IPRS REVISITED - USING PROCESS RECORDINGS TO DEVELOP NURSING-STUDENTSCRITICAL THINKING SKILLS

Professional nurses must possess critical thinking skills to practice in contemporary health care systems. This paper describes the adaptati on of an established strategy for helping students organize their thou ghts-the interpersonal process recording (IPR)-to develop nursing stud ents' critical thinking skills. The Critical Thinking-IPR encourages a systemic, theory-based approach to client problems, enables students to become self-directed learners, and engages student and teacher in a nalytic dialogue about clinical nursing problems.