ISBN:
9780323937771
Copyright:
2025
Publication Date:
11-08-2024
Page Count:
318
Imprint:
Elsevier
List Price:
$57.99
Alfaro’s Clinical Judgment in Nursing: A How-To Practice Approach - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 8th Edition
by Donna D. Ignatavicius, MS, RN, CNE, CNEcl, ANEF, FAADN and Susan Andersen, MS, RN, CNE
Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
ISBN:
9780323937771
Copyright:
2025
Publication Date:
11-08-2024
Page Count:
318
Imprint:
Elsevier
List Price:
$57.99
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Help your students develop the multiple types of thinking they need to make safe, appropriate clinical judgments for clients who are experiencing clinical deterioration or medical complications! Alfaro’s Clinical Judgment in Nursing: A How-To Practice Approach, 8th Edition, brings these concepts to life through engaging and easy-to-understand text, diverse learning activities, and clinical judgment tips. This restructured edition emphasizes student readiness for clinical practice and the Next-Generation NCLEX® exam, with a focus on the six cognitive skills needed to make evidence-based clinical judgments.
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- UPDATED! Restructured coverage reflects the latest research and trends related to the multiple types of thinking needed to make safe, evidence-based clinical judgments.
- Thinking Exercises throughout each chapter, and again at the end of each chapter, enable students to apply clear examples of clinical judgment cognitive skills that measure the ability to:
- Recognize Cues
- Analyze Cues
- Prioritize Hypotheses
- Generate Solutions
- Take Actions
- Evaluate Outcomes
- UPDATED! Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN) thinking exercises prepare students for the significant changes to the exam.
- NEW! NGN-Style Unfolding Case Studies and Standalone Items on the companion Evolve website give students valuable practice answering these new question types to make appropriate clinical judgments.
- Clear, straightforward approach provides real-life clinical scenarios that illustrate how to make effective clinical judgments in nursing practice.
- Highlighted features and sections help promote deep learning, including:
- This Chapter at a Glance
- Learning Outcomes
- Key Terms
- Clinical Judgment Tip boxes
- Thinking Exercise boxes
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Updated throughout to reflect the latest research and thinking related to critical thinking in nursing, clinical reasoning in nursing, and clinical nursing judgment. Includes significant updates related to the Next-Generation NCLEX® Exam (NGN), the 2021 AACN Essentials, and the 2021 Future of Nursing Report. Includes new NGN-style case studies on Evolve: NGN Case Studies for Faculty: 5 unfolding 10 single-episode NGN Case Studies for Students: 5 unfolding 10 single-episode
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1 Introduction to Clinical Reasoning and Clinical Judgment
2 How to Recognize Cues
3 How to Analyze Cues
4 How to Prioritize Hypotheses
5 How to Generate Solutions
6 How to Take Actions
7 How to Evaluate Outcomes
8 How to Make Safe Clinical Judgments
Index
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