RESEARCHPOP: ID# 102447 Title: Critical Thinking Innovation and the Nursing Process: The Sunflower Diagram Theresa Bucco, PhD, RN, BC NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York, NY, USA Sandy Cayo, DNP, FNP-BC, APRN Nursing, NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York, NY, USA Karla Rodriguez, DNP, RN, CNE College of Nursing, New York University, New York, NY, USA Larry Z. Slater, PhD, RN-BC, CNE Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University, New York, NY, USA ACCEPTED Session Title: Meet the Poster Authors Session Slot: PST: Friday, March 27, 2020: 2:30 PM-3:15 PM Abstract Describes: Completed Work/Project Applicable Category: Clinical, Academic, Students Keywords: Critical thinking, The nursing process and innovative teaching Abstract Summary: Faculty struggle to identify new learning strategies to develop nursing students to be critical thinkers, able to work in teams and deliver high quality nursing care. They introduced a sunflower diagram to teach the nursing process. The sunflower and its petals represent the patient problem, nursing assessment, goals, interventions and evaluations. References: • D’Eramo, A. & Puckett, J. (2014). Quality and safety education for nurses: is it time to rethink quality improvement knowledge, skills, and attitudes? Journal of nursing Education,53 (11), 604-605. • Huitzi-Egilegor, J., Elorza-Puyedena, M. & Asurabarrena-Iraola, C. (2018).The use of the nursing process in Spain as compared to the United States and Canada. International Journal of Nursing Knowledge, 29 (3), 171-174.