IOSR Journal of Nursing and Health Science (IOSR-JNHS) e-ISSN: 2320–1959.p- ISSN: 2320–1940 Volume 9, Issue 3 Ser. III (May - June 2020), PP 44-50 www.iosrjournals.org DOI: 10.9790/1959-0903034451 www.iosrjournals.org 44 | Page Critical Thinking Dispositions among Students at Faculty of Nursing in Suez Canal University RehamHemdan Mslm 1 , Rania Alkhadragy 2 , Nadia Mohammed Elsayed 3 , FathyaAbdelrazek Afify 4 1 Demonstrator of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Suez Canal University, Egypt 2 Lecturer of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Egypt 3 Associate, Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Suez Canal University, Egypt 4 Associate, Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Suez Canal University, Egypt Abstract: Background:The need ofcritical thinking dispositions are increased in nursing profession.It could be helpful to motivate nurses and encourage them to think critically. Itmay be contributing to enable them to analyze, solve surrounding problemsand provide safe and competent patient care. Aim of the study: It aimed to compare critical thinking dispositions among students at Faculty of Nursing in Suez Canal University. Subjects and methods:Comparative descriptive design was conducted on 251 nursing students from four academic years by using stratified random sample. Data were collected using California Critical Thinking DispositionsInventory to assess critical thinking dispositions among nursing students. Results: Total critical thinking dispositions and its characteristics of truth seeking, open mindedness, self-confidence and inquisitiveness had higher mean scores among third year students than others, with statistically significant differences. Conclusion:Critical thinking disposition has statistically significant differences among four academic years’ nursing students. Recommendations:Conducting training programs, targeting critical thinking dispositions and various teaching strategies contributing to improve it for students and tutors, are needed to be implemented. Key words:Critical thinking dispositions, Nursing students, Nursing education. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date of Submission: 04-05-2020 Date of Acceptance: 18-05-2020 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. Introduction Health care environment requires professional nurses with critical thinking ability qualifying them to deal with surrounding problems. Critical thinking is considered one of the prominent proficient attributes of graduate nurses helping them to make efficient judgment in the present fast altering clinical situations (Kong et al., 2014; Cui et al., 2018). It is consideredan essential segment of proficient accountability(Hutchison, 2013). The concept of critical thinking differs among disciplines (Senita,2017). In health care field, it is viewed as the capability to analyze, observe, order and evaluate facts to practice decisive clinical judgment related to patient care (Pieterse et al., 2016). It allows nursing studentsto think in an organized systematic mannerand supports them in conversion to clinical practice(Riede, 2015; Mahmoud & Mohamed, 2017).So, higher education institutions are responsible for developing critical thinking dispositions of nursing studentsacross learning programs to produce graduates who are capable of making important clinical decisions (Kim et al., 2014; Kaddoura et al., 2017). Critical thinking involves two elements: critical thinkingdispositionsinaddition toskills(Davies & Barnett, 2015). Critical thinker should have the disposition and tendency toutilize critical thinking ability resulting in rational and logical action (Davies & Barnett, 2015; Trimpe, 2015; Von Colln-Appling &Giuliano, 2017). Critical thinking dispositions are affective element of critical thinking. It is recognized as the willingness and motivation to think in a rational and logic manner. Also, it is the attitude to discovernumerous perspectives, and the tendency to make judiciousdecision (Davies & Barnett, 2015; Darby& Rashid,2017; Lee, 2018).Individuals who have positive dispositions toward critical thinking are more prepared to utilize their critical thinking skills because propensity and willingness to think critically play an essential role to exercise and develop critical thinking ability (Ojewole, 2013; Dwyer et al., 2017; Foster, 2017; Shakurnia& Baniasad,2018). Critical Thinking dispositionsinvolve seven traits: truth seeking which means having inclination to seek the best knowledge in a given situation, open- mindedness refers to the tendency to respect the different views of others and consider innovative ideas, systematicity is the predisposition to deal with facts and problems in an ordered manner, cognitive maturity is the tendency to be judicious when making decision and the alertness of the difficulty of the problem, critical thinking self-confidence means having trust in ability of person to reason,