Essential Decision Making and Clinical Judgement for Nurses - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 1st Edition

by Carl Thompson, BSc(Hons), PhD, RN and Dawn Dowding, PhD, RN, FAAN

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

ISBN: 9780702061622

Publication Date: 08-24-2009

Page Count: 288

Imprint: Churchill Livingstone

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Key Features
- 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
Contents

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
Authors

Carl Thompson, BSc(Hons), PhD, RN, Professor (Personal Chair), Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK

Senior Lecturer and Dawn Dowding, PhD, RN, FAAN, Chair in Clinical Decision-Making, Division of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Work, The University of Manchester, Oxford Rd, Manchester, UK