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Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Year : 2019, Volume : 13, Issue : 4
First page : ( 418) Last page : ( 423)
Print ISSN : 0973-9122. Online ISSN : 0973-9130.
Article DOI : 10.5958/0973-9130.2019.00326.8

Evaluation of Problem Solving and Critical Thinking Skills among Mosul's Nursing Students

Abdullah Muhannad Khalil1, Awad Mohammad Salih1, Ibrahim Radhwan Hussein2,*, Hassan Jwan Mohammd3

1Assistant Lecturer, Department of Clinical Nursing Sciences, College of Nursing, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq

2Professor, Department of Clinical Nursing Sciences, College of Nursing, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq

3B. Sc. Nursing, Department of Clinical Nursing Sciences, College of Nursing, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq

*Correspondence author: Department of Clinical Nursing Sciences, College of Nursing, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq Tel: +964-770-1620-882; E-mail: prof.dr.radhwan@uomosul.edu.iq.

Online published on 27 November, 2019.

Abstract

Background

Education is a dynamic process designed to build a professional personality and improve the quality of life that may be overcrowded by problems. Education aims to educate individuals and help them to acquire the skills of thinking, confronting and solving these problems. This study aims at measuring problem solving skills and critical thinking among nursing students at Mosul University.

Methodology

The cross-sectional design was used in this study that conducted at the College of Nursing at Mosul University during the academic year 2018–2019. Four (4) students were interviewed. The Heppner Problem Solving Scale was used to measure problem-solving skills while the California scale was used for critical thinking. Data collected and entered on the computer, SPSS was used for data analysis

Results

The results of the study indicated that the average score of students in the method of problem solving () and critical thinking skills are () and there are no significant differences between males and females. The students in the fourth stage were the highest in the average grades of critical thinking skills and the method of solving problems compared to students of the first stages.

Conclusion

The study concluded that our college students still need intensive training in critical thinking and problem solving techniques, and that the teachers of training and teaching should follow advanced methods of teaching their students.

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Keywords

Problem solving, Critical Thinking, Nursing skills.

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