clinical judgment -week 1 Flashcards
1
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what is clinical judgment
A
interpretation or conclusion about a patients needs, concerns, health problems, or the decision to take action, use or modify standard approaches or improvise new ones as deemed appreciate by the patients response
2
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what are related terms to clinical judgment
A
inference interpretation decision clinical reasoning critical thinking
3
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what are attributes of clinical judgment
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- involves a holistic view of the patient situation
- is a process orientation
- requires reasoning an the interpretation of data
4
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what is the clinical judgment process
A
noticing
interpreting
responding
reflecting
5
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what is reflection in action
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in real time while care is occuring
6
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what is reflection on action
A
happens after the patient care occurs