CONCEPTS FOR NURSING PRACTICE GIDDENS
ESSENTIAL STUDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ standards based approach to clinical judgment definition
Answer: A rules based perspective involving algorithms, decision,
trees, and standardized guidelines to identify one right decision
◉ what is the primary limitation of using standardized algorithms or
guidelines alone for patient care
Answer: The focus on a typical patient population it may not count
for the needs of an individual patient in a specific situation
◉ in clinical judgment, what principle applies if a specific role or
guideline perfectly covers a patient situation
Answer: clinical judgment is not required
◉ The ____ approach to clinical judgment or originates from the
belief that life experiences are culturally bound, and require
individual interpretation
Answer: interpretivist
◉ how does the interpretivist perspective view the role of the nurse
in clinical judgment?
, Answer: it's situates the nurse squarely in the context of care,
accounting for personal experiences, values and emotions
◉ which type of reasoning requires systematically dividing a
situation into parts and weighing various options
Answer: analytic reasoning
◉ how does the nursing process differ from clinical judgment
regarding their temporal nature?
Answer: The nursing process is more static and linear while clinical
judgment is a dynamic process that counts for real time changes.
◉ what attribute of clinical judgment involves a willingness to
consider all patient factors nurse characteristics and the context of
care?
Answer: holistic view of the patient situation
◉ clinical judgment is described as a process orientation because it
is
Answer: Circular interactive and moves fluidly between aspects of
the process
◉ ethical comportment
ESSENTIAL STUDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ standards based approach to clinical judgment definition
Answer: A rules based perspective involving algorithms, decision,
trees, and standardized guidelines to identify one right decision
◉ what is the primary limitation of using standardized algorithms or
guidelines alone for patient care
Answer: The focus on a typical patient population it may not count
for the needs of an individual patient in a specific situation
◉ in clinical judgment, what principle applies if a specific role or
guideline perfectly covers a patient situation
Answer: clinical judgment is not required
◉ The ____ approach to clinical judgment or originates from the
belief that life experiences are culturally bound, and require
individual interpretation
Answer: interpretivist
◉ how does the interpretivist perspective view the role of the nurse
in clinical judgment?
, Answer: it's situates the nurse squarely in the context of care,
accounting for personal experiences, values and emotions
◉ which type of reasoning requires systematically dividing a
situation into parts and weighing various options
Answer: analytic reasoning
◉ how does the nursing process differ from clinical judgment
regarding their temporal nature?
Answer: The nursing process is more static and linear while clinical
judgment is a dynamic process that counts for real time changes.
◉ what attribute of clinical judgment involves a willingness to
consider all patient factors nurse characteristics and the context of
care?
Answer: holistic view of the patient situation
◉ clinical judgment is described as a process orientation because it
is
Answer: Circular interactive and moves fluidly between aspects of
the process
◉ ethical comportment
