BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:EventsCalendar PRODID:-//hacksw/handcal//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York LAST-MODIFIED:20240422T053451Z TZURL:https://www.tzurl.org/zoneinfo-outlook/America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:College of Nursing and Health Sciences,Thesis/Dissertations DESCRIPTION:College of Nursing and Health Sciences DNP Defense - Elvira Min asyanÌýTitle: Improving New to Practice Nurses’ Critical Thinking and Cl inical Decision-Making SkillsÌýDate: April 8, 2026Time: 3:00 PMZOOM: Pleas e contact dhoffman@umassd.edu for linkÌýCommittee:Dr. Joyce CadoretteDr. J oanne FucileDr. Christine Saba RezendesÌýAbstract:ÌýCritical thinking skil ls are essential for nursing practice, as they link patient information or presented conditions to relevant knowledge and guide clinical decisions. New-to-practice registered nurses (NPRNs) require additional training to s trengthen their critical thinking skills. ÌýThe literature presents critic al thinking as essential for safe and effective nursing practice; however, novice nurses often struggle with the application of critical thinking as they transition from academic settings to clinical practice (Zainal et al ,2025). The scholarly project aims to determine if the implementation of a structured case study review incorporated as part of an established new graduate nurse residency program (NGNRP) will improve NPN self-rated criti cal thinking and readiness for practice using a pre- and post-intervention assessment format. The project took place at an urban long-term acute car e hospital and included 39 participants. ÌýThe project utilized the Casey- Fink Readiness for Practice Survey (CFRPS) as a validated assessment tool before and after the intervention (Casey-Fink Surveys, 2024). ÌýData analy sis compared outcomes in the CFRPS means scores using a dependent paired t -test. The results showed a statistically significant improvement in clini cal problem solving (p=0.001) and no statistically significant difference in preparedness for practice (p=0.164). These findings suggest that incorp orating the group case study reviews in a residency program may offer a su stainable method to strengthen clinical decision-making skills among NPRNs . Future projects should investigate the longitudinal use of repeated case discussion sessions to assess the cumulative effect on readiness for prac tice. Ìý\nEvent page: /events/cms/college-of-nursing -and-health-sciences-dnp-defense---elvira-minasyan.php X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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College of Nursing and Health S ciences DNP Defense - Elvira Minasyan
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Title: Improving New to Practice Nurses’ Critical Thinking and Clinical Decision-Making Skills< br />Ìý
Date: April 8\, 2026
Time: 3:00 PM
ZOOM: Please con tact dhoffman@umassd.edu for link
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Committee:
Dr. Joyce C adorette
Dr. Joanne Fucile
Dr. Christine Saba Rezendes
ÌýAbstract:
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Critical thinking skills are essential for nurs ing practice\, as they link patient information or presented conditions to relevant knowledge and guide clinical decisions. New-to-practice register ed nurses (NPRNs) require additional training to strengthen their critical thinking skills. ÌýThe literature presents critical thinking as essential for safe and effective nursing practice\; however\, novice nurses often s truggle with the application of critical thinking as they transition from academic settings to clinical practice (Zainal et al \,2025). The scholarl y project aims to determine if the implementation of a structured case stu dy review incorporated as part of an established new graduate nurse reside ncy program (NGNRP) will improve NPN self-rated critical thinking and read iness for practice using a pre- and post-intervention assessment format. T he project took place at an urban long-term acute care hospital and includ ed 39 participants. ÌýThe project utilized the Casey-Fink Readiness for Pr actice Survey (CFRPS) as a validated assessment tool before and after the intervention (Casey-Fink Surveys\, 2024). ÌýData analysis compared outcome s in the CFRPS means scores using a dependent paired t-test. The results s howed a statistically significant improvement in clinical problem solving (p=0.001) and no statistically significant difference in preparedness for practice (p=0.164). These findings suggest that incorporating the group ca se study reviews in a residency program may offer a sustainable method to strengthen clinical decision-making skills among NPRNs. Future projects sh ould investigate the longitudinal use of repeated case discussion sessions to assess the cumulative effect on readiness for practice. Ìý

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