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Published on: February 16, 2011
Assisting Learners to Understand and Incorporate Functions of Clinical Judgment Into Nursing Practice
Sheryl K Sommer1, Janean D Johnson, Cynthia M Clark
1Author Affiliations: Chief Nursing Officer (Dr Sommer), Nursing Strategist (Ms Johnson), and Former Strategic Nursing Advisor (Dr Clark), Assessment Technologies Institute, LLC; and Director (Dr Mills), Research and Applied Psychometrics, Ascend Learning, Leawood, Kansas.
Background:
Mastering clinical judgment (CJ) skills is an essential competency for nurses in all health care environments.
Problem:
Complexities of the health environment combined with the intricacies of nursing practice can pose potential risks to client safety.
Approach:
Over a 2-year period, a 3-phased approach using (1) survey results from nurses in education and practice, (2) discussion forums, and (3) a series of think tanks that comprised nurse educators resulted in the development of the Guide for CJ.
Outcomes:
The Guide for CJ provides nurse educators with an evidence-based resource to promote CJ skills in nursing students. The environmental and individual factors and expected nurse responses and behaviors contained in the Guide are well-aligned with the cognitive operations contained in the National Council of State Boards of Nursing Action Model.
Conclusions:
Educators may use the Guide to support faculty development and operationalize CJ to develop a variety of learning strategies for use in multiple learning environments.
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