Degree Name
Nursing Practice, DNP
Publication Date
2024
Upload Date
2024
First Advisor
Linda Latting
Abstract
Licensed nurses are having problems with critical thinking and using clinical judgment when caring for patients (Rogers & Franklin, 2023). There has been increased emphasis on critical thinking and clinical judgment in nursing school curriculum but not in hospital/orientation curriculum (Dickison et al., 2019). This quality improvement project aims to address the gaps in critical thinking and clinical judgment skills among licensed nurses by focusing on integrating the NCSBN-CJM, and cues into the prebriefing of the Respiratory Distress/Oversedation Scenario within the project hospital orientation program. The project utilized a quasi-experimental study design to investigate the cause-and-effect relationship by integrating the NCSBN-CJM cues into simulation prebriefing. Data collected included baseline scores and post-intervention scores of the four-scenario objectives from a total of 15 groups. The results demonstrated the notion that the intervention had a measurable impact on the variables under consideration and that there is a need for further exploration of the topic. Despite the inconclusive results, this quality improvement project will be useful to hospital educators by providing them with a prebriefing framework to be used in hospital curriculum geared toward developing clinical judgment and critical thinking skills.
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Recommended Citation
Roberts, Kathryn, "lncreasing Clinical Judgment and Critical Thinking Skills Using the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model in Licensed Nursing" (2024). Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects. 5.
https://arch.astate.edu/dnp-projects/5
