Research on the Relationship between Nursing Students' Self-directed Learning Ability and Self-directed Critical Thinking Ability

Guiding nursing students to form the concept and relevant abilities of self-directed learning is a decisive factor affecting the quality of nursing discipline construction and an important guarantee for cultivating high-level nursing talents. At the same time, with the in-depth development of the modern medical field, in the face of the increasingly complex healthcare needs of the public and the expansion of the role of medical services, contemporary nursing students are required to possess self-directed learning ability and self-directed critical thinking ability. Therefore, studying the correlation between nursing students' self-directed learning ability and self-directed critical thinking ability can, by stimulating their internal driving force, improve their comprehensive ability to adapt to diversified working and learning environments, and thus make practical preparations for cultivating a reserve force of high-quality nursing talents.