Nursing scripts and the organizational influences on critical thinking: Report of a study of neonatal nurses' clinical reasoning

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1106-1114

  Greenwood, Jennifer ^a   Sullivan, Jennifer ^b   Spence, Kaye ^c   McDonald, Margaret ^d  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^d Territory Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Clinical reasoning; Critical thinking; Neonatal care; Nursing; Schema; Script

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING PROCESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; THINKING;

ADULT; COGNITIVE SCIENCE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL NURSING; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSING PROCESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; THINKING;

EID: 0034183815     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2000.01378.x     Document Type: Article

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