Academic Skills for Nurses

The purpose of this session is to develop your skills:

• Identifying sources
• Analysing sources
• Writing with sources.

• Effective arguments (estimated reading time 5 minutes)
• Constructing arguments (estimated reading time 10 to 15 minutes)
• Critically evaluating journal articles (estimated reading time 10 minutes)
• Critical thinking – Bloom’s Taxonomy (estimated reading time 5 minutes)

The session presentation is available here for anyone who may wish to review it before or after the session.  The session is based around activities, and you will get the most benefit from participating in the sessions.

Creating an action plan based on your reflection is an essential part of the assessment. Use this template to get started.