Application effect of critical thinking in the intravenous infusion / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the application effect of critical thinking applied in the intravenous infusion.Methods To give nurses who worked in the Neurosurgery Department from January to April 2012 training lessons of critical thinking so that they could analyze,judge,formulate and implement corresponding nursing measures during the intravenous infusion process through their critical thinking.Then the successful rate of venepuncture for patients and the patients' satisfaction degree with nursing before and after the critical thinking training lessons were observed.Results The successful rate of venepuncture for patients and the patients' satisfaction degree of nursing were apparently improved after the nurses received critical thinking training.The difference was of statistical significance.Conclusions After the implementation of critical thinking training during the intravenous infusion process for nurses,nurses puncture skills is enhanced,infusion swelling and complications are reduced,and the quality of clinical nursing care and patients' satisfaction degree of nursing is improved.