Chapter 1 Notes NUR Leadership and Management- CH 1 Notes

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Chapter 1 Notes


Leader & Management Nur (Villanova
University)

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CH 1:
Decision Making, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Clinical Reasoning: Requisites
for Successful Leadership and Management

Decision Making, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Clinical Reasoning
• Decision Making:
o Complex, cognitive process of choosing a particular course of action
o The thought process of selecting a logical choice from available options
o Triggered by a problem
• Problem solving:
o Part of decision making
o Systematic process focusing on analyzing a difficult situation
• Critical Thinking:
o A more complex mental process as compared to decision making and
problem solving
o Actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing,
and evaluating information to reach an answer or conclusion
• Clinical Reasoning
o Integrating and applying different types of knowledge to weigh evidence,
critically think about arguments, and reflect on the process used to arrive
at diagnosis
o Collaborative and reflective process that involves content-specific knowledge,
engagement of the patient and family in understanding the clinical problem,
and incorporation of critical contextual factors
o Leads to deliberative decision making and sound clinical judgment

Nursing Process: A Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Model
• Assess
• Diagnoses
• Plan
• Implement
• Evaluate

Feedback Mechanism of the Nursing Process




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