Clinical reasoning and its application to nursing: Concepts and research studies

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 177-183

  Banning, Maggi ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical reasoning; Clinical reasoning strategies; Nursing practice; Professional judgement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTUITION; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; STANDARD; THINKING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; INTUITION; JUDGMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; THINKING;

EID: 41849145230     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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