TY - JOUR
T1 - Supporting nurse decision making in primary care
T2 - exploring use of and attitude to decision tools
AU - Randell, Rebecca
AU - Mitchell, Natasha
AU - Thompson, Carl
AU - McCaughan, Dorothy
AU - Dowding, Dawn
PY - 2009/3
Y1 - 2009/3
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - decision tools
KW - nurse decision making
KW - primary care
KW - NHS DIRECT
KW - GUIDELINES
KW - KNOWLEDGE
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=60449095604&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1460458208099864
DO - 10.1177/1460458208099864
M3 - Article
SN - 1460-4582
VL - 15
SP - 5
EP - 16
JO - Health informatics journal
JF - Health informatics journal
IS - 1
ER -