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By
Carl Thompson, BSc(Hons), PhD, RN, Senior Lecturer, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK
Dawn Dowding, BSc(Hons), PhD, RGN, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Decision Making, Department of Health Sciences, University of York and Hull York Medical School, University of York, York, UK
Description
This book provides the skills and knowledge to use information effectively when exercising professional judgement and clinical decisions.
By integrating theory with practical examples, it provides an overview of the key issues facing nurses in decision making today.
Audience
Qualified nurses, advanced practitioners (clinical nurse specialists, nurse practitoners, nurse practitioners), nurse educators, and nurses
engaged in post-basic education, continuing professional development.
Contents
1 Introduction
2 Uncertainty and nursing
3 Probability - the language of uncertainty
4 Using information in decision
making
5 Theoretical approaches
6 What is a ?good' judgement or decision?
7 When decision making goes wrong
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Avoiding errors
9 Diagnosis for nurses
10 Prognosis in nursing
11 Evidence-based decisions - the role of decision
analysis
12 The economics of clinical decision making
13 Involving patients in decision making
14 Communicating
risks and benefits
15 Teaching clinical decision making and judgement
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 288 pages, publication date: JUL-2009
ISBN-13: 978-0-443-06727-3
ISBN-10: 0-443-06727-9
Imprint: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
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062/629
Last update: 25 Nov 2009
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