Reshmy Radhamony, Wendy M Cross, Louise Townsin, Biswajit Banik
Perspectives of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) community members regarding mental health services: A qualitative analysis
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing
aim study assess critical thinking ct disposition students nursing school assessment part larger study aimed developing ctbased curriculum framework undergraduate nursing educational program developing country quantitative descriptive crosssectional design used assess ct disposition undergraduate nursing students crosssectional study identified strengths weaknesses nursing students relative critical thinking mindset california critical thinking disposition inventory cctdi used assess ct disposition 112 undergraduate nursing students march may 2018 cctdi contains 75 items sixpoint likert scale seven subscales data analyzed use descriptive statistics independent ttest anova participants 73 demonstrated positive inclination towards critical thinking overall cctdi score students mean score highest confidence reasoning subscale lowest truthseeking statistically significant difference p 003 found years study inquisitiveness subscale findings indicate need educators devise strategies assist students seek accurate information building students positive ct disposition