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dc.contributor.authorGazarian, Priscillaen
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-12T09:20:24Z
dc.date.available2012-09-12T09:20:24Z
dc.date.createdTuesday, July 31, 2012en
dc.date.issued2012-9-12
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10755/243305
dc.description.abstractPurpose: This presentation will provide a description of the Critical Decision Method (CDM), a review of nursing studies using CDM and consider future application of this method in understanding the cognitive work of nursing. Analysis of current research reveals how the CDM uncovers the cognitive strategies and demands of nurses in the clinical practice environment. Methods: A search for nursing studies using the CDM was conducted using CINHAL, Medline and Web of Knowledge using the search terms "critical decision method" and nursing. This search produced a data set of 11 articles, representing 8 unique studies. Results: Five studies investigated the cues and factors which nurses use in clinical situations including assessment of critical illness and necrotizing enterocolitis in neonates, predicting and managing aggression in brain injured patients, identifying and interrupting potential cardiopulmonary arrest and midwives decision to suture following childbirth. Two studies used the critical decision method to describe the complexity of work among nurses in acute care. One study described the stress, coping and decision-making among nurse managers. Conclusion: Studies examing clinical situations revealed that nurses do not use a single cue in isolation; rather they are attentive to patterns of early, ambiguous and subtle perceptual cues over time and constantly compare current state to previous state. The studies examining the cognitive demands of the clinical practice environment revealed the complexity of the clinical situations, which are influenced by multiple factors including resources, people and organizational culture. The synthesis of these articles demonstrated CDM to be valuable in eliciting practice knowledge held by experienced nurses. Precise use of CDM and other cognitive task analysis methods allows nursing expertise to be made explicit in order for nurses to practice safely in novel situations.en
dc.formatText-based Documenten
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectcritical decision methoden
dc.subjectresearch methodsen
dc.subjectcognitive task analysisen
dc.titleThe Critical Decision Method in Uncovering the Cognitive Work of Nursingen
dc.typePresentationen
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dc.contributor.departmentTheta at-Largeen
dc.author.detailsGazarian, Priscilla, PhD, RNen
dc.conference.name23rd International Nursing Research Congressen
dc.conference.hostSigma Theta Tau International, the Honor Society of Nursingen
dc.conference.locationBrisbane, Australiaen
dc.date.conferenceyear2012en_US
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