Papel do pensamento crítico na tomada de decisão pelo enfermeiro: revisão integrativa

Objective: To identify the available evidence in the literature about the role of critical thinking in decision making by nurses. Methods: In integrative review, in which the bibliographic survey was carried out in the dados Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature and Literatura Latino-americana e do Caribe em Ciencias da Saude databases, from January 26 to February 7, 2018. The descriptors thinking, decision making and nurses. Sample was composed of nine articles. Results: There was an increase in productions between the years of 2009 and 2014, the majority of the publications are North American and characterized by intervention studies. There was a prevalence of studies with level of evidence III and V. Three categories of analysis were analyzed: Critical thinking relation with the decision-making of nurses; Teaching methodologies to mediate critical screening; Factors related to the development of critical thinking and decision making. Final considerations: Critical thinking is closely related to nurses' decision making. Teaching methodologies can mediate the development of this competence. Other factors such as age of professionals and years of experience have also been related to critical thinking.