Author/Authors :
Ebadi Abbas نويسنده , Dalvandi Asghar نويسنده , Reza Khankeh Hamid نويسنده Department of Nursing, University of Social Welfare & Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Reza Khankeh Hamid , Pouralizadeh Moluk نويسنده Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, School of
Nursing and Midwifery, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht,
IR Iran
Abstract :
Background Clinical judgment (CJ) is a complex process and is one
of the most important concepts in the domain of education of the nursing
students. Despite the special importance of its concept in nursing, this
term still has not created an equal perception in the minds of many
experts in the nursing education and no study has been done in order to
define and explain this concept by concept analysis of the “CJ” in the
educational domain. Objectives The current study was done with the
purpose of determining dimensions and features of this concept in the
domain of clinical education of nursing students in Iran. Methods The
design of this study is qualitative with concept analysis method and
hybrid model approach. It was done in three phases that were described
by Walker and Avant. In the theoretical stage, reviews on the related
and valid articles were accomplished. The articles were assessed and
analyzed in order to present the working definition. In the stage of
field work, the interview was done with 17 participants including 7
nursing students, 6 teachers, and 4 clinical instructors. In the final
stage, the general analysis was done and the antecedents, attributes,
and the consequences of the concept were extracted. Results According to
the final analysis, CJ for the nursing students is a cognitive and
reasoning process, in order to achieve which, the nursing students by
guidance of teachers in a secure clinical environment, assess the
patients’ needs, interpret, and evaluate the patients’ response to the
clinical practice and then reflect and perform the critical evaluation
of the patients’ conditions. In the meanwhile, making effective clinical
decisions, increasing the trust of patient and quality of care, the
necessary conditions for the promotion of their professional competence
will be provided. Conclusions In the concept analysis of CJ, some of the
needed conditions for CJ in the nursing students have not been reported
in the studies.
