Essential decision making and clinical judgement for nurses. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Carl Thompson, Dawn Dowding ; foreword by Anne Marie Rafferty.
• Other Names: DPhil, Thompson, Carl; Dowding, Dawn
• Contents: Uncertainty and nursing / Carl Thompson and Dawn Dowding -- Probability : the language of uncertainty / Carl Thompson and Martin Bland -- Using information in decision making / Dawn Dowding and Carl Thompson -- Theoretical approaches / Carl Thompson and Dawn Dowding -- What is a 'good' judgement or decision? / Dawn Dowding and Carl Thompson -- When decision making goes wrong / Carl Thompson and Dawn Dowding -- Avoiding errors / Carl Thompson and Dawn Dowding -- Diagnosis for nurses / Carl Thompson & Dawn Dowding -- Prognosis in nursing / Dawn Dowding and Carl Thompson -- Evidence-based decisions : the role of decision analysis / Dawn Dowding and Carl Thompson -- The economics of clinical decision making / Jo Dumville and Marta Soares -- Involving patients in decision making / Vicky Entwistle and Ian Watt -- Communicating risks and benefits / Dawn Dowding and Carl Thompson -- Teaching clinical decision making and judgement / Carl Thompson and Dawn Dowding.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh New York : Churchill Livingstone
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 274 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 610.73; Nursing -- Decision making; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference; MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine; MEDICAL -- Atlases; MEDICAL -- Essays; MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice; MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine; MEDICAL -- Osteopathy; Nursing -- Decision making; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780702042522; 0702042528
• Related ISBNs: 9780443067273; 0443067279
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.