Desarrollo del pensamiento crítico del estudiante de enfermería en la práctica preprofesional

Abstract

Abstract: Critical thinking in nursing is oriented towards obtaining objectives to make judgments based on evidence; it improves cognitive skills, observation and analysis, application of standards, search for information, and logical reasoning, the objective of this study focuses on describe the importance of the development of critical thinking in nursing students in pre-professional practice. Systematic review carried out under the PRISMA method, with a qualitative descriptive approach using databases such as academic Google, Bvsalud, UTPL database, and using Boolean operators, during the period 2017-2020, in Spanish, starting from the critical analysis of the information obtained. In the results following categories were analyzed: Students' perception of critical thinking; Critical thinking level according to academic training; Critical thinking in the nursing diagnostic process; Strategies for the development of critical thinking, among other. The importance of evaluating the development of critical thinking in nursing students is evident, generating tools that allow measuring capacities obtained during the advancement of the degree.