To start with, when it comes to being good at nursing or not - are those critical thinking areas the only skills that define a good nurse? As someone who only has experience from the other side of the bed, it would certainly appear so.
But beyond this, you're clearly putting in the effort to become a better nurse, which is important in of itself. You care about it to put in the effort, and through putting in the work, not only are you improving your skills, but you're also showing that you're a better nurse than others, who might just be content to rest upon their laurels, confident in their knowledge, which, when so much stuff changes in the medical field, isn't the sign of a good nurse.
Critical thinking skills can certainly be acquired, they're not innate, but they may come easier to some people. But as you've demonstrated, you're willing to put in the work, and so hopefully over time you'll find these things easier as you become more comfortable in interpreting them. With your strong creative language skills you should have an advantage too, because a lot of critical thinking type problems come from working which bits of information to dredge forth from your brain - information that might otherwise go into a length discussion. Just comes down to developing the confidence to find what you need. Sorry, I think I'm slightly too tired (too much of my own work + I've been reading some Mechanical ventilation papers myself recently, it's interesting but -yawns-), so I might just delete this when I wake tomorrow, because that was one hell of an incomprehensible ramble.
As for the support, have you tried contacting your lecturer/tutors or whatever you have access to, to see if they have any suggestions, or organising a group of other people in the same course to try and work together every week or so, so you can talk through ideas and hopefully as a group expand both your knowledge, and your ability to creatively apply it? Being a postgrad can be a bit isolating, as a lot of the resources undergrads are given have been stripped away, but if you can try and work with some of your other students to support your learning, it might help?
But beyond this, you're clearly putting in the effort to become a better nurse, which is important in of itself. You care about it to put in the effort, and through putting in the work, not only are you improving your skills, but you're also showing that you're a better nurse than others, who might just be content to rest upon their laurels, confident in their knowledge, which, when so much stuff changes in the medical field, isn't the sign of a good nurse.
Critical thinking skills can certainly be acquired, they're not innate, but they may come easier to some people. But as you've demonstrated, you're willing to put in the work, and so hopefully over time you'll find these things easier as you become more comfortable in interpreting them. With your strong creative language skills you should have an advantage too, because a lot of critical thinking type problems come from working which bits of information to dredge forth from your brain - information that might otherwise go into a length discussion. Just comes down to developing the confidence to find what you need. Sorry, I think I'm slightly too tired (too much of my own work + I've been reading some Mechanical ventilation papers myself recently, it's interesting but -yawns-), so I might just delete this when I wake tomorrow, because that was one hell of an incomprehensible ramble.
As for the support, have you tried contacting your lecturer/tutors or whatever you have access to, to see if they have any suggestions, or organising a group of other people in the same course to try and work together every week or so, so you can talk through ideas and hopefully as a group expand both your knowledge, and your ability to creatively apply it? Being a postgrad can be a bit isolating, as a lot of the resources undergrads are given have been stripped away, but if you can try and work with some of your other students to support your learning, it might help?
Sorry, rambling. Have a good night
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