Importance Of Critical Thinking In Healthcare

Critical Thinking In Healthcare

Grand Canyon University
AMP-450V Leadership and Vocation
July 19, 2015

Critical thinking and decision making is a vital part of professional nursing necessary to provide high quality and safe health care for our clients. Critical decision making is using critical thinking to arrive at a decision for a specific situation. Critical thinking is self-directed, self-disciplined, self-monitored, self-corrective thinking, and it’s presupposes is to subscribe to values of excellence and give careful thought before making a decision (Benner, Hughes, & Molly, 2008). With this in consideration we would look at the given scenario and answer the question and analyze the ramifications of Mike’s decisions.…show more content…
A just culture ensures fair accountability for the individuals and the organization responsible for designing and improving safety systems in the workplace (Boysen, 2013). If Mike was on time, because he did not report the spill, but when he finds out of the incident he approach is manager and accepts responsibility; as a manager trying to promote a just culture Mike should not be penalized, but he should be counseled to ensure he understand the importance of reporting and the great risk to patient safety. In a punitive system individual errors are sought out and individuals responsible are punish; this punitive approach does not solve the problem, but compounds them because employees will avoid self reporting of errors due to fair of punitive action (Boysen,…show more content…
Our decisions must be guided by our conscience, morals, our professional responsibility, our responsibility for dose we care for, and our responsibility to the organization we work for. Critical decision making or critical thinking is the key to ensure high quality patient care, reduce adverse outcomes, and improve patient safety and satisfaction (Benner, Hughes, & Molly, 2008).

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