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Clinical reasoning in nursing *
Author(s) -
Jones Jennifer A.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1988.tb01407.x
Subject(s) - cognition , nursing diagnosis , field (mathematics) , psychology , expert system , management science , computer science , nursing , artificial intelligence , medicine , medical diagnosis , engineering , pathology , psychiatry , mathematics , pure mathematics
This paper traces the development ofthe concept of nursing diagnosis and the various approaches being used to explain the cognitive processes used by practitioners in diagnosing patient problems. Three main types of explanation are compared; hypothesis generation/testing, decision analysis, and the information processing model. The recent development ofthe latter approach within the field of artificial intelligence is described and expert system research introduced. Finally, the potential benefits ofthe advent of expert systems into nursing are discussed.