Situational Awareness Differences Between Novice and Expert Nurses: Is There a Correlation With Clinical Judgment?

Nurses are responsible for recognizing and initiating treatment for patient deterioration. Even novice nurses may be required to intervene as patient deterioration is not predicable or isolated to higher acuity areas. Strong clinical reasoning or clinical judgment skills have been associated with improved nursing ability to recognize and intercede in situations of patient deterioration. Effective clinical judgment relies on the nurse recognizing cues, interpreting them, and acting on them; tasks experts do better than novices (Benner,  Sutphen, Leonard,& Day, 2009; Levett-Jones  et al., 2010; Sitterding, Broome, Everett,& Ebright, 2012).

Source: Clinical Simulation in Nursing - November 20, 2021 Category: Nursing Authors: Mary Ann Shinnick Source Type: research