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You are here > Home > Reading Lists > Nursing Management > Critical Thinking in the Medical-Surgical Unit Critical Thinking in the Medical-Surgical Unit: Skills to Assess, Analyze, and Act   Shelley Cohen, RN, BS, CEN Softbound Book + companion CD-ROM   Size: 8.5" x 10.5" book plus CD-ROM Includes 3 Nursing Contact Hours ISBN 1578399653 978-1578399659  HCPro March 2007 Price $99.00 (click below for this book and CD set)   A rapidly-growing number of nurse leaders are concerned that the new graduates who flock to medical-surgical units to gain experience lack the critical thinking skills necessary to practice in a complex medical-surgical environment. Raise the standard of professional nursing practice and teach clinical care providers how to function at a higher level with the new book, Critical Thinking in the Medical-Surgical Unit: Skills to Assess, Analyze, and Act.   Critical thinking is essential to nurses’ success. The ability to think critically is crucial to patient care and reduced medical errors. This book provides nurse managers and educators with accessible and easy ways to teach these valuable skills to their staff.   Critical Thinking in the Medical-Surgical Unit is an easy-to-read resource that explains the principles of critical thinking and how to encourage nurses to use critical thinking methods. This essential book covers how to lead classroom sessions for new graduate nurses and experienced nurses to develop critical thinking skills, including successful classroom processes and learning strategies. It includes teaching tips, workbooks, and handouts to supplement the classroom learning. This resource kit provides strategies for managers and nurse educators to develop critical thinking skills during orientation and beyond, and includes tools and resources for ongoing development. Learn how to develop a culture of critical thinking, from coaching new grads through bad patient outcomes to encouraging experienced nurses by setting expectations.   You also get a CD with all the book’s valuable and completely customizable resources such as medical-surgical unit-specific assessment tools, worksheets, and sample questions. Critical thinking in the medical-surgical unit Defining critical thinking New graduate nurses and critical thinking The critical thinking classroom Orientation: Bringing critical thinking to the clinical environment Nursing practice that promotes and motivates critical thinking Novice to expert: Setting realistic expectations for critical thinking Applying critical thinking to nursing documentation Relating critical thinking to its higher purpose Resources and tools Critical Thinking in the Medical-Surgical Unit is a valuable, must-have resource for: chief nursing officers directors of nursing nurse managers nurse educators Learning objectives include: Describe the characteristics of the medical-surgical unit that require good critical-thinking skills Identify the key aspects of critical thinking and how nurses develop competency Analyze the factors that contribute to new graduates’ lack of critical thinking and strategies to counteract this Utilize the classroom environment to teach, promote, and support the development of critical thinking Identify ways to incorporate critical thinking development into orientation programs and ways to evaluate nurses’ progress Discuss the role played by managers and educators in promoting environments that support critical thinking Evaluate the challenges facing new and experienced nurses in incorporating critical thinking skills into practice and strategies to help meet expectations Apply critical thinking to nursing documentation This educational activity is credentialed for 3 nursing contact hours.   Shelley Cohen, RN, BS, CEN, is the founder and president of Health Resources Unlimited, a Tennessee-based healthcare education and consulting company. Through her seminars for nursing professionals, Cohen coaches and educates healthcare workers and leaders across the country to provide the very best in patient care. She is an editorial advisor for Strategies for Nurse Managers, published by HCPro, Inc., and is a frequent contributor to Nursing Management magazine.   Polly Gerber Zimmermann, RN, MS, MBA, CEN, has been in active in emergency and medical-surgical nursing clinical practice for more than 29 years and involved in nurse educating for more than 10 years. She is a tenured assistant professor in the Department of Nursing at the Harry S. Truman College (Chicago). Kelly A. Goudreau, DSN, RN, CNS-BC, is the director of education at the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Portland, OR. She is a board certified Clinical Nurse Specialist in adult health and is also the current president of the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists for 2006. She received her doctorate of nursing science with a focus on nursing education from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. With more than 18 years of experience, HCPro, Inc. is a leading provider of integrated information, education, training, and consulting products and services in the vital areas of healthcare regulation and compliance. The company's mission is to meet the specialized informational, advisory, and educational needs of the healthcare industry. As an acknowledged industry authority in healthcare regulation and compliance, HCPro focuses on providing its clients assistance and expertise in the areas of accreditation, medical staff affairs, credentialing, privileging, medical record management, regulatory compliance, nursing, quality/patient safety, infection control, and workplace safety. 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