The process of clinical judgment in nursing practice: the component of personality.
An exploratory study of the relationship of personality in the process of clinical judgment in nursing practice pointed out that changes in the profession--the extended role of nurses and the increasing number of men and older women who enter nursing--necessitate reexamination of the nurses' personality profile, development of a device to measure "successful'' and "effective'' clinical judgment, and evaluation of the effect of personality on nursing process.
D000328:Adult; D002983:Clinical Competence; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D008297:Male; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009732:Nursing Care; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010551:Personality