Clinical Reasoning: the challenge of caring / "Raciocínio clínico: o desafio do cuidar"

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2003

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Corrêa CG. Clinical Reasoning: the challenge of caring. [Phd Thesis]. São Paulo (SP): Escola de Enfermagem da USP; 2003. ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to understand the specialist nurses experience of clinical reasoning. The Symbolic Interactionism is the theoretical framework, and the Grounded Theory is the methodological one. Eleven specialist nurses were asked to report their experience on identifying nursing care needs in a clinical situation that they had experienced. Comparative analyses of the data led to the design of a clinical reasoning model for the specialist nurse. The diagnostic reasoning presented itself inseparable from the treatment reasoning in most reports. The model was defined by three constructs. The construct FINDING HIM/HERSELF OUT ON THE CARE CHALLENGE represents the processes by which nurses experience clinical reasoning challenge. Experiencing the caring challenge led to the second construct, CARING, which is concerned about the major judgement process. It refers to a systematic, dynamic process consisting of a sequence of thoughts in order to make decisions about the nurse actions. These two integrated constructs are permeated by a third one, ASCRIBING VALUE TO CARING, which modulates and gives uniqueness to each experienced situation. Further studies of the model devised in this research will develop hypotheses to test it and to deepen the understanding on clinical reasoning. Key words: clinical reasoning, nursing diagnosis, intuition, cognition, caring.

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cognition nursing diagnosis raciocínio clínico cuidado intuition caring cognição clinical reasoning diagnóstico de enfermagem intuição

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