Teaching Nurses to Make Clinical Judgments That Ensure Patient Safety

Many newly employed nurses do not have the necessary skill or experience to make sound nursing clinical judgments. Thus, their actions can pose a risk to patient safety. Professional development educators, clinical educators, and preceptors can use a clinical judgment task model when teaching nurses...

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Published in:The Journal of continuing education in nursing 2019-07, Vol.50 (7), p.300-302
Main Author: Billings, Diane M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior
Care and treatment
Case Studies
Cognition & reasoning
Competence
Critical thinking
Cues
Educational Strategies
Environment
Ethics
Evidence
Evidence-based medicine
Inferences
Medical care
Medical Evaluation
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing education
Nursing skills
Patient safety
Patients
Periodicals
Prompting
Quality management
Study and teaching
Teaching methods
Test Items
Thinking Skills
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Summary:Many newly employed nurses do not have the necessary skill or experience to make sound nursing clinical judgments. Thus, their actions can pose a risk to patient safety. Professional development educators, clinical educators, and preceptors can use a clinical judgment task model when teaching nurses to make accurate clinical judgments. Strategies such as using prompts with deliberate practice facilitate learning this skill. [J Contin Educ Nurs. 2019;50(7):300-302].
ISSN:0022-0124
1938-2472
DOI:10.3928/00220124-20190612-04