Innovative solutions: Using case studies to generate increased nurse's clinical decision-making ability in critical care

Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 138-142

  Grossman, Sheila ^a   Krom, Zachary R ^b   O'Connor, Rick ^b  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study pedagogy; Clinical decision making; Critical care nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; ROLE PLAYING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CRITICAL CARE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING RECORDS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; ROLE PLAYING; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 77951479721     PISSN: 07304625     EISSN: 15388646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCC.0b013e3181d24d86     Document Type: Article

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