As an educator, I firmly believe that nurturing the critical thinking skills of the students is one of the most important aspects of what teachers do. Critical thinking has been cited as allowing ...

Out of all the skills today’s students need to develop, critical thinking is perhaps the most important. Critical thinking not only helps students make stronger connections to information they learn ...

Fully supporting students means explicitly teaching them critical thinking, Louis E. Newman argues in Thinking Critically in College: The Essential Handbook for Student Success (Radius Book Group).

The NCLEX is a mandatory exam for nursing graduates to obtain licensure, assessing critical thinking and clinical judgment to ensure safe patient care. Passing the NCLEX-RN (Registered Nurse) or NCLEX ...