Critical thinking has been a major part of nursing since the 1860s because nurses maintain the role of assessing a patient’s health status and making clinical decisions to plan their care according to interventions to bring them back to full health. Through a rigorous eight weeks of critical care nursing, practicing the fundamentals and seeing the essentiality of critical thinking was a basic skill needed in every unit. The following text exemplifies the process of critical care nursing along with critical thinking skills to draw conclusions and utilize interventions to impact patient care.