A method to analyse clinical reasoning applied in neuroscience nursing

Authors

  • Maria Sumie Koizumi Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem
  • Marly Theoto Rocha Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem
  • Catarina Osawa Hospital Alemão "Oswaldo Cruz"
  • Mirna Namie Okamura Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/0080-6234199302700100161

Keywords:

Neurological nursing, Nursing Diagnosis

Abstract

It is a preliminary study testing the applicability of a method for knowledge characterization based on graphs theory. 11 (eleven) nurses working in a medical surgical intensive care unit including neurological patients contructed graphs to explain the diagnostic process. The results show that: the knowledge structure is in a developing stage; there is agreement regarding to diagnosis formulation and the data base on which it is founded is diversified and link to a specified form of related causes. The method demonstrated to be feasible and should be reapplied on a larger population.

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Published

1993-04-01

Issue

Vol. 27 No. 1 (1993)

Section

Original Articles

License

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

How to Cite

Koizumi, M. S., Rocha, M. T., Osawa, C., & Okamura, M. N. (1993). A method to analyse clinical reasoning applied in neuroscience nursing. Revista Da Escola De Enfermagem Da USP, 27(1), 161-173. https://doi.org/10.1590/0080-6234199302700100161