How do expert mental health nurses make on-the-spot clinical decisions? A review of the literature

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-5

  Crook, J A ^a,b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Expert; Hypothetico abductivism; Intuition; Reflection; Tacit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING THEORY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING THEORY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING;

EID: 0035262316     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2850.2001.00338.x     Document Type: Review

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