I believe what you said about rushing around and not feeling like you have the time for critical thinking holds true for a lot of nurses. I too have felt this way any times, especially when I was just starting out. I think though that even though we may not have the time to sit and think about what we are doing, we are building our critical thinking skills without even knowing it. As we rush around we are still learning and making connections. I think that in time critical thinking will be more automatic to us and will be something that we incorporate into our daily routine with ease. Until we reach that point, the idea of keeping a journal seems like it would work well. It would allow us to be able to look back at different scenarios
