Developing Critical Thinking in Novice Nurses

By celmers
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    Developing Critical Thinking Using Webquests & Wikis

  • Design Critical Thinking Tool

    Design Critical Thinking Tool
    Design Critical Thinking Evaluation Tool on Survey Monkey
    Create Website
    Invite new students
  • Piloted Critical Evaluation Tool with October Class

    Piloted Critical Evaluation Tool with October Class
    Piloted Critical Thinking Evaluation Tool with Octobers class.
  • Design Interactive Tools

    Design Interactive Tools
    Created Webquest and wikis. Discussed curriculum changes with Baptisth Health System Education Council.
  • Advertised New Curriculum and Invited New Graduates

    Advertised New Curriculum and Invited New Graduates
    Publicized new course flyer and used word of mouth to advertise and build excitment around new course format.
  • Cycle 1: Preassessment and new interactive curriculum

    Cycle 1: Preassessment and new interactive curriculum
    Critical Thinking AssessmentPre-assessment Critical thinking Evaluation completed by students prior to content delivery. Students participated in webquests and wikis. Post-assessment was completed 1 week later.
  • Analyze results and Make changes to curriculum

    Analyze results and Make changes to curriculum
    Critical Thinking AssessmentFebruary was spent analyzing Cycle one data and reviewing instructors journal from that day of class. Decision was made to make minor changes to wikis and webquest; created 3 levels of questions for students that mastered content faster
  • Cycle 2 Pre-assessment Evaluation

    Cycle 2 Pre-assessment Evaluation
    Cycle 2 Pre-asssessment evaluation and exploration of disease process and completion wikis and webquests by novice nurses.
  • Cycle 2 Postassessment

    Cycle 2 Postassessment
    Cycie 2 Postassesstment; begin analyzing cycle 2 and compare with cycle 1 results.
  • Summary and Data Evaluation

    Summary and Data Evaluation
    Summary and complete data analysis and posting for cycle 1 and 2.
  • Submit Project Proposal for Presentation at DevLearn 2010 Conference

    Submit Project Proposal for Presentation at DevLearn 2010 Conference
    DevLearn 2010Submit my project proposal for presentation as an e-learning case study at the DevLearn 2010 Conference in San Francisco November 3-5, 2010.
  • Make Final Finishes on AR Website

    Make Final Finishes on AR Website
    Make Final finishes on AR Website. Begin working on creating final project.
  • Complete Final Project and Present at FSO

    Complete Final Project and Present at FSO
    Put finishing touches on final project and present project to FSO.