Strategies used for the Development of Critical Thinking Skills in Nursing Students: A Scoping Review

Backgrounds and Aims: Critical thinking (CT) is one of the important skills that is used both in nursing education and practice. Many studies show that nursing students have poor CT skills. Since different strategies have been suggested for the development of CT in nursing students, the review and comparison of these strategies can help us to select an appropriate strategy in different situations and close the knowledge gap in this area. Materials and methods: In this scoping review article, keywords such as nursing education, critical thinking, teaching strategies, skill development, nursing students as well as their related terms were used to search for relevant articles published between ۲۰۱۳ and ۲۰۲۴ in renowned databases, including SID, PubMed, Web of Science, CINAHL, Scopus and ERIC. Results: A total of ۴۱۲ studies were identified after the search, which were examined for inclusion/exclusion criteria. Finally, ۲۸ studies that met the entry criteria were selected for the analysis. The results of analysis showed that most of the studies had been conducted on methods that increase the nursing students’ CT score or their tendency towards CT. The results of present study can be summarized in four categories of effective factors in education, suggested strategies, effectiveness of strategies and comparison of strategies. Conclusion: The findings showed that the use of different strategies is effective in increasing the nursing students’ CT score or their tendency towards it. However, paying attention to effective factors in education, as well as updating and combining strategies are important in developing CT skills in nursing students.

کلیدواژه ها:

Nursing Education ، Critical Thinking ، Teaching Strategies ، Review literature. ، آموزش پرستاری ، تفکر نقادانه ، راهبردهای یاددهی ، مرور متون.