1st Edition

Critical Thinking Skills for your Nursing Degree

By Jane Bottomley, Steven Pryjmachuk Copyright 2018

    If you are embarking on a university nursing or midwifery degree, the books in this series will help you acquire and develop the knowledge, skills and strategies you need to achieve your goals. They provide support in all areas important for university study, including institutional and disciplinary policy and practice, self-management, and research and communication. Tasks and activities are designed to foster aspects of learning which are valued in higher education, including learner autonomy and critical thinking, and to guide you towards reflective practice in your study and work life.

    1. Foundations of critical thinking

    2. Reflective practice and critical thinking

    3. Critical reading

    4. Critical writing

    Biography

    Jane Bottomley is a Senior Language Tutor at the University of Manchester and a Senior Fellow of the British Association of Lecturers in English for Academic Purposes (BALEAP).She has been involved in the development of a number of content-based academic study skills courses at the University of Manchester and has previously published on scientific writing.

    Steven Pryjmachuk is Professor of Mental Health Nursing Education in the School of Health Science's Division of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work at the University of Manchester and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. His teaching, clinical and research work has centred largely on supporting and facilitating individuals – be they students, patients or colleagues – to develop, learn or care independently. 

    In December 2014, Steven was elected as vice Chair (2015-16) and Chair (2017-18) of Mental Health Nurse Academics UK, an organisation representing 65 Higher Education Institutions providing education and research on mental health nursing.

    I would recommend 'Critical thinking skills for your Nursing degree' not just to aspiring critical scholars but to anyone who wanted to explore this subject with a nursing-twist

    Asterios Bompolis, associate lecturer in mental health at Middlesex University and My Care Academy Practice LeadNursing Times