Nurses' reasoning process during care planning taking pressure ulcer prevention as an example. A think-aloud study

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1109-1119

  Funkesson, Kajsa Helena ^a   Anbäcken, Els Marie ^a   Ek, Anna Christina ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clinical reasoning; Elderly care; Nursing homes; Patient care planning; Protocol analysis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOME; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SKIN CARE; SWEDEN; THINKING; TIME;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOMES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRESSURE ULCER; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SKIN CARE; SWEDEN; THINKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34547520401     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2006.04.016     Document Type: Article

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