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Most importantly: , While these handouts are guides that can promote critical thinking, they do not replace the need for knowledge, critical thinking, and judgment on the part of the user.

  Links to Handouts  

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General Use Handouts.

1. Health Team Code of Conduct
2. Critical Thinking Strategies
3. Dead On Critical Thinking Game
4. Diverse Personalities
   (Do You Know What to Do When Someone Turns Blue?)
5. Nursing Process Summary
6. Patient Self Assessment Tool
7. Patient Data Analysis Worksheet (Virtual Clinical Instructor)
8. Nuts and Bolts of Concept Mapping (Getting in the "Right" State of MInd)
9. Key Points on Safe Medication Administration
10. Left and Right Brain Test
11. Diverse Learning Style Strategies
12. The Joint Commission Speak Up ® Handout
13. Top 10 Reasons to Improve Thinking
14. Creating a Climate to Promote CT - 15 Thngs to Do
15. Studying, Test-Taking, and NCLEX® Resources
16. SIDE Care Principles
17. Ethics Approaches

School of Nursing Faculty Handouts.

1. Analyzing and Refining Assignments
2. Clinical Cards
3. Example Pre-course Assessment (Word Document)
4. Scientific Investigation Critical Thinking Indicators (Word Document)
5. Blooms Verbs Handout (Word Document)
6. Creating a Climate to Promote CT - 15 Thngs to Do