An exploration of the correlates of nurse practitioners' clinical decision-making abilities

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 7-8, 2016, Pages 1016-1024

  Chen, Shiah Lian ^a   Hsu, Hsiu Ying ^b   Chang, Chin Fu ^b   Lin, Esther Ching Lan ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAICHUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Confidence; Critical thinking disposition; Knowledge; Nurse practitioner; Nursing

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CRITICAL THINKING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMPATHY; HUMAN; MODEL; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PURPOSIVE SAMPLE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TAIWAN; WORK EXPERIENCE; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; THINKING;

ADULT; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN; THINKING;

EID: 84961153252     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.13136     Document Type: Article

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