Main description:

Clinical decision making is now recognised as an indispensable facet of professional nursing care. It is essential that students develop sound decision making skills in order to deal with the challenges they will encounter as registered nurses. 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 the student progress in effective decision making right from the first to final year of their programme. The book links theory to previous students' experiences and clinical scenarios to show how to use these skills in practice.

Contents:

Introduction What Is Clinical Judgement and Decision-Making in Nursing? Collaborative Clinical Decision-Making Using Observation to Inform Decisions Systematic Clinical Decision-Making Standardized Clinical Decision-Making Prioritizing Decisions in Delivering Care Experience and Intuition in Decision-Making Reflective Judgement and Decision-Making Ethical Sensitivity in Decision-Making Accountability for Nursing Decisions Confidence in Clinical Decision-Making Glossary References Index