TY - JOUR T1 - Self-report questionnaires of nurses in Taiwan reveal that critical thinking ability and nursing competence are both at the middle level and there is a correlation between the two JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 74 LP - 75 DO - 10.1136/ebnurs-2011-100507 VL - 15 IS - 3 AU - Susan G Forneris Y1 - 2012/07/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/15/3/74.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Chang MJ, Chang YJ, Kuo SH, et al. Relationships between critical thinking ability and nursing competence in clinical nurses. J Clin Nurs 2011;20:3224–32.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMed Concepts such as ‘critical thinking and nursing competence’ are paramount to nursing practice. Chang et al, explore this relationship in practicing nurses. The importance of their work surrounds the positive correlation between critical thinking and nursing competence and the implications for nursing practice: ■ Engage a learner-centred approach;■ Use the expertise of practicing nurses to guide thinking of novice nurses;■ Develop nurses' reflective practice. The complexities of our healthcare environments call for ever increasing professional accountability and decision making of the practicing nurse. Patient outcomes and indicators of quality and safety clearly underscore the demand for high levels of critical thinking and nursing competence.2 Critical thinking is often used synonymously with clinical reasoning, … ER -