Clinical Judgement

Question 1

What is clinical decision making?

Answer 1

The use of clinical reasoning and critical thinking to obtain relevant info about the patient, create a care plan, and measure the outcomes. We also use past experiences and literature to inform our decisions

Question 2

Which statement represents an expected outcome?
A) The patient will demonstrate increased tolerance of the activity over the next month
B) The patient will have increased mobility in 2 days
C)The patient will verbalize a decreased pain level less than 3 on a 0-10 scale by the end of this shift

Answer 2

C

Question 3

What critical thinking concepts are brought into the assessment process ?

Answer 3

1) Knowledge- of what is normal, of diseases
2) Experience- previous experience with clients with same symptoms
3) Standards- specialty standards of practice, what you are supposed to do
4) Qualities- fairness, integrity, confidence, creativity