Strategies and criteria for clinical decision making in critical care nurses: A qualitative study

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 351-358

  Ramezani Badr, Farhad ^a   Nasrabadi, Alireza Nikbakht ^a   Yekta, Zohre Parsa ^a   Taleghani, Fariba ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Content analysis; Critical care nurses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUITION; IRAN; LEARNING; LOGIC; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL CARE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTUITION; IRAN; LOGIC; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 70450285079     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2009.01303.x     Document Type: Article

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