Gross Y T, Takazawa E S, Rose C L
University of Hawaii School of Nursing, Honolulu.
J Nurs Educ. 1987 Oct;26(8):317-23. doi: 10.3928/0148-4834-19871001-05.
This study evaluated the impact of nursing education on students' critical thinking abilities, as measured by the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal (WG). In addition, the WG and the NLN Pre-Admission Test were related to GPA and NCLEX. A sample of 108 AS and BS students at the University of Hawaii School of Nursing were tested at entry and exit. AS and BS students showed comparable improvement in critical thinking ability. NCLEX was best predicted by the GPA, which in turn summed up effects of WG and NLN. The results confirm the efficacy of nursing education in improving critical thinking skills and suggest that the GPA is more important than the WG in predicting the NCLEX. The latter effect was more prominent in the BS group. Further investigation of the role of critical thinking in nursing and academic performance is suggested.
本研究通过沃森-格拉泽批判性思维评估（WG）来评估护理教育对学生批判性思维能力的影响。此外，WG和NLN入学前测试与平均绩点（GPA）及美国国家执业护士执照考试（NCLEX）相关。对夏威夷大学护理学院的108名护理学副学士学位（AS）和理学学士学位（BS）学生样本在入学和毕业时进行了测试。AS和BS学生在批判性思维能力方面表现出相当的进步。GPA对NCLEX的预测效果最佳，而GPA又综合了WG和NLN的影响。结果证实了护理教育在提高批判性思维技能方面的有效性，并表明在预测NCLEX方面，GPA比WG更重要。后一种影响在BS组中更为显著。建议进一步研究批判性思维在护理及学业表现中的作用。
