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Clinical judgement and decision-making for nursing students / Mooi Standing.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publisher: London : Learning Matters / SAGE Publications Ltd, c.2014Edition: 2nd edDescription: viii, 221 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781446282816
  • 1446282813
Other title:
  • Clinical judgment and decision-making for nursing students
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 610.73 22 STA
Contents:
1. What is clinical judgement and decision-making in nursing? -- 2. Collaborative clinical decision-making -- 3. Using observation to inform decisions -- 4. Systematic clinical decision-making -- 5. Standardised clinical decision-making -- 6. Prioritising decisions in delivering care -- 7. Experience and intuition in decision-making -- 8. Reflective judgement and decision-making -- 9. Ethical sensitivity in decision-making -- 10. Accountability for nursing decisions -- 11. Confidence in clinical decision-making -- 12. Decision-making `PERSON' evaluation tool.
Summary: Clinical decision-making is an indispensable facet of professional nursing care. In order to become a registered nurse it is essential that the student develops sound decision-making skills in order to deal with the challenges ahead. This book enables pre-registration nursing students to understand, develop and apply these skills in order to practise safely and effectively. The structure of the book helps students to progress in effective decision-making right from the first to the final year of their programme. The book links theory to realistic experiences and clinical scenarios to show you how to use these skills in practice.
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Includes index.

Bibliography : p. 212-216.

1. What is clinical judgement and decision-making in nursing? -- 2. Collaborative clinical decision-making -- 3. Using observation to inform decisions -- 4. Systematic clinical decision-making -- 5. Standardised clinical decision-making -- 6. Prioritising decisions in delivering care -- 7. Experience and intuition in decision-making -- 8. Reflective judgement and decision-making -- 9. Ethical sensitivity in decision-making -- 10. Accountability for nursing decisions -- 11. Confidence in clinical decision-making -- 12. Decision-making `PERSON' evaluation tool.

Clinical decision-making is an indispensable facet of professional nursing care. In order to become a registered nurse it is essential that the student develops sound decision-making skills in order to deal with the challenges ahead. This book enables pre-registration nursing students to understand, develop and apply these skills in order to practise safely and effectively. The structure of the book helps students to progress in effective decision-making right from the first to the final year of their programme. The book links theory to realistic experiences and clinical scenarios to show you how to use these skills in practice.

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