Diagnostic practise in nursing: A critical review of the literature

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-65

  Lee, Joseph ^a   Chan, Alfred C M ^b   Phillips, David R ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Clinical judgment; Diagnostic practise; Diagnostic reasoning; Intuition

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTUITION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSING KNOWLEDGE; NURSING PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORY; ACUTE DISEASE; ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; LOGIC; MENTAL FUNCTION; MODEL; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION; CUES; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTUITION; JUDGMENT; KNOWLEDGE; LOGIC; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 33645637727     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2006.00267.x     Document Type: Review

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