“…Critical thinking is characterized as higher-level thinking that involves knowledge, experiences, dispositions and intellectual abilities (Carbogim, Oliveira, & Püschel, 2016). It is a vital and effective skill for nurses in regard to planning and providing medical care to patients (Ilhan, Sukut, Akhan, & Batmaz, 2016;Kawashima & Petrini, 2004). As nurses face increasingly complex health-care situations, critical thinking can help them facilitate proper clinical decision-making and improve the quality of nursing care (Y. C. Huang, Chen, Yeh, & Chung, 2012;Rusch, Manz, Hercinger, Oertwich, & McCafferty, 2019).…”