Essential decision making and clinical judgement for nurses / edited by Carl Thompson, Dawn Dowding ; foreword by Anne Marie Rafferty.

Formerly CIP. Uk

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

This books provides the reader with the skills and knowledge to interpret and use information effectively when exercising professional judgement and making clinical decisions with patients. The text brings together issues specific to nursing practice and reviews contemporary research evidence relevant to nurses.