Clinical judgement and decision-making in nursing - Nine modes of practice in a revised cognitive continuum

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 124-134

  Standing, Mooi ^a  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical judgement; Evidence based practice; Nurse education; Reflective practice; Research methods; Theory practice gap

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PATIENT CARE; STANDARD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE;

EID: 40949151635     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04583.x     Document Type: Article

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