Essential Decision Making and Clinical Judgement for Nurses E-Book
Essential Decision Making and Clinical Judgement for Nurses E-Book
Published on 17. July 2009
288 pages
978-0-7020-4252-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides the skills and knowledge to use information effectively when exercising professional judgement and clinical decisions. By integrating theory with practical examples, it provides an overview of the key issues facing nurses in decision making today.
- Review of up-to-date research into clinical professional judgement and decision making
- Focus on evidence and skills and knowledge relevant to nursing practice
- Combines current theory with analysis of applications in practice
- Learning exercises and self-assessment components in each chapter
- Comprehensive coverage of subject
More details
Other editions
Additional editions
Carl Thompson | Dawn Dowding
Essential Decision Making and Clinical Judgement for Nurses
Book
07/2009
Churchill Livingstone
€37.19
Article exhausted; check different version
Content
1 Introduction2 Uncertainty and nursing3 Probability - the language of uncertainty4 Using information in decision making5 Theoretical approaches6 What is a 'good' judgement or decision?7 When decision making goes wrong8 Avoiding errors9 Diagnosis for nurses10 Prognosis in nursing11 Evidence-based decisions - the role of decision analysis12 The economics of clinical decision making13 Involving patients in decision making14 Communicating risks and benefits15 Teaching clinical decision making and judgement
