Supporting nurse decision making in primary care: exploring use of and attitude to decision tools

Rebecca Randell; Natasha Mitchell; Carl Thompson; Dorothy McCaughan; Dawn Dowding

doi:10.1177/1460458208099864

Supporting nurse decision making in primary care: exploring use of and attitude to decision tools

Rebecca Randell, Natasha Mitchell, Carl Thompson, Dorothy McCaughan, Dawn Dowding

Nursing & Midwifery

City University of London

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Abstract

Nurses are increasingly working more autonomously in extended roles, yet we know little about the nature of the decisions they make. Decisions vary in terms of complexity, ambiguity and presentation, and the nature of the decision task impacts on the process of decision making, such as the likelihood of using a decision tool. Thus, knowledge about the nature of nursing decisions is essential for development of effective decision tools. This article presents an analysis of 410 nurse-patient consultations and interviews with 76 primary care nurses, and explores the nature of the decisions that primary care nurses make and the impact of that on their use of and attitudes towards decision tools.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5-16
Number of pages	12
Journal	Health Informatics Journal
Volume	15
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1460458208099864
Publication status	Published - Mar 2009

Keywords

Attitude of Health Personnel
Attitude to Computers
Community Health Nursing
Decision Making, Computer-Assisted
Decision Support Systems, Clinical
Humans
Interviews as Topic
Nurse's Role
Nursing Informatics
Nursing Staff
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Primary Nursing
Professional Autonomy
Qualitative Research
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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