Critical thinking versus clinical reasoning versus clinical judgment: Differential diagnosis

Nurse Educator

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 34-36

  Victor Chmil, Joyce ^a  

^a WILKES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; REPRODUCIBILITY; THINKING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; THINKING;

EID: 84871847973     PISSN: 03633624     EISSN: 15389855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0b013e318276dfbe     Document Type: Review

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