CLINICAL INFERENCE IN NURSING Analyzing Cognitive Tasks Representative of Nursing Problems
- 1 January 1966
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Nursing Research
- Vol. 15 (2) , 134???137-8
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00006199-196601520-00006
Abstract
Summary The results of both field studies can be summarized as follows: the cognitive tasks encountered by nurses on the ward are many and varied. Even when a relatively narrow segment of the nurse's task-environment (abdominal pain following abdominal surgery) is studied, a large amount of complexity is encountered—a sample of 212 cases provided 165 cues and 17 identifiable responses to this task. And the data suggest that none of the cues analyzed has provided (by itself) the basis for action. In short, the cognitive characteristics of this nursing task were found to be complex with respect to: 1) the number of cues involved, 2) the number of responses to the task, and 3) the relation between cues and actions.Keywords
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