Enhancing Clinical Decision Making: Development of a Contiguous Definition and Conceptual Framework

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 399-405

  Tiffen, Jennifer ^a   Corbridge, Susan J ^a   Slimmer, Lynda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced practice nurses; Clinical decision making; Consensus definition; Nursing education

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; NURSE PRACTITIONER;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS;

EID: 84923118503     PISSN: 87557223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2014.01.006     Document Type: Article

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