Question

Explain how Dr. Collins use critical thinking to develop his concussion monitoring device.

Answer 1

Answer:

Dr. Collins used facts—the known symptoms of concussions—to build and design his tool. He needed to obtain knowledge of the effect of concussions on the brain and people’s responses to cognitive exercises. He realized that there was a gap in the current treatment of concussions. Many athletes don’t take the injury seriously, or they delay treatment, which can cause long-term damage. Dr. Collins’s new tool detects the possibility of an injury and also monitors recovery. So, it fills a need in the treatment of concussions.

Explanation:

Plato Answer.

Answer 2

Critical thinking is defined as the mental process of actively and skillfully perception, analysis, synthesis and evaluation of collected information through observation, experience and communication that leads to a decision for action. In nursing education there is frequent reference to critical thinking and to the significance that it has in daily clinical nursing practice. Nursing clinical instructors know that students face difficulties in making decisions related to clinical practice. The main critical thinking skills in which nursing students should be exercised during their studies are critical analysis, introductory and concluding justification, valid conclusion, distinguish of facts and opinions, evaluation the credibility of information sources, clarification of concepts and recognition of conditions. Specific behaviors are essentials for enhancing critical thinking. Nursing students in order to learn and apply critical thinking should develop independence of thought, fairness, perspicacity in personal and social level, humility, spiritual courage, integrity, perseverance, self-confidence, interest for research and curiosity. Critical thinking is an essential process for the safe, efficient and skillful nursing practice. The nursing education programs should adopt attitudes that promote critical thinking and mobilize the skills of critical reasoning.