Week1 Journal- wisdom vs knowledge.

Week1 Journal- wisdom vs knowledge. PHIL 327N JOURNAL: WISDOM VS. KNOWLEDGE Lena Saniri Chamberlain College of Nursing PHIL327N: Critical Reasoning Professor Jason Oakes July 13, 2020 Content Reflection As a future nurse, I fully recognize the necessity of critical thinking and how vital it is to apply in a nurse's plan of care. After this week's reading of chapters one, two, three, and in our textbook Think Critically by Peter Facione and Carol Ann Gittens and participating in the discussion, I would define critical thinking as a skill built over time from experience, knowledge, wisdom. Combining these aspects and using your reasoned judgment to analyze and apply to identify complications early and providing optimal patient care. Heart of the Matter Looking forward to the text, chapters 12, 13, and 14 and consider this week's reading assignment. I believe the authors see the "heart of the matter" as the most critical aspect of critical thinking and regarding the knowledge and mentality needed to adapt the essential skill of thinking, and how to apply the expertise in everyday life. I believe that the "heart of the matter" appears to be the staple of critical thinking. Comparative, ideological, and empirical reasoning are methods of reasoning that define the "heart of the matter." I believe this type of mindset is essential to be able to implement to analyze and conclude better outcomes and providing credible ideas. These chapters provided basic knowledge in comprehending and examining why people think so differently. Nonetheless, there are alternatives in our thinking methods, which determine why people agree and disagree on specific topics. The authors emphasized two concepts in these chapters, Inference, and Explanation. Interference can be express as a simple conclusion from evidence and reasoning (Facione, 2016). Furthermore, acquired evidence and facts are used to establish a conclusion or opinion. Lastly, providing justification or reason for something can also be expressed as an explanation. I believe these two concepts are vital for critical thinking and the ability to analyze the facts and reasoning the ideas and establish a conclusion. Personal Growth Challenges & Insights My greatest challenge in this session is balancing the personal unexpected life obstacle and the workload and time required to succeed in all of my classes. I already know the actions I need to take to be successful in my classes, which is to create a time management calendar to plan my days accordantly, so they are clear and provide how my day or week will be. Nonetheless, this critical reasoning class, in particular, will be my biggest challenge because I tend to overthink and overwrite, which will be a challenge when writing these journals. I do enjoy the topic of critical thinking because I strongly agree with what sets apart an individual with a nursing degree and a great nurse that every client prays to receive care from. I will have to challenge myself to express my thoughts and experiences by implementing what I learn in this class to be able to shrink my thoughts to the specific and essential information that I acquire to reduce it to the essence of what I am trying to provide. One quote that I stuck in my head when reading the textbook was, "if information is power, then controlling the flow of information is wielding power" (Facione, 2016). I believe, as nurses, we are trusted with great power, and we are duty-bound to be optimal nurses that can think critically promptly to provide the care our clients deserve and have trusted us to provide. References Facione, P. G. (2016). Think Critically (Third ed.). United States of America: Pearson Education, Inc.