Nurses' use of situation awareness in decision-making: An integrative review

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1443-1453

  Stubbings, Liz ^a   Chaboyer, Wendy ^b   McMurray, Anne ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision making; Literature review; Nurse; Nurses; Nursing; Situation awareness

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW;

AWARENESS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 84862693337     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2012.05989.x     Document Type: Review

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