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Sheila K St Cyr¹, Anita C All

¹Performance Based Development System, OU MedicalCenter, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, USA. sheila.stcyr@hcahealthcare.com

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New graduate nurses often struggle with critical thinking. Concept maps offer a visual tool to enhance nursing students' critical thinking skills and guide patient problem-solving, integrating knowledge into practice.

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Area of Science:

Nursing Education
Clinical Reasoning

Background:

New graduate nurses frequently exhibit deficits in critical thinking skills.
Developing strong critical thinking is essential for safe and effective patient care.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the utility of concept mapping as a tool to foster critical thinking in graduate nurses.
To guide the application of theoretical knowledge to clinical practice.

Main Methods:

Utilized concept maps as a graphic illustration of key patient information.
Employed a body system approach to focus on patient problems.
Detailed the integration of concept mapping into nursing practice.

Main Results:

Concept mapping provides a structured approach to patient assessment and problem identification.
Visual representation aids in organizing complex patient data.
Facilitates the transition from theoretical knowledge to practical application.

Conclusions:

Concept mapping serves as an effective pedagogical strategy for enhancing graduate nurses' critical thinking.
This tool supports the development of clinical reasoning skills, making them more intuitive.
Concept maps bridge the gap between education and the demands of professional nursing practice.