RT - Journal Article T1 - CRITICAL THINKING ABILITY IN NURSING STUDENTS AND CLINICAL NURSES JF - IJN YR - 2004 JO - IJN VO - 17 IS - 39 UR - http://ijn.iums.ac.ir/article-1-39-en.html SP - 15 EP - 29 K1 - Critical thinking K1 - Nursing students K1 - Clinical nurses AB -    Authorities of nursing believe that the ability to think critically by nurses play an important role in providing individual care, solving problems and making complex decisions. Therefore, critical thinking ability is to be established during scientific experiences in nursing students and to be promoted in employed nurses.  Determining and comparing critical thinking abilitys in first and last term baccalaureate nursing students and clinical nurses, a descriptive - comparative study was carried out in which 172 contributors, selected with stratified random sampling method filled up self reporting questionnaires.  Findings revealed that 98.3% of clinical nurses, 94% of last term students and 93% of first term students were weak in critical thinking abilities, besides, there were significantly differences between nursing students and clinical nurses in average scores of inference (p LA eng UL http://ijn.iums.ac.ir/article-1-39-en.html M3 ER -