CONCEPTS FOR NURSING PRACTICE 4TH
EDITION GIDDENS COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Clinical reasoning
Answer: Is the thinking process by which a nurse reaches a
clinical judgement, an interactive process of noticing, interpreting,
and responding to patient's need. (Assessment)
◉ Standard-based approach
Answer: Clear-cut guidance that standardize approaches to
patient care within an institution based on best practices for a
typical patient population. Very useful tool to support safe patient
care, especially for beginning clinicians.
◉ evidence-based practice
Answer: Applying the best available research results (evidence)
when making decisions about health care. Health care
professionals who perform evidence-based practice use research
evidence along with clinical expertise and patient preferences.
◉ Interpretivist Approach
Answer: Belief that life experiences are culturally bound, that
individuals interpret these experiences on the basis of their
, encounters within a given culture. The creation or construction of
understanding the patient and caregiving situation using
empirical knowledge, knowledge of the patient, and knowledge of
the clinical environment facilitates decisions about care.
◉ 3 attributes of clinical judgement
Answer: •holistic view of the patient situation
•process orientation
•reasoning and interpretation
◉ Tanner's model of clinical judgement
Answer: Nurses notice, interpret, reflect, respond by using nurse's
knowledge, experience, ethical perspective and knowing the
patient.
◉ Reflection-on-action
Answer: When the nurse observes the patient's reaction to the
nursing action and decides if the action needs some refinements
or a complete adjust for the particular patient. It the
consideration of the situation AFTER the pt care occurs.
◉ Reflection-in- action
Answer: Refers to the nurse's understanding of pt responses to
nursing actions while care is occurring.
◉ 4 Factors that influence noticing
EDITION GIDDENS COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Clinical reasoning
Answer: Is the thinking process by which a nurse reaches a
clinical judgement, an interactive process of noticing, interpreting,
and responding to patient's need. (Assessment)
◉ Standard-based approach
Answer: Clear-cut guidance that standardize approaches to
patient care within an institution based on best practices for a
typical patient population. Very useful tool to support safe patient
care, especially for beginning clinicians.
◉ evidence-based practice
Answer: Applying the best available research results (evidence)
when making decisions about health care. Health care
professionals who perform evidence-based practice use research
evidence along with clinical expertise and patient preferences.
◉ Interpretivist Approach
Answer: Belief that life experiences are culturally bound, that
individuals interpret these experiences on the basis of their
, encounters within a given culture. The creation or construction of
understanding the patient and caregiving situation using
empirical knowledge, knowledge of the patient, and knowledge of
the clinical environment facilitates decisions about care.
◉ 3 attributes of clinical judgement
Answer: •holistic view of the patient situation
•process orientation
•reasoning and interpretation
◉ Tanner's model of clinical judgement
Answer: Nurses notice, interpret, reflect, respond by using nurse's
knowledge, experience, ethical perspective and knowing the
patient.
◉ Reflection-on-action
Answer: When the nurse observes the patient's reaction to the
nursing action and decides if the action needs some refinements
or a complete adjust for the particular patient. It the
consideration of the situation AFTER the pt care occurs.
◉ Reflection-in- action
Answer: Refers to the nurse's understanding of pt responses to
nursing actions while care is occurring.
◉ 4 Factors that influence noticing
