Development about nursing students' critical thinking ability by concept maps / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of concept maps in developing critical thinking ability in nursing baccalaureates. Methods Divided 60 nursing students into the experimental group and the control group randomly, there were 30 cases in each group. Traditional nursing care plans was used in the control group, while concept maps was used in the experimental group when analysis typical case. Evaluated the critical thinking ability between the two groups by CTDI-CV at the beginning and the end of term. Results The difference of CTDI-CV scores in the experimental group at the beginning and the end of term was significant, while the difference in the control group was not. Conclusions Concept maps can effective improve nursing students' ability of critical thinking.