This article intends to describe how critical thinking of learners can be facilitated or infused in clinical nursing education using the identified core cognitive critical thinking skills, their related sub-skills and the affective dispositions. Opsomming Hierdie artikel het ten doel om te beskryf hoe kritiese denke by leerders in kliniese verpleegonderwys gefasiliteer kan word deur die geïdentifiseerde kern-kognitiewe kritiese denkvaardighede, hul verwante sub-vaardighede asook affektiewe disposisies te gebruik. *Please note: This is a reduced version of the Please refer to PDF for full text.