Describe in detail a clinical scenario you experienced including all relevant information within these iterative stages of the Clinical Judgment Model

Order Instructions

DIRECTIONS

Describe in detail a clinical scenario you experienced including all relevant information within these iterative stages of the Clinical Judgment Model.

RECOGNIZE AND ANALYZE CUES

– External cues

– Internal cues

– Cluster relevant cues with a description of cue analysis for importance and immediate concern.

– Relevant cues must be linked to the client’s clinical presentation and ordered in the significance of priority needs.

CREATE AND PRIORITIZE HYPOTHESES

– Generate a minimum of three hypotheses based on the analysis of cues.

– Evaluate and prioritize the top two hypotheses

– Provide rationales and evidence to support choices for each priority hypothesis

GENERATE SOLUTIONS

– Identify an expected outcome for each priority hypothesis

– Describe a set of priority interventions for each expected outcome

TAKE ACTION

– Describe an implementation plan for priority interventions.

– Provide rationales and evidence to support choices for each priority intervention

EVALUATE OUTCOMES

– Describe an evaluation plan for outcomes related to expected results.

– Identify effective actions

– Describe an evaluation plan for outcomes related to unexpected results.

– Identify the actions related to declining or unchanged status

SUMMARY OF THE ONGOING ITERATIVE PROCESS OF CLINICAL JUDGMENT

– Provide a summary of what you believe went well, including at least one area of new knowledge gained with a description of how the new knowledge will affect your nursing practice.

– Describe at least one part of the clinical judgment process you would do differently if faced with a similar clinical situation in the future. Explain why you would approach this situation in another way.