Critical Thinking Tendency of Nursing Students and Factors Influencing This

Aim: this study is conducted to determine the critical thinking levels of nursing students of health collage and the factor levels influencing this. method: sample of the research is formed by 158 students in nursing department of amasya university health collage between february-march 2009. data are collected using personal information form and california critical thinking tendencies scale. results: scale point average of the students’ critical thinking is founded as 247.81 ± 23.78. the highest point average among scale sub-dimensions is the analytical thinking with 48.77±5.08. conclusion: it is founded that critical thinking level of the students is medium.