Understanding how nurse practitioners estimate patients' risk for coronary heart disease: A judgment analysis

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 436-446

  Beckstead, Jason W ^a   Stamp, Kelly D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Clinical judgment; Coronary heart disease; Empirical research report; Judgment analysis; Lens model; Nurse practitioners; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CORONARY DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 35148868644     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04406.x     Document Type: Article

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