Wishful thinking

In the military, there are very few decisions that involve groupthink – which can be a good thing or a bad thing depending on how you frame the answer and the overall impact of that decision. However, last summer our organization was presented with a unique situation. The Army built a new set of barracks next to the flight line, where my unit worked on a typical day. Currently, the Soldiers resided in older barracks closer to the headquarters but these barracks were quite a distance from the…

look at what we are reading on a deeper level. Being able to construct inquisitive and complex questions that lead to critical thinking. Usually, when students read they just read over the words and that’s it. They don’t stop and analyze the material they are reading. They don’t question why it happened, who did it and the motives they had. Critical reading and critical thinking go hand in hand. These two strategies are monumental to understand a material on a deeper level. Students need to get…

reasoning to guide their practice. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the relationship between clinical reasoning and clinical decision making, consider clinical reasoning in advance physical assessment and identify the nurses’ use of critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and clinical judgment. Clinical reasoning and Decision Making…

In The Presumption of Atheism , Michael Scriven argues that when arguments for the existence of God are unable to provide the evidence required to maintain this conclusion (and Scriven believes this to be the case for all such arguments) the only position that one can rationally maintain is atheism. I will first elaborate the salient points of Scriven’s reasoning in arriving at his conclusion and then attempt to challenge some of the assumptions that Scriven makes in the course of his argument,…

gaining supporters in order to achieve a prosperous growth in the arts because they desire for students to be able to benefit from arts education in school curriculum. They acknowledge its significance because it allows students to apply critical thinking and…

In the following essay, one wishes to discuss why there can never be any justification for a belief in Other Minds. Descartes offers up “I think therefore I am” in First Meditations on Philosophy (Descartes, 1641), which has it’s fair share of problems but one wishes to use this quote to illustrate that while Descartes only proved that ‘I’ exist within one 's own mind, there is nothing to say that this must extend to others too. Or even to anyone but Descartes and Myself. And while that may seem…

so very important to ensure success for all learners. Reflection is aspect of many macrostrategies (Marzano, 2007). As students reflect on their learning, they gain important assessment information about how they perceive the efficacy of their thinking (Costa & identify and record their areas of confusion not only enhances their learning, but also provides the teacher with valuable diagnostic information (Butler & Winne, 1995; Cross, 1998). I love having students reflect on their learning. I…

There’s many ways of listening that people don 't really pay attention to or know about. Listening is a really important thing for us to do for many different reasons because without listening we might not understand the message correctly. "Many people find effective listening hard to define. When someone complains "You never listen!" what exactly does that mean? We can define listening as take notice of and act on what someone says. There is two things that are important to note about this…

The semester is nearing its end and I feel that I have grown personally and professionally during our clinical rotation at Saddleback Memorial Hospital. It has helped me recognize my strengths and areas for improvement, as well as given me a valuable outlook of what I want to do after graduation. Looking back at the previous weeks during this clinical rotation has brought some invaluable insights on nursing practice, safety, and advocacy. Preconceptions of Critical Care Critical care for me in…

In their work over the past ten years, Malcom Gladwell and Steven Pinker have presented their research and hypotheses regarding the unexpected implications of contemporary social issues. Specifically, their respective views on preventing criminal activity and disproving the growing concerns in regards to society’s reliance on mass media. In an excerpt from Malcom Gladwell’s The Tipping Point, the author analyzes the application of a theory known as “the tipping point”. Likewise, Steven Pinker’s…