Processes used by nurses to make decisions in the clinical practice setting

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 325-332

  Ellis, Peggy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; GOALS; HUMANS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 0031205045     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0260-6917(97)80064-0     Document Type: Article

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