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Clinical decision-making is a vital part of professional nursing care and it is essential that as a student nurse you develop sound judgement and decision-making skills in order to deal confidently with the challenges you will encounter as a registered nurse. By using this book, you will be able to understand, develop and apply these skills in order to practise safely and effectively. The book links theory to realistic student experiences and clinical scenarios to show you how to use these skills in practice.
Key features:
· Fully mapped to the new NMC standards of proficiency for registered nurses (2018)
· Contains clinical scenarios demonstrating decision making in practice
· Helps build confidence in your judgement and decision making skills through interactive activities.
List of contents
Chapter 1: What is clinical judgement and decision-making in nursing?
Chapter 2: Collaborative clinical decision-making
Chapter 3: Using observation to inform decisions
Chapter 4: Systematic clinical decision-making
Chapter 5: Standardised clinical decision-making
Chapter 6: Prioritising decisions in delivering care
Chapter 7: Experience and intuition in decision-making
Chapter 8: Reflective judgement and decision-making
Chapter 9: Ethical sensitivity in decision-making
Chapter 10: Accountability for nursing decisions
Chapter 11: Confidence in clinical decision-making
Chapter 12: Matrix decision-making model and 'PERSON' evaluation tool
Summary
It is essential that students develop sound decision-making skills in order to deal with the challenges they will encounter as registered nurses. This book enables pre-registration nursing students to understand, develop and apply these skills in order to practise safely and effectively.
