Methods Faculty Use to Facilitate Nursing Students' Critical Thinking

Faculty facilitate nursing students' critical thinking (CT) in classroom. This article describes methods faculty should use to facilitate nursing students' CT and illustrates which of the 17 dimensions from CT Nursing Consensus Statement are apparent when the suggested methods are implemented. Course organization includes students' learning outcomes for CT, selection of reading assignment, timing to give class/lesson slides to students, and course delivery approaches. Students apply knowledge and use CT when taking examinations.