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Published on: August 25, 2014

How do children's nurses make clinical decisions? Two preliminary studies.

Alison Twycross1, Lucy Powls

  • 1Children's Nursing, Faculty of Health Care and Social Sciences, Kingston University--St George's University of London, London, UK. atwycros@hscs.sgul.ac.uk

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|September 14, 2006
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Summary

Children

Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Nursing
  • Clinical Decision-Making
  • Nursing Education

Background:

  • Existing research on nurses' clinical decision-making presents contradictory findings.
  • Little is known about the specific decision-making strategies employed by children's nurses.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To understand the clinical decision-making processes of children's nurses.
  • To explore potential differences in decision-making based on experience and educational background.

Main Methods:

  • Employed the think aloud technique with pediatric nurses in surgical and medical wards.
  • Analyzed verbal protocols from nurses presented with clinical scenarios.
  • Investigated decision-making variations between experienced/less experienced and graduate/non-graduate nurses.

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Main Results:

  • All nurses utilized a hypothetico-deductive (analytical) decision-making model.
  • Participants consistently used backward reasoning, indicative of non-expert decision-making.
  • No significant differences in information gathering or decision-making were observed between nurses of varying experience or educational levels.

Conclusions:

  • Further research is essential to fully understand children's nurses' decision-making strategies and influencing factors.
  • Proposed strategies to support nurses' clinical decision-making require empirical testing for effectiveness.
  • Optimizing clinical decision-making is crucial for ensuring high-quality pediatric nursing care.