Question

One of the most important skills a nurse needs is clinical judgment. This is a skill that can be learned. Reflect on your own ability to critically think and the reading for this module.

When see yourself as a nurse and giving care, discuss what qualities and behaviors you possess that make you a person that would have good clinical judgment. What three strategies can you use to develop better clinical judgment? As a nurse, what areas of the nursing process do you think might be more challenging to you given the critical thinking and clinical judgment skills you have now?

Answer 1

1. Absolutely right making clinical judgement is one of the most important skills a nurse should have . Being a nurse and providing patient care needs good clinical judgement skills . The qualities and behaviours possessed by me to make a good clinical judgement are :-

- prioritising the patient needs

- giving importance to everyone's opinion

- knowledgeable ,confident and fair-minded

- differentiating between right and wrong

- following ethical principles

2. Three strategies used by me to develop better clinical judgement are :-

- analysing the issue

- applying standards and use of knowledge

- information seeking and logical reasoning

3. The area of the nursing process that are challenging for clinical judgement and critical thinking skills are :-

- planning phase =in planning phase involving patient in planning care is a big task for me to make it more effective .

- evaluation phase = in evaluation phase the main challenge is evaluating the care , because some patients after getting well does not allow to evaluate the progress status of disease .