Clinical Decision‐Making Styles of Home Healthcare Nurses
- 1 September 1994
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Image: the Journal of Nursing Scholarship
- Vol. 26 (3) , 222-226
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1547-5069.1994.tb00318.x
Abstract
Using grounded theory method, this study of 21 home health nurses describes three clinical decision-making styles: skimming, surveying, and sleuthing. Experienced home health care nurses switch from one style to another when managing varying patient care situations. This study provides a broad view of clinical decision-making by integrating the context of nursing practice with the patients' clinical status, nurse-patient interaction, and nurses' knowledge and experience.Keywords
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