A nurse manager is designing orientation processes for new graduate nurses by using the work of Hansten and Washburn as a model. All of the new graduates are instructed in the model during orientation. The manager knows that a graduate nurse needs more instruction if which comment is made during the evaluation interview?
A) "I think I need more mentoring to continue to build my thinking skill."
B) "Improving my critical thinking will assist in decreasing the risk of sentinel events for my patients."
C) "Using my improving thinking skills will help improve patient care."
D) "If my thinking skills are what they should be, fewer errors will happen in patient care."

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Hansten and Washburn (1999) indicated that the nurse must be able to think critically as a way to decrease errors and sentinel events and assist in cultivating an improved patient care system. Mentoring new employees is not discussed.

A Nurse Manager Is Designing Orientation Processes for New Graduate