A conceptual treadmill: the need for 'middle ground' in clinical decision making theory in nursing.
A conceptual treadmill: the need for 'middle ground' in clinical decision making theory in nursing.
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概念跑步机:护理临床决策理论中“中间立场”的需要。
DOI:
10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.01186.x
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发表时间:
1999
影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
Carl Thompson
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作者:
Carl Thompson
This paper explores the two predominant theoretical approaches to the process of nurse decision making prevalent within the nursing research literature: systematic-positivistic approaches as exemplified by information processing theory, and the intuitive-humanistic approach of Patricia Benner. The two approaches' strengths and weaknesses are explored and as a result a third theoretical stance is proffered: the idea of a cognitive continuum. According to this approach the systematic and intuitive theoretical camps occupy polar positions at either end of a continuum as opposed to separate theoretical planes. The methodological and professional benefits of adopting such a stance are also briefly outlined.