An agenda for clinical decision making and judgement in nursing research and education

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1720-1726

  Thompson, Carl ^a   Aitken, Leanne ^b   Doran, Diane ^c   Dowding, Dawn ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL JUDGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; NOTE; NURSE DECISION; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING PRACTICE; NURSING RESEARCH; PATIENT SAFETY;

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL JUDGEMENT; DECISION SUPPORT; NURSE DECISION; PATIENT SAFETY;

DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, NURSING; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; NURSING RESEARCH;

EID: 84886101885     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2013.05.003     Document Type: Note

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