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The Prevalence of Perioperative Nurse Clinical Judgments
Author(s) -
Killen A.R.,
Kleinbeck S.V.M.,
Golar K.,
Schuchardt J. Takahashi,
Uebele J.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)63026-3
Subject(s) - perioperative nursing , perioperative , medical diagnosis , medicine , nursing diagnosis , harm , nursing , medline , intensive care medicine , psychology , surgery , pathology , social psychology , political science , law
A clinical judgment about a patient situation precedes the selection of appropriate nursing actions and the identification of patient outcomes. The North American Nursing Diagnosis Association nomenclature (ie, nursing diagnoses) is the accepted language for naming nurses' clinical judgments. Two hundred thirty‐nine members of the Association of Operating Room Nurses, Inc, rated the frequency and treatment priority of 60 nursing diagnoses. They rated two diagnostic labels (ie, risk for perioperative positioning injury, risk for infection) as occurring in more than 50% of the clinical judgments they make about perioperative patient situations that require immediate nursing action. These data reinforce perioperative nurses' primary role in protecting surgical patients from harm. AORN J 65 (Jan 1997) 101–108.