Alfaro's Clinical Judgment in Nursing: A How-To Practice Approach - Donna D. Ignatavicius, Susan Andersen

Alfaro's Clinical Judgment in Nursing: A How-To Practice Approach

Buch | Softcover
318 Seiten
2024 | 8th edition
Elsevier - Health Sciences Division (Verlag)
978-0-323-93625-5 (ISBN)
68,55 inkl. MwSt
Develop the multiple types of thinking you need to make safe, appropriate clinical judgments! Alfaro’s Clinical Judgment in Nursing: A How-To Practice Approach, 8th Edition, brings these concepts to life through engaging, easy-to-understand language, diverse learning activities, and real-life clinical scenarios. This edition emphasizes readiness for nursing practice and the Next-Generation NCLEX® exam, with a focus on the six cognitive (thinking) skills needed to make evidence-based clinical judgments.

UPDATED! Restructured coverage reflects the latest research and trends related to the multiple types of thinking needed to make effective clinical judgments in nursing.
Thinking Exercises throughout each chapter, and again at the end of each chapter, enable you to apply clear examples of clinical judgment cognitive skills that measure:



Recognize Cues
Analyze Cues
Prioritize Hypotheses
Generate Solutions
Take Actions
Evaluate Outcomes



UPDATED! Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN) thinking exercises prepare you for the significant changes to the exam.
NEW! Additional NGN-Style Unfolding Case Studies and Standalone Items on the companion Evolve website give you valuable practice answering these new question types.
Clear, straightforward approach and motivational writing style provides real-life clinical scenarios that illustrate how to make effective clinical judgments in nursing practice.
Highlighted features and sections promote deep learning, including:



This Chapter at a Glance
Learning Outcomes
Key Terms
Clinical Judgment Tip boxes
Thinking Exercise boxes

How to Make Safe Clinical Judgments chapter provides full examples of both Standalone Items and Unfolding Case Studies to help you prepare for the newest NGN test items on the NCLEX® exam.

Updated throughout to reflect the latest research and thinking related to critical thinking in nursing, clinical reasoning in nursing, and clinical nursing judgment. Includes significant updates related to the Next-Generation NCLEX® Exam (NGN), the 2021 AACN Essentials, and the 2021 Future of Nursing Report. Includes new NGN-style case studies on Evolve: NGN Case Studies for Faculty: 5 unfolding 10 single-episode NGN Case Studies for Students: 5 unfolding 10 single-episode

Donna Ignatavicius is nationally recognized as an expert in nursing education and medical-surgical/gerontological nursing and has a wealth of experiences as a nurse educator, clinical nurse specialist, and administrator for over 40 years. Currently, she provides curriculum consultation and presentations for nursing faculty on topics such as concept-based curriculum, assessment of learning methods, and active learning strategies through her consulting company, DI Associates, Inc. Additionally, she is the primary author of numerous articles and books, including Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts for Interprofessional Collaborative Care, 11th ed. (2024) and her new student workbooks, Developing Clinical Judgment for Professional Nursing and the Next-Generation NCLEX-RN® Examination and Developing Clinical Judgment for Practical/Vocational Nursing and the Next-Generation NCLEX-PN® Examination. In 2007 she was inducted as a fellow into the prestigious Academy of Nursing Education (ANEF) for her national contribution to the field of nursing education. In 2016 she obtained her Certified Nurse Educator® (CNE) credential; in 2020 she obtained her Academic Clinical Nurse Educator (CNEcl) credential.

1. Introduction to Clinical Reasoning and Clinical Judgment
2. How to Recognize Cues
3. How to Analyze Cues
4. How to Prioritize Hypotheses
5. How to Generate Solutions
6. How to Take Action
7. How to Evaluate Outcomes
8. How to Make Safe Clinical Judgments
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 22.11.2024
Verlagsort Philadelphia
Sprache englisch
Maße 191 x 235 mm
Gewicht 450 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Pflege Ausbildung / Prüfung
ISBN-10 0-323-93625-3 / 0323936253
ISBN-13 978-0-323-93625-5 / 9780323936255
Zustand Neuware
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