Critical Thinking and Writing in Nursing

Bob Price is a healthcare education and training consultant. Formerly, he was Director, Postgraduate Awards in Advancing Healthcare Practice at the Open University. A passionate educator, Bob has assisted students at every level from pre-registration programmes of study up to and including Doctor of Philosophy. Bob’s doctoral thesis was on the negotiation of learning and strategies used by students and tutors to develop scholarly and professional forms of expression.

The text focuses on writing in the field of nursing, which matters.

• Part 1: Understanding thinking, reflecting and writingChapter 1: Critical thinkingChapter 2: ReflectingChapter 3: Scholarly writingPart 2: Critical thinking and reflecting in nursing contextsChapter 4: Making sense of lecturesChapter 5: Making sense of interactive enquiriesChapter 6: Making clinical placements successfulChapter 7: Making use of electronic mediaPart 3: Expressing critical thought and reflectionChapter 8: Critiquing evidence-based literatureChapter 9: Writing the analytical essayChapter 10: Writing the reflective essayChapter 11: Writing the clinical case studyChapter 12: Building and using your portfolio of learning