Sourcing and using information in the clinical setting.
§Background and trends in the study of judgement and decision-making.
§Relevant models of judgement and decision-making: The cognitive continuum model, theory of task structure, the lens model and problem-space theory.
§Judgement and decision-making under uncertainty and stress.
§Prescriptive and descriptive approaches to judgement and decision-making.
§Application of judgement and decision-making to reflective and evidence-based practice.
§Classification of phenomena, interventions and outcomes relevant to direct and indirect nursing care.
§Organisational factors related to judgement and decision-making.
§Cognitive psychological models of perception, attention and memory.
§Skills learning, implicit memory and intuition.
§Expertise, specialist practice and clinical nursing.
§Heuristic use in judgement and decision-making.
§Routine outcomes measurement.
§Nursing theories related to judgement and decision-making.
§Human error in healthcare and the systems approach.
§Decision aids and research techniques (e.g., decision analysis, decision support systems, concept mapping, thought listing).
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Essential:
Anderson, J.R. (2000). Cognitive psychology and its implications. New York: Worth.
Page, A. (2003). Keeping patients safe: transforming the work environment of nurses. Washington: Institute of Medicine.
Thompson, C., & Dowding, D. (2001). Clinical decision-making and judgement in nursing. Edinburgh: Churchill Linvingstone.
Supplementary:
Baddeley, A. (1997). Human memory: theory and practice. Hove: Psychology Press.
Benner, P. (1999). Clinical wisdom and interventions in critical care: A thinking in action approach. Philadelphia: Saunders.
Benner, P., Tanner, C.A., & Chelsea, C.A. (1996). Expertise in nursing practice: Caring, clinical judgement and ethics. New York: Springer Verlag.
Carpenito-Moyet, J. (2004). Handbook of nursing diagnoses. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Lipkins.
Committee on Quality Health Care in America (2001). Crossing the quality chasm: a new health system for the 21st century. Washington: Institute of Medicine.
Connolly, T., Arkes, H.R., & Hammond, K.R. (2000). Judgement and decision-making: An interdisciplinary reader. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Doherty, M. (1997). Social judgement theory. Hove: Psychology Press.
Downie, R., & MacNaughton, J. (2000). Clinical judgment. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Eysenck, M., & Keane, M.T. (2000). Cognitive psychology: A student's handbook. Hove: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Fonteyn, M. (1998). Thinking strategies for nursing practice. Philadelphia: Lippincott.
Gavin, H. (1998). The essence of cognitive psychology. Hemel Hempstead: Prentice Hall Europe.
Goleb, A. L. (1997) Decision Analysis: an integrated approach. New York: Wiley.
Gross, R. (2001). Decisions and evidence in evidence-based practice: Applying evidence-based medicine to clinical decision-making. St. Louis: Mosby.
Hammond, K.R. (1996). Human judgement and social policy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Hammond, K.R. (2000). Judgements under stress. New York: Oxford University Press.
Harvey, N. (2001). Studying judgement: Methods and models. Hove: Psychology Press.
Hastie, R. (2001). Rational choice in an uncertain world: the psychology of judgment and decision making. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Heller, R. (1998) Making Decisions. London: Dorling Kindersley
Kohn, L.T., Corrigan, J.M., & Donaldson, M.S. (1999). To err is human: Building a safer health system. Washington: National Academy Press.
Kunda, Z. (2000). Social cognition: Making sense of people. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Moorhead, S., Johnson, M., Maas, M. (2004). Nursing Outcomes Classification. St Louis: Mosby.
McCloskey, J.C., & Bulechek, G.M. (2004). Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC). St Louis: Mosby.
NANDA (2003). Nursing diagnoses: Definitions and classifications 2003-2004. Philadelphia: NANDA International.
Plous, S. (1993). The psychology of judgement and decision-making. New York: McGraw Hill.
Shapira, Z. (2002). Organizational decision making. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Wickens, C., Gordon, S., & Liu, Y. (2004). An introduction to human factors engineering. New York: Longman.
Useful Journals:
British Medical JournalJ
ournal of Personality and Social Psychology
Journal of Advanced Nursing
Social Science and Medicine
International Journal of Nursing Studies
Medical Decision Making
Journal of Nursing Administration
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