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Clinical Decision‐Making Styles of Home Healthcare Nurses
Author(s) -
Cruz Felicitas A.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
image: the journal of nursing scholarship
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1547-5069
pISSN - 0743-5150
DOI - 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1994.tb00318.x
Subject(s) - clinical decision making , nursing , health care , grounded theory , context (archaeology) , style (visual arts) , psychology , clinical practice , medicine , qualitative research , family medicine , sociology , paleontology , social science , history , archaeology , economics , biology , economic growth
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.