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Clinical reasoning cycle
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- 1Name the 8 components of the clinical reasoning cycleS - Situation
I - Information
P - Process
P - Problem identification
G - Goal setting
A - Action to take
O - Outcome evaluation
L - Learning & reflection - 2What does step 1) 'Consider the patient SITUATION' involve?The nurse gains an initial impression of the patient - identifies salient features of the situation.
- 3What can negatively influence a nurses perception of a patient situation?Preconceptions assumptions and biases
- 4What does step 2) 'Collect cues/INFORMATION' involve?The nurse collects information avail. in handover & pt history. Also identifies other information that will be required e.g. vital signs and htt assessment and if necessary a focused assessment. If necessary - elicit patient's understanding of the situation. Finally, the nurse recalls past knowledge to make sense of the information.
- 5What does step 3) 'PROCESS information' involve?Interpretation - compare normal and abnormal
Discrimination of relevant vs irrelevant info
Clustering of cues together to ID relationships
Infer using information gathered
Predict an outcome if possible - 6What does step 4) 'Identify the PROBLEM' involve?Synthesise the facts and inferences to make a definitive nursing dx
- 7What does step 5) 'Establish GOALS' involve?The nurse describes what they want to happen, a desired outcome with a set timeframe
- 8What does step 6 'Take ACTION' involve?The nurse selects a course of action between different alternatives available
- 9What does step 7) 'Evaluate the OUTCOMES' involve?The nurse evaluates the effectiveness of actions through outcomes. 'Has the situation improved now?'
- 10What does step 8) 'Reflect on Process and new LEARNING' involve?The nurse contemplates what has been learned from the process and what could have been done differently.
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